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

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Building up the Brotherhood of the Pain Stick. I like it!

 

They're on the way but had to take a detour to "talk" to someone who just suggested that Voskhod's are only as good as a Derby. Three bucks a bottle.....our kind of price!

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An under stable and justified delay.

 

Shave 82 is in the books.

Ralf Aust 5/8
Route 66 Lumberjack

I am taking the night off.

Pray for Belgium.

God bless.

Thanks for reading.

 

Tuesday Shave

Cold water
In Shower Prep- Noxzema
Pso-Homemade mint oil
Brush- RazoRock Plissoft
Razor-Gillette Slim on 5
Blade- Astra SP (1)
Soap- RazoRock XXX
Thayers Witch Hazel
ASB- Pinaud "Veg"

I had my first shave with an adjustable today thanks to @gorgo2. The Slim worked beautifully on 5 with the Astra blade. I liked the comfort of this blade in my Super Speed but it didn't cut quite close enough, the Slim changed that. Very comfortable shave and for only getting 2 passes in I was almost BBS, a few areas under my chin kept me at a DFS. I can't wait until tomorrow to do a full 3 passes. As usual the Plissoft brush worked wonderfully and I think that the XXX is my go to soap; great scent, lather and protection. I also tried Noxzema for the first time today, I like the cool feeling it gives. A pretty good shave considering I was rushed.

As for my focus I had some company show up unexpectedly so I had to rush my shave. Only 2 passes today with face stretching but no hand switching. Hopefully tomorrow. Have a great day folks!

 

Cake!

 

@ob1page

You liked the cool?

All the "cool kids" keep a stash of this next to the cookies, right behind the caviar.

 

I see Igor and the boys went shark fishing again. Most excellent!

 

I am with you, if only for moral support. Thise handles work really well if you have a precise and light touch. Big Thanks to Adam @Drygulch for setting up March Madness! I got near bbs with nothing but Barbasol foam and a Kai blade.

NB16. The SRAD killer.

 

03/23/2016
Wolfman OC with Hempel Ti
Feather (2)
Rudy Vey Rover with TGN Finest
Mystic Water Orange Vanilla
Witch Hazel
Fine L’Orange
Whipped Shea Butter

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Another great 2 pass near BBS shave this morning. Now that I have Mystic Water dialed in, it was easy to lather into a very slick protective lather. The soap is slick enough that minor touch ups can be done with just the residual slickness. Finished up with a splash of Fine L'Orange. I hope everyone has a great Wednesday.

 

Straights Focus March 23:

Stirling Synthetic Brush
TSD Lanolin Iced Sub-zero
Frederick's Celebrated Razor
Stirling Unscented PSB
Tabac AS

A very nice one pass shave this morning. It was a long night, so I didn't put too much effort into the shave, but I got at least a SAS. I used up the last of the Iced Sub-zero this morning, so I will move back to a rotation of soaps. Have a great Wednesday.

 

It's on my list of wants

 

Thanks for your kind works @clint64.

 

Thank you so much @Norcalnewb.

 

Beautiful brush razor combination. The background really make them stand out.

 

Great shot this morning @Norcalnewb.

 

SOTD March 23, 2016
March focus shave 21

Prep: Warm shower
Blade: Personna lab blue
Razor: Superspeed
Brush: Satin Tip 'The Purest' synthetic
Lather: Arko Cool cream
Post: Witch hazel splash, Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, touch-up



I enjoyed this morning's shave! The Arko Cool bowl lathered into tons of slick, protective lather. The scent is reminiscent of Irish Spring soap. One full pass plus jaw and neck touch-up for a pretty close shave. I'm enjoying the Superspeed (from @gorgo2 as part of the pass-around box) and the various soaps and creams I'm getting to try.

For a future focus I might work on hand switching while shaving. I see that @ob1page is incorporating that. It would be interesting to see if it helped or made any difference. I may try it down the line at some point. There are so many things to work on!

All in all a nice shave with no dramatic nicks, weepers, or irritation. I hope you all have a great Wednesday!

 

Last nights shave.

CJB
Kai Mild (6)
Kai Regular(1)
Route 66 Black Pearl
WD 20mm Synthetic
Pinaud Bay Rum

These blades don't have much of a decline. Last shave was really nice but this shave it dragged and pulled. I did the First pass N/S with the Kai mild then changed it out before the 2nd pass to the Kai regular. Then it got interesting. I started shaving my 2nd pass ears to center since I didn't get a really good productive pass the first time. No cuts but I did have a few weepers. Relather and time for ATG. At the base of my neck is a crease. This crease never flattens out completely no matter how I try stretching it. Most razor/blade combos go over it just fine, The Regular Kai did not. It caught and cut a tiny sliver of skin off. Alum stopped it bleeding and this morning I can't tell where it was. Luckily, the blade was S sharp that there was N pain until the alum and the aftershave. Both set me on fire. I expect that moving up the sharpness scale is helping me avoid mutilation and feature dismemberment. A day or 2 of rough shaves should be all I have before I learn the differences of each blade.

To the touch I was a good DFS but counting the blood and irritation puts it much lower.

 

Thank you, Doug!