OCT 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

OCtober - Trick or TREET
October 14

Razor - Gillette 1959 Ball End Tech
Blade - (1)
Brush - Vie Long 12601 The Pony
Soap - Tabac
Post - Cold water, Alum, Nivea Original

After three really nice shaves with the carbon Treet Silver it's time to move on. The good people at random.org determined that the next blade up is the Treet Falcon, another carbon blade and one I had never heard of until recently. And, they also determined I would use the '59 Ball End Tech. I decided I'd use Tabac with the Pony brush to lay down a nice slick lather to give the Falcon room to hopefully fly.

As with most of the Treet blades the wrapper on the Falcon has instructions that say "Do not wipe blade. Leave blade in razor". For the Silver I didn't "wipe" it after each use but simply layed it on a towel to get the moisture off, then reinserted it into the razor and dunked it in 91% alcohol to help remove any water. I'm going to skip that step for the Falcon to see if simply letting it dry and leaving it in place will work. I am drying the razor but not disassembling it and putting it on my desk to avoid staying in the humid bath. We'll see what happens.

As for the shave I was once again surprised, though my level of surprise is less than a couple of weeks ago. The blade really performed beautifully. Gave me the carbon audio feedback but was smooth and very effective. I could easily have stopped after two passes with no touch up and been happy. Went ahead and added the third pass with touch up on the neck and caught the baby. Absolutely smooth shave and the alum was only noisy on the neck. That was more of a whimper than anything else. Quite impressed with day one of the Falcon. For a blade I hadn't heard of it's blowing away a lot of others that are more popular with the masses. Now.....will it last?

 

October 14, 2015

OC October - This month I'll introduce myself to OC razors.
Gillette New LC
Gillette Goodwill
Standard Safety Razor OC
Schick Type C1 OC

Morning shave
Hot Shower
Soap: La Toya stick.
Brush: Vintage Rubberset Travel Brush
Razor: Schick Type C1 OC
Blade: Schick (China) (2)
TSD Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Vintage Old Spice



Since my hope is to use the Schick C1 as my travel shaver, I figured that for the rest of this week I’ll test it with the rest of my travel set-up - my Rubberset travel brush and either the La Toya or Arko soap stick

Two-pass shave.
1st pass - XTG. Little feedback, good reduction.
2nd pass - ATG. Good feedback, better reduction.

A darn fine shave - no runs, no hits, no errors!

Play ball!
RT

 

OCtober Focus Day 14:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
Williams Mug Shave Soap
Gem Micromatic OC
Stirling Unscented PSB
Clubman Vanilla AS

First shave this month with the Micromatic OC, and it is as aggressive as I remember from last month. I have a little irritation, but I didn't get a great lather with the Williams. I'll adjust the soap tomorrow and give this razor another shot.

 

La Toja! Love it.

 

might shave today....

 

It's good stuff!

...and you thought you had lost all influence on me!

 

You now wear the robe of the Jedi. You haven't needed technique help in like 50 days. I see you freely teaching all you know, so I just get out of the way and enjoy!

Now, we can just antagonize each other for the amusement of the 30DC.

 

I'm still the Apprentice, Master Bama,
and always on the lookout for the Dark Side!
2

 

Of course, if the stormtroopers come knocking, we'll distract them with cookies and hide in the trash compactor, and then at the last minute, Igor will save us, just like Chewbacca. We live for this...

 

beware that Igor one, Master, there is much fear in him...

 

No worries. Fighting the Empire is scary sometimes. But Igor has heart. And he's 7-1, 310. I like his odds.

 

Tried a stand up paddle board today as the sea was like glass. Took a couple of initial falls but managed to figure it out sooner than I expected. Cowabunga!!!
A generic case that fits like a glove. Works great for the Mongoose.

 

I'm the one making popcorn now.

 

Igor us about as ugly as Chewie but his personality doesn't make up for it.

 

"What Hump??"

 

Bleucher!!

 

Traveling in style as usual!

 

i think you might have Igor confused with Eyegor

 

Razor: Gillette Black Tip (X3) 1952
Blade: Voskhod Teflon Coated (2)
Brush: Omega 10066 Boar
Cream: Proraso Green
Bowl: Yokohama Studio (Hand Painted)
A/S: Lucky Tiger
Day 14
DFS this evening. Working on improving my razor angles this month. A new razor every week takes a shave or two to get the angle correct.