OCT 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

Oh no, I hope you didn't end up saying "I love you...YOU IDIOT!!"

 

Thank you!

 

Congrats on your first year!

 

Ok I'm lost

 

OCtober Focus Day 1:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
Palmolive Classic SC
Gillette New LC
Stirling Unscented PSB
Clubman VI Bay Rum

After a month of using primarily an Injector, I swapped back to a DE today. It was definitely a bit different, and it was my first ever shave with this razor. All in all, a good shave, but I got a little irritation on my neck. I found the size of the head to throw me off the most since it is much larger than the Injector head. If I can get my angles down again, this razor definitely shaves close.

 

I must compliment you on your aftershave its a excellent choice (its my favorite aftershave) and the shaver is beautiful with age

 

let's say you're in a cell, talking on the phoneto your wife or someone you love(family, etc)l...and you say "I love you" and immediately after that, your cellmate swipes your phone so you say in a loud voice "YOU IDIOT!". To whoever you were talking to on the phone, it would sound like you just called the person an idiot after saying "I love you" to said person.
Hope that clears it up!!

 

Ahh, a real closeup of the Clubman VIBR.

 

Oh...ok I'm following

 

Thank you! I like the VI Bay Rum AS well. It is a great fall scent.

 

October 1

Gillette New LC
Feather blade (1)
Kent BK4 silvertip brush
Trumper's Coconut shave cream and glycerin
Three passes
Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Trumper's Coral Skin Food

The OCtober focus has started with a bang! It's great to see so many folks participating. Because I got an early start, I have completed seven shaves so far using my New LC loaded with a Feather blade. My goal this month is get to know my first open comb razor, alternating between two and three pass shaves. This will be my set up for OCtober; however, I may change up the brush, soap, and cream to keep things interesting.

Have a great Thursday!

 

That is "vintage" Palmolive AS, right?

 

It is the European version which still has palm extract. I love it, although it gets lost in my soap/cream drawer.

 

Welcome to the OCtober focus, and thanks for serving!

 

The Omega-s is synthetic right? No need to soak a synthetic brush. I just wet the brush, shake it until it's just barely damp then load the soap until it's thick and pasty between the bristles. Then dip my bowl under water, drain it off and start swirling the brush in the little bit of residual water left in the bowl. Once it has absorbed that water I start adding water by dribbling it from my fingertips or by just barely dipping the tips of the brush in water. Make sure to work in each addition of water thoroughly before adding more. Big bubbles are a sign of too much water at one time. If you see them keep working and swirling the brush until the lather smooths out. At some point you are going to hit the sweet spot and the lather will suddenly seem to appear from nowhere. Hope this helps, and as others have suggested it's a good idea to just practice when you have a few minutes. Soap is cheap.

 

Thanks, Norcalnewb.

 

Hard to say no to Don Not's.

 

Yea its a synthetic brush.I just soak it to warm it up (we could hang meat in our house with no worry's of spoilage)...funny thing I was practicing last night and like you said an explosion of lather from seemingly no where. But this morning not so much.