SEPT 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

Do you have an appointment to see orthopedics? I surely pray that this is not a major injury. Sounds like you need a large pizza and a bunch of spaghetti westerns on dvd....take it easy on a Wednesday!

 

In weird and related news, early this morning, I got a text and a call from my father. Late yesterday his sister (my aunt) wash washing off her deck at home in Georgia. Somehow, she managed to slip and fall and shatter her femur so badly that the surgeons are putting it back together with titanium rods and screws ...they're still working on her. It's so crazy how bad people can get hurt doing routine things.

 

Jay Leno did a bit when he was receiving the Mark Twain prize. He said : I'm 64 now and find I don't bounce back like I used to. When I was 30 I crashed my motorcycle doing 80 miles an hour. 3 days later I walked out on stage like nothing happened. Last Thursday... I was sitting in the recliner...and I turned my head while I was yawning..my wife came running in to see what the screaming was about. I can't believe I tried to pull of such a difficult maneuver at my age. I was unable to turn my head for weeks.

 

I'm still waiting for my PCP to get back to me, I have two emails into him. What he has to do is refer me to an orthopedic surgeon, the same one I've been seeing for years

 

That's who these things happen. Everyday ordinary things.

 

We never see it coming. I hope you can rest and maybe get some sleep. Constant pain is a true bummer.

 

I'm in bed right now, listening to the Pope on tv. I can get like 30 minutes at a time before I move my leg

 

Ask him to PIF you a miracle or two!

 

September 23, 2015

Business trip 250 miles across the state, overnight in the Spokane, WA.

I do this business travel often enough to need to put together a travel shave kit to just leave loaded in the car.

Just starting to test one out:

Soap: Arko (homemade travel stick)
Brush: Vintage Rubberset travel brush
Razor: Gillette Magazine Repeater Type C1
Blade: Schick Injector (China) (1)
After Shave: Proraso Green
Aftershave cream: Proraso



Early start with a hot morning shower, two-pass shave.

1st pass: Low-profile razor compared to the Gems I've been using lately. Quiet by comparison. Ok reduction XTG.

2nd pass: More feedback this way of course. Mostly clean on ATG. Avoided all the scar tissue around my mouth/goatee after yesterday's debacle so left a bit of stubble.

I will need to spend more time with this and my travel kit choices in order to get as comfortable with them as I have other razors. A month rule would probably be best. Two shaves just ain't enough.

Back to finishing with other SEs in the last days of SEptember.Looking forward to comparing my 1912 (favorite SE so far on the non-injector side) and the 1924 Shovelhead that I have not tried yet.

Cheers!
RT

 

Winner!!!
Amazing - the guy can't even stand and he's shaving.


I'm speechless
(I know....hard to believe)

Wait ! (Gasp! )Was it the Pope's miracle??!

 

The way we are forced to go thru hoops to get help really makes the entire ordeal worse than it has to be.

 

Razor A: Valet Auto Strop Model "C"
Razor B: Scimitar Bluebeards Revenge
Blade A: Valet New Process
Blade B: Feather (2)
Brush: Fendrihen Silver Tip Badger Horn Faux Handle 22/49
Soap: Proraso Green
A/S: Old Spice Fresh Lime
Day 23
Another DFS with 2 passes of the Valet and a Bluebeards Revenge clean up. Learning much about SE shaving this month which I wouldn't have it wasn't for this focus. Speaking of Old Spice Fresh Lime. Most of the time my wife will say about an aftershave I'm using is, "Oh that's nice, or not bad, however, with Old Spice Lime there is no middle ground. She just loves it!!!!!! So do I.

 

I've never seen one of those razors before.

 

Hope everything works out for the best.

 

Great picture @clint64.

 

Thank you Doug. How are those menthol crystals working?

 

Outstanding. Took your advise and just added small amounts until I got it just right. Big thanks again.

 

Cool. I am glad you're enjoying them. The stuff goes along way so we both should be stocked up for a while. I really liked adding them to Witch Hazel and AS that didn't have menthol.

 

The Crazy Ivan in SEptember!
September 23

Razor - Schick M2 Injector
Blade - (1)
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post - Cold Water, Alum, Nivea

Ivan approved a return to the plan today so it's back to SEptember with the Schick Injector M2. This is the razor I first shaved with waaaaaaaaayyyyy back in the day. Bought it with my own money and I don't think I even cut myself that first time. Anyway, it's a nice bit of nostalgia. Now to see how it really performs. I decided on the BoSFat for the lather today, again just because it's my favorite and I want the best for the first go around with an unfamiliar setup.

The M2 is an adjustable and when you open it all the way up it's a bit intimidating. That's quite a blade gap. Looks more like something you'd slice cheese with or perhaps do some woodworking with. I decided to start with it on the lowest setting today. Keep it mild to start. WTG was good. Smooth, no issues but I could tell by the finish how mild it is at the lowest setting. Went XTG then ATG all over finishing with a slide on the neck to get to DFS. I have to say I like how the razor handles and feels overall. It's just very mild so I am looking forward to adding some gap tomorrow. I'm planning to open it up halfway and see how it does.

The injectors really do a good job. I remember now why I liked it when I began shaving and why so many still like it today. Definitely worth the trip back down memory lane.

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Today's shave with the Schick Type J will be my last shave until Sept 27th. I drive 750 miles home tomorrow from vacation and then head out Friday on a three day fishing trip.