30 Day Rule/Focus; June 2025. All Are Welcome!

Great shave!

Is Hub City still in business? Their website doesn't load for me, and their FB page doesn't seem to have been updated in a couple to few years.

 

Thanks Eion. I will be turning 70 this month.

 

I have not tried the Indian version, but I have heard it is very close to the Schulton version.

 

Monday June 2 (morning) - Jeeves / JTSpartan / Just Do the Basics June plus Menthol Monday

I am doing a declared Rule this month using this setup for every shave:



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

Razor: Matte black stainless steel Supply 2.0 injector with "nick-proof" SE comb plate / Supply White Label (house-branded Personna)(3)

Soap: Jeeves of Hudson Street Private Study (later renamed simply "Bay Rum")

Brush: Jason @jtspartan 30DC Limited Edition maple with cashmere synthetic knot

Lather Bowl: None

Post: rinse, alum, rinse, Jeeves of Hudson Street Bay Rum splash

Last shave: Wednesday May 21 (morning) - 12 days ago

I will be using this setup for the month.

The Jeeves soap only has a very light scent remaining. (The splash, being in a glass bottle, still has full strength.) However, it still retains its shaving performance as a slick and protective soap. And the brush is like most good modern synthetics and loads easily and paints well.

I did my usual two passes with the heavy injector - WTG on the face and ATG on the neck, then XTG everywhere. A few minor pickups to catch stray whiskers but not many.

Alum was silent. The splash contains glycerin and witch hazel for good skin care as well as a light dose of menthol. A pleasant finish to a good shave.

Hope the week treats everyone well.

 

Happy almost-birthday, Joe! Or A very merry un-birthday, if you watched that cartoon when you were young.

 

thank you John.

 

thank you Joe.a tech a day keeps the stubble away..

 

awesome jeeves shave and pic John.

 

3rd June 2025.



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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Cien Men Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face & head.
Pears Transparent bar Soap.
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Boar.
Face & Head Lather.
Lather: Wilkinson Sword Classic Shaving Soap.
Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword. (D1)
Razor: Parker 87R.
Razor: Gillette Guard. (Head/Dome) (D1)

Post:
Cold Water Face & Head Rinse./Cold water face & Head 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./Superdrug Sierran Breeze ASL./Aloe Vera Gel.

(Face & Head Shave)

Greetings,

The Parker 87R/GWS duo continues to perform with smooth efficiency.

Another close comfortable face & head shave with no errors to report.

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

My face & precious swede are feeling smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

02 Jun 2025
Belated post

Time to try shaving with the shaving cream only, skipping the Pre shave routine apart from hot water soak….

2 Days growth

Hot Water Prep x 3

Cream = Palmolive Shave cream with Coconut extract
The tube is nearing the end so it was time to try and shave with it on its own
Brush = Razorock synthetic
Bowl = Face lather
Razor = Eversharp Hydromagic black handle L-1
Blade = Personna PTFE (1)
Passes = 2 and done
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, rinse, pat dry, Thayer’s rose petal, L’Occitane Cedrat ASB
ASL = PR Barbe Dure with Oud
Scent = Burberry Hero Parfum Intense

Just a hint of a minor nick left side below lower lip but this quickly disappeared in the lather and failed to resurface again

Lovely smooth shave with the Hydromagic, this is a neat little razor

I do feel that the lather, while excellent, is not as good as when I use it as a Preshave and then lather something else over the top of it. But still a very nice affordable cream to use on its own

 

Good goin' Eoin, normally I like a full lather for each pass, half the fun!

 

Thanks, Gary.

 

Well, it's your shave, Chris. So you should enjoy it your way. There is nothing illegal, immoral or fattening about using a shave cream with something else lathered on top of it if that gives you a better result. So go for it!

 

June 3 SOTM

Good morning.

Gillette Heritage
Gillette 7 o'clock Super Platinum Dlade (2)
Hembree/,Maggard Timberwolf Synthetic Brush
Stirling Spice SS and AS
Stirling Alum Block
Lucky Witch Hazel
Beard Growth: 2.5 days



I am meeting Joe @JACarbone for breakfast this morning so a shave was in order.
Three passes gave me a drama-free BBS shave. I was running late so I did a facelather instead of a bowl lather. Alum feedback was minimal. Splashed on the witch hazel and the matching aftershave and I can meet the world. Take care.

 

absolutely fabulous gentlemen.

 

Willco.

thanks Gary

 

-Tech-Tuesday-
#34 german tech
semogue
klar sport
alt innsbruck



good morning gents
fine german shave
lovely klar sport lather built with the semogue boar
smooth 2 passer with the german aluminum tech,minor pickups
alt innsbruck to finish
awesome
have a fine day everyone
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NOOWW you tell me. (Teasing, lol). Thanks for the shave reaction.(not teasing with that one).

 

Well done Joe. Have a most enjoyable meeting

 

Here was the Tuesday shave:

prep-Nivea 4Men Bodywash(in shower)
lather-Suave unscented soap(from West Main, which now doesn't exist, or may still but with a different name)
brush-BOAR(green handle, vanilla knot)
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot DisposeABLE)
A.S.-Pinaud-Clubman Reserve(Gent's Gin)

You can see I used an all-year soap, but with a late -spring-summer A.S. Course that's a great benefit to Unscented soaps(IMO). A minute at the Loading Dock, with the Boar brush. Rembrandt would be pleased with my "paint-job".Fine shave all around, although I might have done a little better at North Central Cactus Nation(I've been doing a "North-to-South" route with the razor to help avoid getting cuts...safer, but at times, not better). No damage. 2 passes. The Clubman A.S.was great. Most Outstanding overall.