30 Day Rule/Focus; October 2024. All Are Welcome.

Oud of this world shave Joe.

 

09 OCTOBER 2024



Dr Harris Sandalwood: very mild scent but great lather
Ever-ready 200, reknotted bought 2nd hand no idea but likely badger
Gillette TV special 1958 D3
Permasharp (2)
2 Passes for a really good DFS and some BBS
Spending more time and attention to skin pulling upstream from the razor, seems to be of great help

Alum stung a lot, no damage, Thayers, Nivea balm, Old Spice, Santal Sandalwood

Super mid week shave

Great day to one and all

 

10th October 2024.



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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Bulldog Peppermint & Eucalyptus Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cien PURE Fragrance Free Sensitive Bar Soap.
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Synthetic.
Face Lather.
Lather: Erasmic Shaving Soap Bowl.
Blade: Feather Hi Stainless. (D2)
Razor: FaTip Grande.

Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's,/Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Autumn/Winter mix~) peppermint lavender, eucalyptus, + Tea Tree essential Oils Mixed Together With Care+Witch Hazel./Brut Attraction Totale ASL./Brut ASL with added menthol crystals./ L'0REAL Soothing Birch Sap PSB.

Greetings,

Early morning shave,

An enjoyable smooth shave to finish my shaving week wonderfully. Both the Mühle R41 & Yaqi DOC Mellon have paired together with the Feather Hi Stainless superbly which have been a joy to shave with especially the Yaqi DOC Mellon, providing me with some sublime shaves.

A close comfortable 2 pass + pick ups silky smooth shave with no errors to report.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of L'0REAL Soothing Birch Sap PSB.

My face is feeling cool smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

fabulous mid week shaves and pics gents,.

 

-Thursday-
1930 canadian new de luxe
mr.ee no.002
coconut
burberry brit



good morning gents
fantastic thursday shave
lovely trumper's coconut lather built with the mr.ee badger
smooth 2 passer with the canuck de luxe,minor pick ups as usual
thayers and burberry brit to finish.
awesome
have a fine day everyone
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Thank you, Gary.

 

Fantastic shave set up Gary.

 

thank you Barry

 

October 10

Good afternoon.

GEM MMOC
GEM SE Blade (2)
Rockwell Synthetic Brush
Tabac SK
Stirling Spice AS (not pictured)
Stirling Alum Block
Beard Growth: 48 hrs



I had an early morning dental appointment so I decided to use the MMOCand Tabac shave stick because of the efficiency of the razor and the ease of making a lather. Did 3 passes for a comfortable shave, but did get two weeps under my neck and chin. I didn't realize the blade was relatively fresh until I researched the number of uses after this shave. Did get some serious alum feedback on the neck. Splashed the witch hazel and the aftershave to end this session. Take care.

 

Nice setup and shave and pic Chris.

 

Awesome pic and shave Barry.

 

Thank you, Joe.

 

Awesome shave set up Joe. I hope you're dental appointment wasn't too bad for you..I liked going to my old dentist, who is now retired , because he hated going to the dentist himself!. You have jogged my scatter-brained memory to add a GEM Micromatic OC shave to my open-comb razor focus sometime this month.

The Micromatic OC is my most efficient SE razor. When ever I use a GEM blade I always hand-strop the edge to remove any hidden burrs, or imaginary ones from thebefore I commence with my shave
The Micromatic OC, along with my Muhle R41 have taught me to use the lightest of touch to get the best shaving results, with minimal irritation or cuts.
Yours - Barry.

 

Thanks Barry. I am going to the local dental school. Today was a new patient pre screening appointment so it was just X-rays and looking inside my mouth.
I have to have all my teeth extracted and be fitted for dentures.

 

fabulous tabac shave and pic Joe..that's a cool razor.

 

Super setup and pic, hooked on the Feathers I see. I need to dig out a Feather or two soon

Thanks Gary

Luxurious setup yet again

Nice shave Joe, you can always rely on the Tabac. If you didn't like the dental appointment at least they got to enjoy the Tabac scent!

Thanks Joe

 

Friday 11 OCTOBER

2 days stubble

Prep =Usual hot water prep
Preshave = Fauldings shave cream
Bowl = face
Soap = Wilkinson shaving stick, time to give this a whirl again
Brush = Semogue
Razor = Gillette Aristocrat
Blade = Elios (1) ………………hmmmm………..binned

2 passes. Feeling quite roughed up: you kind of get the feeling of when you don’t need to push things beyond a certain point

With 2 days stubble it would normally have been a better shave than this, either the Elios was not up to it or my face lathering wasn’t up to it. The lather was nice and slick though. I do remember not being impressed by this blade a while ago. I have enough others so it was promptly deposited into the Blade Bank

No damage but the Alum was loud enough

Proraso Rinfrescante
Nivea balm for good measure
Oud Malak with overtones of grapefruit

Smooth enough for a Friday

Have a super start to the weekend one and all

 

Thank you, Chris.

 

Late post because second attempt to post - original post eaten yesterday morning.

Thursday October 10 (morning) - Odds and Ends October

Prep: Hot shower with Aleppo olive oil soap w/ 20% bay laurel oil (traditional anti-acne)

Razor: Parker Adjustable (SE) injector on setting 5 / Supply white label (made by Personna)(4)

Soap: J M Fraser's Shaving Cream

Brush: Simpson's Chubby 2 Synthetic Bristle

Lather Bowl: None

Post: rinse, alum, rinse, unknown Spice sample splash

Last shave: Friday evening - 5.5 days

The setup:



I did a mix and match shave today of assorted items.

The JM Fraser's is now more a rubbery croap than a cream, but it still loads easily and face lathers well.

I bumped the Parker Adjustable injector to its maximum setting of 5. It removed my stubble with two easy passes with no irritation noted. For a daily shave, I would probably set the dial at 2 or 3 to minimize any irritation from more frequent shaving, but for heavy stubble, wide-open is fine.

I have had a couple small nearly empty sample bottles of splashes sitting on my sink for a few years and I decided to use them up this month. They were a gift from another 30DCer - probably Jason @jtspartan. The blue bottle is Polar Ice to which he added glycerin for better skincare. The reddish liquid in the little spray bottle is an Old Spice dupe of some sort -- I think maybe B&M Reserve Spice (???). Not sure. Anyway, that was the one I used today. It smells nice, has a bit of an alcohol burn and has some soothing properties afterwards. There is enough left in the bottle for one or two more spritzes and then I will move on to the Polar Ice...

 

thank you Chris.super shave.