30 Day Rule/Focus; November 2025. All Are Welcome.

-Monday-
No.58
Yaqi Ruby
Hawkins & Brimble



good morning gents
fabulous work shave
fine lather,smooth 2 passer,minor pickups
matching balm to finish
awesome
have a fine day everyone
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Monday November 3 ( morning) - No Theme November

Prep: Hot shower with Aleppo olive oil and 20% bay laurel oil soap (traditional anti-acne); followed by cold water pre-shave face rinse

Razor: Matte black stainless steel Supply 2.0 injector with "nick-proof" SE comb plate / Supply White Label (house-branded Personna)(8?)

Soap: Crown Shaving Co. shave cream

Brush: Jayaruh #JR276 white ash handle with Omega Pro 49 boar knot

Lather Bowl: None

Post: rinse, alum, rinse, Crown Shaving Co. Soothing After Shave Balm

Last shave: Friday October 31 ( morning) - 3 days ago

The setup:




I am doing cold water shaves now so I rinse my face with cold water instead of hot before shaving. However, with the big boar brush, I soaked the boar knot itself in hot water for a couple minutes before starting, because I find that softens the boar knot more reliably.

The Crown Shaving Co. cream is still soft - unlike many of my other shave creams. One quick dip of the bristles into the tub was all the as needed to load the brush. It face lathered well with either swirling or painting motions.

Two passes of the razor had me back to cleanshaven. First pass WTG everywhere and second pass XTG on the face and ATG on the neck.

Alum block was quiet. I probably didn't need it, but the matching balm made a pleasant finish.

The blade still seemed fine, but I have no idea how many shaves are actually on it, so I binned it. I will continue the month with a fresh blade.

Hope everyone had a good summer / fall and a decent Halloween!

 

Thanks, Gary! I just realized how nice it is to be back and to be reading something as friendly, peaceful and generally non-bloody as daily shaving ritual reports. (Though if Sweeney Todd ever joins the 30DC and starts giving reports on meat pie recipes ... I'm outta here...)

 

Great shave and photo, Gary, as usual. Beautiful razor set too.

I do have two questions:

1. I am not familiar with Hawkins & Brimble. Clearly UK-based, but old company? New company? Worth trying? And if so, which Canadian dealer stocks them?

2. I know what Ginseng is, but what is Elemi and what is its fragrance like?

 

Real pleasant shave this morning. It took a while for the brush to settle in with the Bill Neumann-maybe because I hadn't used that particular BN(Heartwood)for a long time. All worked out in the end, though. I was scrounging around to find a good aftershave to match the Heartwood(The Heartwood A.S. is either missing or I flipped it). The Gabels Original works fine.The combination of the two left me with a real clean, soft face and neck. No incidents of negativity. As Outstanding As It Gets.

 

I notice that Hawkins&Brimble is a "Barber Grade" product, just like my Imperial.

 

Welcome back John, I hope all is well for you on your side of the pond.

 

thank you John.i would say top shelf.the balm is unscented,but the cream has a really classy scent to it,best in the biz for massed produced stuff imo..well woth a go.and not expensive.fendrihans has it..they are a relatively new company.all available on amazon .ca as well..

 

it's great stuff.if it were my only stuff i had i'd be happy with it.

 

fine shave Paul.

 

awesome crown shave and pic John.the hawkins cream.is equally as nice as the crown..

 

4th November 2025.


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Shaving Recipe for today.

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

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears Transparent Bar Soap.
Brush: Lider Turkish Boar.
Face & head Lather.
Lather: Derby Shaving Soap Bowl.
Blade: Dorco Prime Platinum.(D3)
Razor: Merkur 34C.
Razor: Asda 3 Blade Pivoting Head Cartridge Razor. (Head/Dome) (D2)

Post:
Cold Water Face & Head Rinse./Cold water face & head 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./Gummy Traditional Turkish Tobacco Cologne./ Nivea Men Replenishing PSB.

Greetings,

(Guy Fawkes eve night shave)

Early morning face & head shave.

Everything in my shave set up worked together wonderfully.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Nivea Men Replenishing PSB.

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

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen and don't forget to keep your pets indoors tomorrow evening and safe from harm while enjoying the soon to be bonfire-Guy Fawkes night festivities. (UK)

 

Great shave, fun fall pic and valuable advice for all shavers

Lol! that's good: No.Vember. Better than Movember anyway.
Looking forward to seeing all those No's on display

Great fun and lovely shave

Fancy!

Phew that's a relief

Awesome indeed

Nice to see you back John
Been doing cold water preps for a while, and will continue to do so as the weather heats up down here.
Stay safe!

 

4 Nov 2025

3 Days growth (getting slack there for a while)

Cream/Soap = T&H Sandalwood
Brush = Razorock Plissoft
Bowl = Timeless black
Razor = Muhle Rocca 96, 80+ grams
Blade = Euromax (2) nice and smooth
Passes = 2 and some strategic touch ups
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, rinse, pat dry, Thayer’s rose petal
Minor sting from the Alum
ASB = TOBS Royal Forest
ASL = Proraso Rinfrescante
Scent = Sandalwood EdT, Oud Arabian sunset to the pulse points

Great shave after a few shabby days

Euromax still fine after its second outing, but decided to bin it anyway

Still liking the heft of the Muhle Rocca 96, the second razor I bought after the R89.

 

Thank you Chris...Having fun with my Photo's introducing myself to Google Gemini.

 

Today's shave was a 10/10 as I used dial 2 with 0 cuts. I got a full BBS today as expected on dial 2. Today was Personna USA 100 pack day 3 topside/total.

I used, as always, my H 2 or 1962 Gillette Adjustable slim handle shaver without the case.

I shaved after the shower, so I did not need to use my shave lotion/soap home concoction on my face, but I kept the blade wet as needed and at first wet my face down. I did like most days since late 2017 a partial clean opening up the shaver in middle of shave to keep going before the final clean at the end but did the partial clean 2 times in middle of shave.

 

Great shave report, Barry! Like the photo with all the fall-coloured maple leaves in the background. For some reason, I always thought Guy Fawkes Day was in February...

 

Great shave and pic, Chris! The Muhle Rocca 96 is a razor that I have always liked the look of. I especially liked the version with the cork handle. I considered buying one not long ago (well, April) but ended up going with a Henson Medium instead.

Actually, I intend to break in the Henson this month (finally), so I suppose this will then be New Razor November for me...

 

thank you so much Chris.

 

fine shaves gentlemen.