February '16 - 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion Thread

Welcome back CJ!

 

February 2016 Focus -- Schick injectors

Happy anniversary to TSD!! @Queen of Blades you have a great site here!! Thank you Chris for getting another 30 Day Thread going! Looking forward to my eighth month of not using carts!

I did not participate in SEptember with any single edge razors because I did not get any until near the end of the month. So this month I will be using my three Schick injectors. I have a Golden 500 which I believe is a type J, a G1, and a Canadian E. I plan to start with the G and then the Canadian, ending with the J.

I am really hoping I can get my wife to participate with me this month since I got her a lady Schick for Christmas. I am not holding my breath.

I will be using the Chinese Schick's as that is all I have for blades. For soaps I plan to rotate but am going to try and finish up some of the Stirling samples I have so I can justify getting some new samples. I definitely plan to get the Route 66 samples when they come out given all the glowing praise from everyone!

My brush will be the Stirling Kong until I get my restoration going. I have an old brush handle I believe an Ever Ready and a 22mm synthetic knot from AMack4Shinjectors
Etsy.

Definitely looking forward to a month of new experiences with the injectors. My hope is that I will eventually find a C type at a good price but not holding my breath on that either.

 

Congratulations to @LuvWetShavin our January NGA winner!!


Thank you
@Seabs @Bama Samurai @Boojum1 @youngunn @Marverel for your generous donations.
Kerry

 

I shaved with an Eversharp G-type the past two days. Really nice experience both shaves. Good luck!

 

I'm IN !

Will be my first 30 day of focus and it will be on New Forest brushes.
I have about 22 different New Forest brushes and since I don't normally shave on weekends it might just be that I'm able to do one brush/day throughout the month.

Going to number them and note down how each of them performed. It will, if nothing else, be fun for me


Here are 18 of them:

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I'm looking forward to some time with them. I have about three shaves with the G and that is pretty much it. Figured since I actually have used it a few times I would start there. The long handled 500 is the one I'm looking forward to the most though. Just looks like it will be the most comfortable and the hydro magic feature should be nice for cleaning.

 

Welcome to the focus group! Glad to have us join us.

 

Thanks!
There's a first for everything

 

Until you see a squirrel

 

I attempted buffing strokes on my chin with a straight today. It was a trouble spot for bbs. So the question was asked, "what's the worst that could happen?", stitches I was thinking, but tried it anyhow. Skin is a little tender, but it's smooth 6 hours later... Hmmmm.

 

Welcome! Quite the lineup you have there! Looking forward to write-ups and thoughts on all the different styles.

 

Gillette Fat Handled Tech/ Voskhod (1)
Mitchells Wool Fat (MWF/The Fat)
@Jayaruh #23 Silvertip
Lilac Vegetal (The Veg)

First shave into my first focus went alright for the most part. BBS almost everywhere except for my neck and my upper lip. How I managed to give myself such bad irritation on the neck with such a mild razor is a feat in its own and I am wondering what I did wrong... The upper lip was not a surprise as I struggle most times there as the hair grows in N to S in one spot and then merges with a patch that goes XTG back up into....well you get my point...going with the grain or figuring it all out is near impossible. The neck was SAS and the upper lip fell in the range of between SAS and DFS.

The Fat decided to be stubborn and pretty much requested a gallon of water (ok not that much) to start lathering up but once I got the water ratio right I had no complaints. Oh...is it normal for the Fat to develop a crack problem? I keep it well hydrated and never let it get insanely dry but it is starting to crack all throughout the puck... any suggestions on what to do?

Finding the right angle for this razor is proven tricky in some areas but I am enjoying figuring it out.

The Voskhod is....interesting... I find it sharper and smoother then my normal Personna Lab Blues....I may have found my new go to blade but ill give it a little longer.

 

I never buff with a straight, not to say that it can't be done successfully. If I want a de bbs, I'll go 2.5 passes with straight and buffing/half pass with de to achieve that kind of bbs. I've noticed that de and straight bbs criteria are a little different.
Cheers,
Eric

 

And not to say I will exactly repeating that tactic. And I agree, the skin feels different after a Straight shave versus DE, and the open blade makes me less inclined to chase.

 

The MWF cracking is typical, just keep using it. The Tech is a very mild razor, I believe you are leaning in on it like it's a cart. My worst irritation was always mild razor/high angle. I got scraped up pretty bad too. Try to keep the blade angle at about 25deg, and just drag it over the skin, don't worry about results yet, just keep mapping the beard and find the angle sweet spots! Voskhod is indeed one of the sharper blades and enjoys a devout following here on this thread.

 

Welcome aboard! See there was foci for you after all. I look forward to the reviews of the New Forest line. @Keithmax runs QC at the Dark Side Bakery, and has the hookup for you! Glad you're joining in!

 

Polyesterday

 

You need a wide angle lens for that line up!:wave:

 

That's macho.:hooray:

 

That's what I like about you, Neal. Always willing to sacrifice and take one for the team!