April 2015 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

As long as you are covered than I am glad for you. This seemed like the equivalent of sticking your hand in a flame. You are probably not going to forget the soap again anytime soon...

 

Gasp! You are going to the Darkside? They don't even have cookies, just lemon scented sticks of weirdness...

 

Thanks Charlie. I think I really going to like this one. Who am I kidding, I seem to like them all.

 

Wouldn't guns have been more effective at the shootin match?

 

Thanks. This entire morning was one of those where everything was just not quite right. I am really glad I have decided to work on the FB, as I have come to love shaving with it. I was considering parting ways with it before this, now I don't think I will.

 

How did you shave with all of your gear stuck on the ceiling?

 

I just had my 5th shave today w/Schick Injector Blade in my G1. So far all 5 shaves have been excellent. I'm hoping to get 10 shaves out of the blade too.

 

You just might. I'm really hard on blades and got seven. By far the most I've gotten out of any blade

 

Aggressive April - Day 16 (4/24/15)

Prep: Hot shower
Soap: Stirling Barber Shop
Brush: Omega 13522
Razor: Cadet OC
Blade: Ladas
Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm
Scent: Tommy Bahama Very Cool

Really quick 1 pass XTG shave today. Decent shave.

 

Arko April Focus - CJB Kamisori
April 24, 2015 - Week 4 Day 6
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - VDH Boar
Soap - Arko
Razor - CJB
Blade - (6)
Post - Alum, Clubman

Late night post due to early morning but I did get two passes with the CJB and went to work looking good. DFS on face and CCS on the neck but I decided it was good enough. One minor nick on my neck but nothing to worry about. I could have finished a third pass with either the CJB or my SS but decided two was enough for the day. Early morning again tomorrow as usual on Saturday so I'll do my usual Saturday DE shave and be ready to push some quality automobiles out the door!

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Another great evening Arko, Schick injector shave.... and off to work...

 

FB focus day 25:

Homemade PS Oil
Vie-long Horsehair Brush
Stirling Barber Shop (sample)
FB w/Gillette Platinum set on 7
Stirling Unscented PSB
Clubman AS

Back to normal today. I did try out the Gillette Platinum for the first time today. Shave felt good, but a little more sting than normal when I put the Clubman on.

 

04/25/2015
Razor – Mongoose B2
Blade –Feather Pro (9)
Brush –Rudy Vey with TGN Finest
Lather – B&M Lavanille
Post - Witch Hazel and Myrsol F/Extra sample



Fantastic 3 pass BBS shave this morning. I think this blade will be done with the next shave. Seems that 10 shaves are about the limit for me and Feather Pro blades with the Mongoose. I will say that there is no tugging etc but just more work to get the same results. The B&M Lavanille whipped up a great slick lather. Finest up with witch hazel followed by a Mrysol F/Extra AS.

 

Prep- Hot shower, Lush Ocean Salt facial scrub
Razor- Genco Henry XX
Brush- Omega 48
Soap- Arko
Post- A lot of Old Spice

Another acceptable shave! For the most part my cheeks are BBS with little patches of stubble where it was hard for me to maneuver the razor. I stropped the razor as I got the shower nice and hot and right when I was done I of course had to take a whiff of the strop.....mmm....leather. When I started to whip up the Arko my nose didn't know which one smelt better. Either way two great scents to start off my day. I'm still trying to figure out different grips to make shaving as comfortable as possible but I'm in no rush, things seem to be going steady as of now so I'll enjoy the ride.

 

April 2015 ... 30 day blade focus ...

pre: dr.bronner's, PSO(diy)
brush: EJ best badger medium
lather: proraso green soap
razor: EJ89lbl
blade: crystal
post: alum block, thayer's witch hazel (various flavors)

04/20/15 ... Crystal (1) ... 3 days growth
04/22/15 ... Crystal (2) ... 2 days growth

ahhhh, after the TreetDuraSharp shaves (not!), it's feels good to be back to a blade that works well with my razor and face!! both shaves went without incident. the blade cut right through the beard on the first pass on both days ... without any of the pulling and tugging i recently felt with the treet blade.

wilkinson, 7am, voskhod, astraSP, treetdurasharp, crystal, ... next up is SuperMax Platinum

 

It's ok. The alcohol burn goodness of Clubman is a classic for a reason.

 

"Don't bring a DE to a gunfight!"

 

I use a couple of Lush products. Mrs Samurai introduced me to their products. We are lucky to have two boutiques in Denver.

 

Arko April!!

Late post for Friday and Obituary for Platinum Plus
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Started out with Blade 4, Day one....then bailed on it. It appears that my package of blades has corroded over time and I can't justify continuing the blade life experiment. I got seven shaves each from the first three blades. 7 days was close the result @GDCarrington got in his blade life focus.

However, Arko is undeterred.

Friday's setup went like this. I will probably repeat it later today.

Arko!!
53 Ball End Tech
Rapira Platinum Lux (1)
Plisson
Alum
The Veg

Super busy week. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

Thoughts on Rapira Platinum Lux

I received a tuck of Lux as part of a larger deal with @youngunn , as he really digs them and wanted me to try. The blade seemed to be pretty smooth and was an acceptable performer. I really didn't notice much about it at all, so I see why it's a fave of some here. Good blade. Will see how many shaves I can get from it, but Day one went pretty good. It's made by the same Russian conglomerate that makes Voskhod, so not really surprised that it's a winner.