SEPT 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

Waffle house and redbull are the cure for all your ills. Eggs with grilled jalapeños and chili. Mmm

 

Add the Sleep, subtract the RedBull, and keep the Waffle house breakfast and you should be rebalanced!

 

I dunno why but I really like the metal cans soap comes in. Not such a fan of the plastic ones

 

So took a day off from shaving to regroup from several lackluster and very irritating shaves. Took out the Walgreens blade. Threw in a GSB. Lathered up some chiseled face and boom! Lather explosion

It blew up more after a little more water to get it nice and slick. Man, looking at that I knew. I knew this was going to be a good shave finally. Slapped it on my face and away I went. First pass WTG. Second XTG, third ATG. BBS. No cuts, nicks, weepers. No irritation. Nothing!
Then I was thinking as I rinsed my face and checked for rough spots "man I bet this is gonna burn like fire...it couldn't have been that easy". Slapped on a couple splashes of the ghost town barber and almost nothing. No burn. A little warm on my neck and a tiny bit of redness. No burn AT ALL. Awesome first shave of the week! I will not be going back to the Walgreens blades.

 

Also @clint64

I pray for healing and relief for both of you. Back issues really take a toll and I hope the doctors can make a difference!

 

And no to your question.

 

Beautiful restoration!

 

Thank you. I think it turned out great. It will be going back out to Mark on Wednesday. I also have a package for @DDuckyMark and a package for @Douglas Carey that I am late sending out.

 

Thank you Chris. I have had chronic abdominal pain for over a decade but this back thing has taken it to a whole new level.

 

Triple hash scattered, covered and smothered, 3 eggs over medium, side of bacon and a black coffee is how I do it. Finally got caught up on sleep last night and feel great today.

 

Excellent!

 

Glad you found us! Welcome to the 30 Day board!

 

For September 8th:

http://theshaveden.com/forums/threa...ss-se-safety-razors.46760/page-13#post-890780

 

Finally have a new blade and let me tell you this is the best shave to date.The normal 2 pass with touch up and this is what BBS....we to me it is.and I have 100 astra blades on order .I hope everyone has the grills fired up and meat cooking.happy labor day everyone.

 

Very Good! I hope you have a great holiday afternoon!

 

Now I might have to find a semi empty waffle house tonight. Ha

 

Indeed. It's a unique thing.

 

September 7, 2015 - Labor Day

Single-Edge SEptember
Injectors and perhaps a GEM

This month marks my first shaves with injectors. In the first week of SEptember I had 6 great shaves with Schick injectors: a J3 "Golden 500"; an I2 - another hydro-magic Schick; and a G series. All gave excellent shaves and cause me to want to assess them again during a longer time period someday soon.

Next up is a Canadian-made Schick believed to be an E series (E2) and on the more aggressive side than my first three.

Mid-morning shave, with two-day growth.
Hot Shower
Soap: Proraso Green
Brush: Omega Pro 48
Razor: Schick Type E - Canada
Blade: Schick Injector (China) (1)
TSD Witch Hazel
Aftershave Cream: Proraso
After Shave: Proraso Green

I was a bit apprehensive stepping up to the plate for this one as I was warned that I'm about to move upon the aggressiveness scale for Schick injectors.

Evidently, the week I just spent with some of the milder versions prepared me well for today. The first pass did a decent (not stellar) job of whisker reduction, but the second (ATG) pass and a minor touch-up, left me smooth with a great shave, similar to all the injectors I've done this month.

This is such a beautiful, handsome razor (thanks @Omaney )that I'm going to spend a full week with it and get to see how I can improve the experience. I know, I said I just got a great shave, but I'm gonna experiment to try and realize it's full potential.

First, I'm going to switch my first pass to a XTG and see if that reduces growth better than a WTG and thereby set up the ATG for a even smoother last pass. And as usual, keep up the hunt for the best cutting angle. Right now I'm starting the stroke just a few degrees from flush with the head.

Hope you're all having a great Labor Day weekend - brought to you by the folks who established the weekend!

Cheers!
RT

 

I had a pretty good shave yesterday with my type G1. I lathered up with proraso green and a semogue boar. No preshave or aftershave but it was BBS except for the neck which was pretty close to it. No irritation. I pulled a XTG pas and an ATG and called it done.