30 Day Rule/Focus, May 2025. All Are Welcome!

Tomorrow's shave:

Saturday May 03 (early morning) - Monotonous May

I plan to do my first shave of the month in the morning and picked my items tonight. To simplify things, I have decided to do a Rule this month and use the same setup for every shave (hence "Monotonous May").

The setup:

Prep: Hot shower or face wash

Razor: Matte black stainless steel Supply 2.0 injector with "nick-proof" SE comb plate / Supply White Label (house-branded Personna)

Soap: Stirling Scots Pine Sheep

Brush: Semogue SOC cherrywood fitted w/ APShaveCo 24mm Tuxedo synthetic knot

Lather Bowl: None

Post: rinse, alum, rinse, Stirling Scots Pine splash



I will start with a fresh blade for the month. Since injector blades are good for about a dozen shaves, I can probably shave for the entire month without changing it out.

My last shave was three or four days ago, which will probably be about average for the month - at least until I dump the cast in mid- to late- May.

 

Thank you Gary.

 

fabulous shave and pic John.

 

May 3 SOTE

Good evening.

Straight Razor Shave #606
Böker King Cutter
Parker Synthetic Brush
Seaforth Sea Spice Lime SS and AS
Stirling Alum Block
Beard Growth: 3.33 Days



I refreshed the blade on my Crox strop but it was still a little rough; however it still was shave ready. I mentioned the last time that I was going to hone it, but I have been busy so I took a chance with refreshing it. Anyway, did an error-free 2 pass shave for a close shave. The alum was silent. Before I forget here is my lather:



Finished with the matching aftershave treatment. Take care.

 

Very nice session Joe.

 

Great shave and a very detailed post Barry. I had to reread twice. Lol!

 

Truly, a GEM of a shave Chris!

 

Thanks Chris.

 

That's a great setup for a shave rule John.

 

Terrific shave Gary.

 

Thanks Joe.

 

thank you Joe.

awesome sea spice lime shave Joe.cool eazor

 

Thank you Joe. My active mind for detail over does it at times.

 

4th May 2025.


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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/ Cien Men Kenya Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears Transparent bar Soap.
Brush: Omega S10065
Bowl Lather.
Bowl: Tesco's Ceramic 'Cosmo' Side Bowl.
Lather: Omega Eucalyptus Shaving Cream.
Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword. (D2)
Razor: Wilkinson Sword Classic.

Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, /Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.5 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With Care+Witch Hazel./Blue Stratos Original Blue ASL./ Aloe Vera Gel.

Greetings,

Everything in my shave set up this morning paired together wonderfully.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Aloe Vera Gel.

My face is feeling super smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe and enjoy your Sunday ladies & gentlemen.

 

Thanks John, haven't used these type of SE much, but feel I could get used to them

Thank you Gary

True to the spirit of the 30DC thread John. Hope that wrist turns out fine

Lovely set up shave Joe

Thanks Joe

Superb shave again.
How do you find the Saloon pack blade Barry?

 

04 May 2025

1 Days growth

Hot Water Prep and Preshave = Palmolive Shave cream
Soap = Bergamot and Lavender
Brush = 10049
Bowl = white plastic
Razor = Gillette Tech Argentina B2
Blade = Kai (2)
Passes = 2 +
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, rinse, pat dry, Thayer’s rose petal, TOBS Forest
ASL = Clubman Pinaud
Scent = English Leather Cologne Splash

Lovely Kai+Tech shave. Easy Peasy. DFS all over and BBS in places. No damage. Alum sting in some areas

Enough lather left to tackle the back of the neck

Great start to a Cloudy Sunday

Enjoy the end of the Weekend one and all

 

Thank you Chris. My personal take on the saloon pack is they are good for 2 shaves, then they lose their edge. What I do like about them is their smoothness, not the sharpest of blades, but give an acceptable performance and have worked well in all my razors.
They are different to the German Wilkinson Sword blades, which for me are sharper with a better longevity. DE blades are the most subjective shaving hardware. I tend to favour Stainless PTFE / Teflon coated blades, the German WS, Voshkod, Treet Dura Sharp (teflon) blue pack and a few others are my reach for blades.

 

A simple but, very effective shave set up Chris. My type of shave.I've still yet to try the Kai blade.Have you tried the Russian Gillette silver blue paired with your Techs, I always found them to be a good combination of assertiveness and smoothness.

 

thanks for the reply Barry. I asked because I have about 10 tucks of 10 and can't remember how they performed. Agree with your comment about the subjectivity. Last month I used a variety of different blades and although they were all shave-worthy, some felt better than others...

 

To be honest I might have done, but don't spreadsheet my shaves, however I do have some notes somewhere, let me see if I can search for them..

looks like I have tried the Silver blues with my Slims and Rocket HDs in my early days, with mixed results, but likely not due to the blades

Time to dig out the Silver Blues sometime this month!

I agree, the smoother blades work well for me, even if they don't last for days and days