March '16 - 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion Thread

I stared off with a persona red blade, van der hagen safety razor, VDH soap, loreal post shave balm, and coconut oil for preshave. However, I am waiting for my PAA shipment to come in and I will be using the PAA Beach soap and Razor Rock lime preshave soap all month.

 

What's you're general pattern on the shave? I may need to learn to do this...you've seen my hairline....

 

You are too kind, this thread is 95% people not named Bama Samurai! Best group to talk to on the Web.

 

Ahhhh, the Tech. The test of a DE shaver's skill, mild yet efficient, but has a narrow sweet spot. I look forward to seeing you catch the Baby on two, I predict by 18 March.

 

Bill, you may wanna try some skin stretching (if you don't already). It will help to maximize narrow gap on th Tech head, and allow you to get to sheer skin level.

 

Very good day! This is a case study in how a blade and razor pair to form a shave system. A Flare Tip's shallow and mild head curve allows the super sharp Feather to glide with ease. Just for future reference, the Flare Tip is about like using a Gillette adjustable on dial setting 3 or 4. Flare Tip razors are such a good design that they are still in production. We know them today as Weishi 9306, Micro Touch One, and Van Der Hagen.

 

My 1st pass is from the back of my head to the front.
My 2nd pas is from the from of my head to the back.
My 3rd pass is the back of my head from left to right * you could go left to right if you'd like
My 4th pass is buffing my troubled spots, top of head, left & right back sides.
I hope this helps.
K

 

Umm yeah. I'm thinking Wahl clippers for me, out of fear of cutting up my scalp. I admire guys that can shave their own scalps.

 

VDH was my first too. How did it go today?

 

Chris,
It's not bad. You could do it with your Weishi

 

That's an idea. If I did 30 Day rules on my head, I could do looser foci on the beard. Twice the variety, twice the technique practice. This may require a month of devotion in the future.

 

Once you start shaving your head you won't go back. I love being bald. It's hot

 

My girls told me I smelled like the mall, which means good. I used Fine L'Orange Noir. My wife said its the only aftershave I should use.

 

Happy wife, happy life.

 

Round 2 for my Merkur Vision. Last shave was pretty good but I can felt the frustration I get from mild razors. It is hard to always maintain the angle when there is such a small margin.

My usual 4 pass shave and no blood and no issues. I had the razor wide open still some times I struggle to find the most aggressive angle.

No blood and the alum gave only a little feedback, just missed BBS.

Irritation A Closeness A- Smoothness A+ Keenness B

I am really tempted to keep this cool looking beast in the razor stable but in the end it will not get used often, with my move to straights the DEs only get used a couple times a week at best. Also it can't compete with my aggressive DEs and I greatly prefer the aggressiveness of the Futur. So she will be put up for sale so she can go to home where she will be loved and used.

To Date:
Definitely staying:
Genco Easy Aces SR, hard to let go of cool looking, great shaving piece of vintage American steel just because it is smaller than I like. It is also my only vintage American SR.

Leaning toward staying:

Leaning toward releasing:
Jerry Stark 5/8 SR. Looks great, shaves great just to small a blade. I would prefer to sell this and trade up for a larger blade

Will be released:
Sight unseen Whipped Dog SR. This shaves great but I want to PIF it to someone who wants to get started with SR.
Merkur Vision - despite major coolness she can't compete with aggressive Futur.

 

Good evening, Seoul!

 

Congratulations! At first I thought you had a new baby.... but your first BBS is still cool.

 

@Keithmax @Drygulch

BBS with the heavy blade today. Felt sweet.

 

It is hard to go back to a light blade after using a heavy one. It adds to the whole bad assness of SR shaving plus it makes using the correct pressure easier.

Congrats!

 

I did like the feel. But I have love for all three! It did seem to resist skipping more than the WD. The Aust is so sharp and thin, it really shines on the neck for me. You did say this rabbit hole is deep, no?