30 Day Rule/Focus; May 2024. All Are Welcome!

thank you Joe.

 

thank you again Joe.

 

fantastic midweek affairs gents.

 

-The-Midweeker-
brit bostonia
rubberset 400-3
waves
myrsol



good day gents
leisurely brit bostonian shave
pressed the rest of the waves into something more aesthetically pleasing
now i can create shave pics with razors of any colour
which has become a big part of my wetshaving enjoyment
***
fine waves lather built with the rubberset 400-3
smooth 2 passer with the brit made bostonian
myrsol blue to finish
awesome
have a fine rest of the day everyone
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Thanks Gary.

 

Great shave, pic and setup Gary!

 

thank you Joe.

 

Thank you Joe.

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Outstanding shave Gary.

 

thank you Joe.

 

No problem, Chris.

I don't know whwere I bought my Parker Adjustable, but I bought all my Supply stuff directly from the company website's online shop. They ship worldwide (and show prices in any currency you want) - www.supply.co .

Just FYI - To reduce the international shipping cost sting when I bought the replacement SE plate for my older model razor, I added in their four different scents of shaving creams and balms and some other stuff. Incidentally, their shaving creams and matching splashes are excellent quality artisan-type products too. And I think they have added more scents than the original four too.

 

Having excellent aesthetics and colour coordination for the picture is definitely a critical component for any shave, Gary! Even your Emden geese would agree with you on that one, and as anyone can tell from *their* photos, they are rarely agreeable.

That's a gorgeous Bostonian set. I have an American one, but it looks like it went through one of the Wars on the losing side. My recollection is that it is somewhere between the earliest Gillette open combs and the Aristocrat on the aggressiveness scale, right?

 

Wednesday May 22 (early evening) - Simplicity & Injector Blade Focus

Prep: Hot face wash with Aleppo olive oil soap with 20% bay laurel oil

Razor: Supply 2.0 matte black stainless steel injector w/ SE "nickproof" comb plate / vintage American-made Schick Plus Platinum (4)

Soap: Arko stick

Brush: Supply Silvertip Synthetic 24mm

Lather Bowl: None

Post: rinse, alum, rinse - and nothing

Last shave: Monday late afternoon - 50 hours

Today's shave stuff (and probably every shave to monthend and beyond:




I am continuing the Test Plan, now on durability. I am using my preferred injector, the Supply 2.0 retrofitted with the SE comb plate, for the rest of these Test matches. (Not a cricket player or fan, really, so if I didn't get that reference quite right, I apologize to any fanatics who read this.)

Oh, btw, Chris @ChrisB, the thicker middle section of the Supply razor in my photo is a silicon sleeve that Supply Co sells as an add-on accessory for their older model razors or the SE (doesn't fit the Pro). The metal handle provides a good grip anyway, but the sleeve makes it slip-proof. Inexpensive and definitely worth it.

Anyway, back to the shave...

This was shave 4 on the vintage Schick blade; about 10 to go.

The Arko stick and synthetic brush created a quick and plentiful lather, as usual. I then did my two standard passes of WTG on the face and ATG on the neck, then XTG on the face and WTG on the neck.

The two passes resulted in an error-free DFS. I had no nicks, cuts or visible razorburn, the alum was silent, and I had no need for any post-shave products.

Hope everyone is at the hump of a very good week!

 

thank you John."in between" is a good desciption of the bostownian shavewise.smoother than my old types and still very efficient.

 

fine supply shave and pic John.

 

Nice shave John.

 

Thank you, gentlemen!

Actually, Gary, I have a couple Gillette Old Types (one Single Ring three-piece like the Bostonians and one Ball End), an English Aristocrat Jr and a modern Fatip Grande in my wooden test tube rack of ready-use razors. When I am done playing around with the injector blades, I should compare their shaves for myself again.

 

very cool ,looking forward.in good time.