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

fine slim shaves and pics Joe.

 

Thanks Joe, it turned out fine

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Thanks Joe.

Great lather and shave Joe

 

14 Jun 2024


Can't remember where this was from, probably a flight in 2019, so called travel kit. Hot water prep. Hand application of so called cream da barba

Sheesh

Very disposable. Half way through the right side of the face this was abandoned. Suitably disposed of in the bin. This would have been asking for trouble!!

Finished off with the Rocket HD, Bolzano 3, Clubman Pinaud and my little travel brush. In future a synthetic brush would be better for travelling

All's well that ends well. Hard work but no damage

 

Thanks Gary. I feel badly for the non-wetshavers because our way of shaving is so enjoyable.

 

Thanks Chris. I enjoy making my lathers for my shaves.

 

Excellent rebound Chris. It's been years since I used a disposable razor and canned goo.

 

we can lead a horse to water....can't make em drink it..

 

"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead". Stan Laurel. "Way out West"

 

-Fat-Friday-
#77 rfb 2 piece
soc boar
mwf
voyage



good morning gents
got some hydration into this soap,
back to 3017 this baby every friday,it's a start at least,another 3017 soon.
fine fat lather,loaded slow and easty with the soc boar.
smooth 2 passer with the RFB 2 piece
thayers and voyage to finish
awesome
have a fine friday everyone,

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Fantastic Friday shave and setup Gary.

 

thank you Joe,

 

That's why they're called disposable razors -- because they are best disposed of before use...

Nice recovery though. I don't think Gillette ever made a bad razor model in their DE blade days...

 

Great shave, report and pic, Gary! Looks like another really nice vintage razor set you have there too.

 

Friday June 14 (evening) - Just Shaving June & Injector Blade Focus

Prep: Hot shower and then a 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 (11)

Soap: Red Green Duct Tape Special "frankenstein" soap

Brush: Simpson's Chubby 2 synthetic

Lather Bowl: None

Post: rinse, alum, rinse

Last shave: Tuesday evening - 3 days

Today's shave stuff: Sort of a photo



As I mentioned on Tuesday, my Kindle Fire tablet started to crap out, so I bought a new one. I was able to back most of my old tablet's setup onto the new one, spent two or three days doing a lot of manual fine tuning, and am now trying the camera. Today's shave setup was the first photo I took with it, and I have to say that I am not impressed with this camera so far. It's like it has a film across the lens or something.

Anybody got any ideas what might be wrong with it and if it's fixable?

Anyway, for today's shave, I went with my "Red Green Duct Tape Special" frankensoap. I made it a couple years before the pandemic by combining all my classic soft Italian almond-scented soaps into one big 1lb tub. I called it the "Red Green Duct Tape Special" because most of the soaps had red or green labels or tubs - and a popular Canadian comic at the time was Red Green, who played a DIY "handyman" who fixed everything with duct tape. Seemed appropriate...

Since the pandemic, most of the soaps in it are either no longer made or at least no longer sold by anyone in North America. The main ingredients were Vitos Extra Super Coco (red label), Vitos Supercrema (green label), Valobra Almond Classic (none of the three seem available anymore), Cella red tub (still around), and 3P (out of business entirely).

The soap was originally a fairly soft croap but is now hardened into something closer to a triple milled soap. It still has a nice almond scent though, and loads onto a damp brush quickly and easily.

The Simpson's Chubby 2 synthetic loaded enough after about a dozen swirls on the tub to do two excellent face latherings. And the soap is still very slick and protective with a decent post-shave feel.

My usual two passes (one WTG on the face and ATG on the neck, and the second XTG on the face and WTG on the neck) resulted in a DFS. The alum was a bit warm but nothing too remarkable. I did notice one blood fleck later under my chin -- I think I may have nicked a pimple there.

Overall, an excellent shave and the vintage Schick injector blade is still fine after 11 shaves.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Edit: I just wiped the camera lens and then tried the camera again, panning around my room with it, and it is now giving a clear sharp picture of everything. Either there was something on the lens or it just needed time to settle in...

 

Than you and always welcome

 

Wonderful Frankensoap shave John.

 

Excellent shave Barry.

 

Well done Joe

 

Wonderful