SEPT 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

In the land of the blind, one-eyed men are kings.

Every artist is a criminal, every poet a thief...

 

Prep: Hot shower with Stirling Glastonbury.
Pre Shave: Bloom water from soap.
Soap: The Fat
Brush: The Kong
Razor: G1
Blade Schick (China) (3)
Post Shave: Alum, Stirling Lemon Chill W/H Aloe.
Another great shave. The Fat is a great performer, but not the slickest soap in my drawer. Maybe it's me. At any rate it's still rates a place in the rotation. 4 full passes, WTG, XTGS, XTGN, ATG. Cold rinse, Alum, cold rinse, W/H, final touch up, BBS. I'm not sure that I can detect a difference between the G, J, and L, they're all great shavers. The twin blade I've been using in the L may be a hair smoother, but it's not such a game changer that I would be terribly upset if I ran out. I do have 65 on hand, however. I'll be using the L with the twin next time.

 

Chris-

I have also used the G, J, and L, albeit with standard blades. The G definitely features more exposure, but they all seem about the same to me, only difference being that penalty for erring with a G is marginally higher.

And random....but could you post a shot of your razor display in the photo background? Looks neat.

 

yes! - it looks just like one of those razor / (test tube) holders that I keep telling myself to get! and I see a bunch of them at TSD!

 

I've also noticed that things called "tobacco pipe rack" cost $$$$. But things called "test tube rack" only $.

 

+1
another smart shopper, saving his leftover $$$ (quick math: $$$$-$ =$$$) for the good stuff!

 

You have but to ask. It's actually a 3 tiered bamboo spice rack from Amazon, and some bronze toothbrush holders from Lowes.

 

This is probably the polite way of saying I am long winded. My Fiancee tells me that all the time! She loves to point out that I talk way too much and am totally full of BS, but that it just helps me keep talking. I have no idea what she is talking about.

I am progressing thanks to you and the others in this thread. Definitely trying to ease into it. I eventually want to try a great variety of razors and do hope to always keep learning and experimenting. I think it is great that everyone in the thread always strives to learn more or get a better shave or try something new. Keeps it all very interesting!

 

Minimalist, very classy, organized. Great setup. That's what I am looking for. I currently stow all the gear on glass shelves in my home office, and just shuttle things in and out daily. I keep all my AS in a hand tote very similar to one like this: http://tinyurl.com/o6wfa6c

 

When I said a lot of stuff, I meant it as more indicative of the way you've absorbed all this so easily. If I didn't know you were newer, I might have no clue if you were writing on another thread like this.

 

Well, you'll fit in well in this thread! Birds of a feather and all...

 

All my soaps are in the vanity drawer, the ASs live in the medicine cabinet which is actually a cabinet and not just a 3 inch deep flush mount. Of course I don't have to share space so I can spread out a bit.

 

Thank you for the great compliment!

Thank you for the great compliment as well!

 

Here's the aftershave stock. A bit messy, but...

Here's the soap drawer. Creams are in a tote in the other room, as I'm not using them much anymore.

For blade storage I use these containers from Harbor Freight.

 

Love both the razor and blade holders! Great examples of successful re-purposing!

 

1954 (Z1) Gold Tech
Vulfix Super Badger (660)
Proraso Sandalwood cream
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Shave #1 with the Gillette 7 O’clock Super Platinum (Black) in my Gold Tech. Near BBS shave.
Face lathered, then did 2 full passes: Pass 1 WTG on my face and XTG on my neck (angled 45% top to bottom today). Pass 2: ATG. A solid DFS at this point as well as a bleeder. Sliced through part of a mole at the bottom of my neck. Don't know what I was doing there because it had no whiskers! My styptic pencil stemmed the flow of red. Did a cold water rinse followed by a few rounds of targeted touch ups in my problem areas. Seems like a repeat from yesterday in that no matter how many times I cover some of the spots, they still seem to have stubble. But then, maybe I was feeling the beginning of irritation. I stopped just in case. The Aqua Velva yelled for a bit, then gave me its menthol freeze.

A near BBS from the Tech and the Gillette 7 O’clock Black. I tried to pay more attention to the angle of attack, and my passes seemed closer, but the baby was still elusive.

Hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday.

 

Now that's more like it

 

SOTD
September 22, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: Mongoose B3 Dr. Bomber Handle
Blade: Feather Professional
Lather: WSP Tobacco
Brush: Omega 10098
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: WSP Tobacco
Great shave. WSP Tobacco is fantastic! The Omega 10098 is working great for my hands, I'd love a synthetic brush with this handle type. The Goose is flawless. Of course.
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE

I'm looking forward to October! I have a couple of razors, 1953 Super Speed and a Gillette Aristocrat that I have very limited use with that I would like to master. And of course stay with my 3 pass and out theme.

 

SEptember Focus Day 21:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Injector Type G
Stirling Unscented PSB
Tabac AS

Another good shave with the Injector this morning. Nice and smooth with DFS result. I think it may have lulled me into a little false sense of security, as I chased the baby on my neck a bit. So, I do have a little irritation, but I can't blame the razor as I told myself to stop, I just didn't listen.