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

Wonderful shaves guys!

 

thank you Joe.

cool weekender heritage shave Joe .have a great time.

 

Well, the battle scar would be a bonus then Barry. Even though it wasn't obtained fighting pirates and rescuing damsels Lol!
The conkers thing seems to be very British. Never did make to my childhood. Yo-yo's, dingbats and pellet guns were all the craze back then. Happily I never did manage to fall out of any trees

That's a classy set up Gary. Cool stuff

Nice error free shave Joe. Lavendar and all

Thanks Joe. No, I don't believe I have. I do have the Nacets and haven't used this razor much apart from the last weeks' mini-focus with it. I do appreciate the Nacet blades though.

Lovely
Nice angle on that short handle on the Tuckaway
Great inaugural shave with your new toy!

Great result Barry. Another error free shave

Great w/e shave, that reminds me to dig out the Maca again some time

Hope you had a great evening Joe. Bringing out the Tsuka again. I keep looking to see if they have re-introduced it, but no, not so far.

 

Belated post: Saturday 17 May 2025

2 Days growth

Hot Water Prep and Preshave = Palmolive Shave cream
Soap = (Slowly sinking the) Stirling Bergamot Lavender
Brush = Semogue Galahad C3 Premium Boar
Bowl = white plastic
Razor = Gillette Nacet / 7 o’clock OC
Blade = Super Iridium(3)
Passes = 2 +
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, rinse, pat dry, Thayer’s rose petal, TOBS Royal Forest
ASL = Fine Latigo
Scent = Santal Spirit Sandalwood

Another fine shave with the Gillette Nacet / 7 o’clock
Damage free, super smooth



Sunday 18 May 2025

Continuing with this mini focus, trying to finish the Bergamot and Lavender
So far the setup has worked well on 2 day's growth, so today I decided to continue with it, but on a one day growth

1 Days growth

Same software as before
Razor = Gillette Nacet / 7 o’clock OC
Blade = Super Iridium(4)
Passes = 2 +
No damage shave (no damage for the month yet, but to fair I haven't shaved every day)

Same setup in this mini focus with the Nacet + Wizamet
I don’t usually keep my blades beyond day 4 but I will give this on another try, it may have life left in it
Great result overall BBS one way and some BBS both way
Back of the neck all cleaned up
Hair product and Tin-Tin peak: all set for the day Lol!

Have a great Sunday one and all

 

thank you Chris.yes,the norfolk/tuckaway shave was exellent,quite aggressive,i used a german wilkie from the drug store to test all new razors.gummy face shave,a couple of weepers actually,went away with the cold rinse.funnily enough my canadian new deluxe razor didn't produce any weepers,maybe this one with the shorter tuckaway handle changed the shaving angle a bit.

 

awesome nacet shave and pic Chris.love the nacet,minora,7 oclock,gillette flat bottom new design razors.exellent shavers.

 

Thanks Gary. Had a quick scan of those those, esp @GlennConti thread. Even if I did an in depth read I would not understand the detail, but do get the broad concept of capitalism at play. Either way we some great razors to play with as a result

 

Might want to do a mini-focus with the tuckaway for a while Gary ? Could be many reasons though. All part of the interest that this hobby brings

Thanks. I am less phased by the more aggressive OC lately, but still find they work best on 2 or 3 days' growth, for me anyway.

 

Thank you Chris.

 

Thank you Joe.

 

18th 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: Wilkinson Sword Boar.
Face lather
Lather: Wilkinson Sword Classic Shaving Soap.
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./Cien Men Aqua ASL./Aloe Vera Gel.

Greetings,

An acceptable performance from Wilkinson Sword trio.

The Classic Shaving Soap providing me with a good slick lather and a great post shave with no drying issues. I'm getting to like the scent of this soap more and more with each outing.

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

My face is feeling smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe and enjoy your Sunday ladies & gentlemen.

 

May 18 SOTA Headshave

Good afternoon.

Van der Hagen TTO
Voskhod DE Blade (4)
MrEE LE #10 Cashmere Brush
Angora Soaps Midnight Lavender SS and AS
Stirling Alum Block
Dome Turf: 5 days



Had a two passer for a cueball smooth dome without any incidents. Alum feedback was on the nape, but nowhere else. Finished with the matching splash. Take care.

 

Thanks Gary. I did.

 

Thanks Chris. Yes, I did have a great evening. Unfortunately, I don't think Rod and Mandy is bringing Tsuka back, but you never know.

 

Wonderful shaves Chris.

 

Terrific setup and shave Barry.

 

Today's shave turned out to be OK. I decided to sneak in a choice I hadn't done in quite a while. I used my RegimentGear soap(thanks for the PIF, Charlie)-Top Gun, which is a clone of Drakkar Noir,famous in the 1980's. Clean&clesr all the way. No damage. 2 passes, but with my Badger brush I could have easily done 3. Closed out with Yardley of London, which is very close to being gone. I recall really liking Yardley back in my early shaving days. Not as much now, but it's OK. The Regiment soap still has a good way to go yet. Most Outstanding.

 

Thank you Joe.

 

Thank you Joe.

 

Thank you Chris