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

Thanks Gary.

 

I must say your pics are up to par with one of our old members, Jim @jluc. Great shave Gary.

 

Great planning and terrific shave Joe. Thanks for the compliment.

 

Thanks Barry.

 

thank you Joe. Jim's pics were excellent

 

Thank you Joe.

 

2nd September 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: Yaqi Sagrada Familia 24mm Synthetic.
Face Lather.
Lather: LEA shave stick.
Blade: GEM coated. (D2)
Razor: GEM Micromatic. (OC) 1930
Razor: Gallant II Platinum. (Head/Dome) - (D1)

Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, cold water Face Rinse/Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.5 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With Care+Witch Hazel./Repara Moisturising Lotion./ Floid mentolado Vigoroso ASL.

Greetings,

Early morning face & head shave.

Another wonderfully efficient face shave from the vintage Gem Micromatic.

The Indian made Trac-II clone" Gallant II platinum cartridge razor provided me an close acceptable head shave in a short space of time.

Finishing the shave off with a generous splash of Floid mentolado Vigoroso ASL.

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

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

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Thanks Barry, great words of advice for us all

Nice razor and pic Gary

good going Joe, nice to not shed any blood indeed!

 

02 Sept 2025 (Single Use DE Blade)

2 days growth

Cold water shave

Usual prep. Maca Root & Aloe

Synthetic brush

7 O’clock day 1

Muhle Rocca 96 (86 grams). Nice and heavy. Clamps the blade nicely to result in a very pleasing velcro-chirping sound as the blade does its job. Nice wide lather channels. The three piece razors are so much easier to clean and dry. Another benefit of this razor: no overhang of the blade tabs, and it does look nice

Blue Stratos to finish with

Super slick almost runny lather, resulting in a fine no damage 2 pass shave

 

thank you Chris

 

awesome shaves and pics gents.

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Today's shave(9-2)


prep-Nivea4Men Bodywash(in shower)
lather-Imperial Soap(puck form)
brush-Campbell's Badger
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot DisposeABLE
A.S.-Clubman Reserve ( Gent's Gin)

Fine shave to open September, but a couple speedbumps down at S. Porcupine stopped it from the highest grade. Those were the only issues of negativity, thank goodness. Imperial is a nice shave soap-says "Barber Grade" on the cover, thus I can sneak it in with a Clubman or Bay Rum A.S. Clean, clear everywhere else, but for S. Porcupine. 2 passes. Good close with the Clubman A.S. A Little Bit Outstanding.

 

-Tuesday-
canadian # 175 variant goodwill
omega
rr blue



good morning gents
lazy shave,no work today
fine rr lather built with the omega boar
smooth 2 passer,minor pickups
this goodwill variant feels more like a new LC.
rr blue splash to finish
awesome
have a fine day everyone
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Does this include models that are two blades on the same side slant edge as shown in link below?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9FQGD5X/?tag=thshde-20

 

Big spoiler of...Man and his wonderful Shaving Device by Russel Addams

Skip if you do not want spoilers.

The book is good for 90% of the company with a but seems to skip the shavers design/trial how that happened but I get it, most of the money was in the blades themselves and keeping companies from the blade sales as this was easiest part for a company to make as shavers take more manufacturing and president of Gillette did not care about the 3 piece with the open comb once the closed comb designs were for sale same for the later butterfly Gillette did not seem to care about others making butterfly, then did not care about butterfly models like what Schick had once the adjustable models were made then seemed to

I did not like the very last chapter of the book the last 10 pages were dedicated to the failed original Atera that was coming out to compete with Bic Disposable single blade same for the Good news Based on the Twin Trac II because the Twin Trac II and Atera II was the model of choice. Somehow the Twin Track II came out before the Atera single blade and is why the single blade failed, and the company went directly into developing at the time the Atera II as they said they were improving the Atera. Yes, the book stops at 1977 but I wish a newer updated book came out with more info on the development of the shavers and later history until the company was bought by Procter & Gamble in 1990--1993 I would want more info on how the company created the butterfly design what was inspiration and then the adjustable designs in the 1940's and 1950's. The book rarely went into that only with the original non disposable shaver in 1906 when that came to market how difficult that was to make due to the blade issue or why they put a Date code on the shavers. Still a good book as it is one of the few on the History of King C Gillette when running the company or what happened after. The book did mention the Gillette company and another company both make a blade that could fit the new Gillette shavers that used the modern system or older ones that had used the 3 holes made after The Great War/WWI both getting the patent for almost the same idea that later had to be settled in district court because the lower courts refused to take the case due to being a federal matter of patents.

 

Wonderful shave Joe

 

Now you’re giving homework assignments on the first day of school?

 

Thank you Joe

 

SRS # 1360

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Wade & Butcher 13/16 “Bow”
Brush: CRD Patriotic Swirl 26 mm Synthetic
Lather: Declaration Grooming/Chatillon Lux Lamplight Penance
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Lamplight Penance Toner
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

Wonderful close shave this morning. An easy three pass shave to start the day. Another comfortable day to do some chores around the house.
Hope you all have had a great day.