March 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

I have no chance at getting a shot past this goalie

 

LOL

 

March 5 (Sunday) - fingertip focus

Gillette Black Beauty on 9 / PolSilver (4)
Kent woodhandled boar brush
The Eternal Tub of TOBS Avocado Cream ( croap )
Alum and Thayers Witch Hazel Aftershave

I soaked the Kent brush in hot water for about 20 minutes tonight and it was much softer than usual. Still not as good at picking up product, whipping lather, and then facepainting it out as the Omega Essential Boar or my old drugstore boar brush though; maybe it just needs more break in time. I relathered it after my shave and am leaving it to dry soapy to help the process along a little more.

I shave with my Gillette SuperAdjustable tonight and held it with my fingertips by the very end of the long handle to ensure light pressure. Since I was doing that, I made the shave a little more challenging by bumping the level up from my normal adventurous 3 to a staid and sedate 9. The result still felt very mild and I was able to do an extra ATG pass after my usual diagonal ones.

The alum stung briefly and mildly in a few spots and the followup aftershave gave a warming burn overall. No residual irritation though.

Hope everyone had a good Sunday and will enjoy a great week!

 

As requested

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Great picture, Doug. I love the brush.

 

That is a beautiful brush.

 

Jethro is going to eat you out of house and home. I love hungry brushes.

Enough lather a yak.

 

Tomorrow's a special day. Your first Voskhod. Pictures, videos, a cake - all appropriate for the celebration.

 

Beautiful brush. I love how that milky cloud is just swirled within the handle. Very cool.

 

I like it and the price can't be beat.

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Well, one thing for certain, I no longer need to worry that the problem is being caused by my experimenting with a cheap brush. I was fooling around with it earlier and, next thing I know, I hear a "pop" and the knot falls out.

Now the question is whether to deal with the manufacturer's 6-month warranty (on a $2.50 brush) or just hit the web and grab a decent knot as a replacement.

 

Been there. See my thread on my repair only a short time ago
http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/reknotting-an-etsy-brush.54744/

 

Russian blade. Flagship Russian blade. More like.......

 

I vote decent knot. Dealing with warranties are usually a pain in the backside anyway....and not enough value to start with if you're me.

 

So, then I shouldn't bother with the extended warrantee the next time I buy a mattress?

 

Gotcha there! We don't even have one to offer! Now on the adjustable base, of course you want to buy that warrantee. Full coverage warranty for a full 10 years in case a motor burns out, support brace breaks, hydraulic cylinder bursts. Under $500 and worth every penny of worry free good night's sleep protection!

My favorite "extended warranty" pitch I've ever heard or been near - in the car business. Here's the phrase the finance manager would use - "You can receive free oil changes every XXXX miles or XX days for the next 3 years. And it's only $650". Yes, people often got those "free oil changes".

 

My favorite was last week at Best Buy when the cashier offered me an extended warrantee on a $10 Logitech mouse. I figure that, at that price, if it breaks, I just buy a new one.

 

March of the Soaps Focus

Martin de Candre Fougere
B-400 Whipped Dog HMB
Gillette Red Tip, Personna
Alum & Avon Deep Woods


Had a physically taxing work day on Saturday, so I slept in late today. Nephew called around lunch time needing help today. Different kind of work - helping eat two sacks of crawfish. Got a shave in before I headed to his house. Looking through my samples, I wanted to try out something special. MdC is highly spoken of so it was chosen. I diverged from my normal bowl lather only having a small sample from the Pass Around. Splashed warm water on my face and rubbed a chip of soap on two days growth of stubble. Moistened High Mountain badger brought up a respectable lather quickly. Nice scent, too. Dropped a slightly used, but still under warranty For Hospital Use blade into the Red Tip and set to WTG 1st pass. Slight dribble of water on the soaped up brush brought more lather for ATG 2nd pass. Had to rub a little more soap on for XTG 3rd pass. I noticed a good bit of residual slickness from the soap during chin buffing and the scent is plentiful. Rinsed, swiped alum for a cool report, thought the Avon AS gave a good alcohol burn. Between the brush and razor Good performance. The soap is better than average. If I recall it's a long lasting hard soap, but pricey. Glad I got to take it for a test shave.
Good Shaves Y'all!