August 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

Razor: Gillette Slim (1965)(8)(7)
Blade: Gillette Platinum (5)
Brush: Frank Shave Best Badger Beechwood Handle 22/55
Soap: Proraso
Decanter: Old Spice Telegraph Product ID #36280
A/S: Old Spice
Day 28

Not my most favorite shave soap, but not bad. This brush is a little floppy, it could be set a little deeper form me. Three pass shave, two on #8 and a final at #7. A good shave tonight, but not the best.
Have a good night and a happy weekend.

 

I'll be done my adjustable August on Sunday. I'll have to see about SE September. I don't have many SE razors.

 

Is the September 30 day set up yet or waiting for the first? I've been following this whole thread and it's been funny and informative. Been doing my own rule pretty much so interested in getting in on September's

 

It's coming soon! It'll start the 1st. Please jump right in. And why you are at it, stop by and introduce yourself HERE
Welcome to TSD!
Kerry

 

Excellent! Im going to go with the Mongoose up until September 30th! I really love this razor, even though I'm only 9 shaves in I've noticed that changing the blade to a different type you get a completely different shave. I still have soooooooo much more to learn with the Mongoose. Thanks for having me.

 

Welcome aboard! You are welcome to post here until I open the September thread this weekend!

 

It's pretty informal here as you've probably already guessed. I would take the weekend off and enjoy the Rocket. I will be joining you in with the Mongoose in September but with a twist. My focus will be a comparison between the Mongoose and my Wolfman OC. I plan to take this weekend to get acquainted with the Wolfman OC.

 

I am going into the month with one SE. Isn't that enough?

 

My focus for the month was my birth year Slim. I wanted to find out what blades and settings I preferred in the Slim and by mixing in some vintage Gillette OC razors on weekends see which I prefer. One of the things I noticed right away this month is that my DE blade of choice has changed a great deal since starting Labor Day 2014. At that time, I picked Lab Blues after trying several different brands. In the beginning Feather DE blades were pure poison for me. The worst ever. Times have changed, Feather Blades are now my favorite DE blade for me with the Voskhod a very close second. I did really enjoy the 7 o'clock blacks and yellows as well.

I quickly found for me the Slim is a set it to 9 and forget about it razor. I was somewhat surprised that even with this setting the Slim is just not as efficient as the New LC for me. I had some very good to great shaves with the Slim this month. Without reading back thru the entire thread, I don't recall having a bad shave with the Slim all month. Overall the Slim is a very good razor that has given me consistently good shaves this month. However, I just seem to prefer the 3 piece DE razors. Perhaps they just hold the blade more rigidly.

I am glad that I participated in August Focus. I have learned a lot about my shaving and picked up numerous tips to improve from reading the posts of the the other participants. I am truly in awe of the guys that us SR and the progress that they have made over these many months. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

 

Send me a PM if you guys would like me to send you some SE razors to test drive for the month.

 

Right after I bought one.

 

Day 27 - 28 August 2015

30 Day Rule - Phoenix OC


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A nice leisurely two pass shave today! Alum was good, and decided to go with a different TSD exclusive AS. Perfect weather under blue skies today! Other than that...all is quiet in Colorado.

Have a great weekend!
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Oh well that's usually my luck as well. On the bright side, everyone should own at least one SE razor.

 

I got an injector in the case and 7 blades for less then $20. it was not really what I wanted but I wanted to try out injector razors and SE so I settled for what I could afford. next I'll try to find a gem in decent shape.

 

Is it ever enough?

 

Welcome! I need somebody to pass the Newbie torch to
We will be glad to have you!

 

Well, enough is a relative term, isn't it? One is good for SEptember, but it isn't necessarily enough to stop buying...

(See me previous post about my calculator breaking )

 

Here is a photo displaying the differences in curvature and geometry between the FatBoy and the Slim. The Slim was based on using the same silo doors as the Super Speed as a cost cutting measure and placing them on the adjustable baseplate assembly.

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To many people the difference is not pereceptable, but to others it is.

I hope this helps.

 

Welcome to the group! I just sort of followed everyone else's lead on this thread and it worked out fine!