April 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Been there done that....we all survived.

 

Forget about DE. Grab a Schick E or G. If you master that, straights are but a small leap of faith.

 

Good man. We need to push SE and Injectors more around here!!

Carry on.....

 

I stay up late to catch up on forum reading, very little time put into posting. Then I sleep late to make up for staying up late. Get out the house, make a little money, and stay up later again... If this keeps up I'll end up sleeping days and working at night. I need a couple 35 hour days to get back on track.

Ok! SOTD post incoming.

 

I just wish it was vintage.

 

You picked a great newbie razor. Good luck ad have fun.

 

It's April, I'm adjusting & using Arko!

Arko infused with Avon, Omega #98 boar
The Bunny V3.1 by @twhite , Chick blade
Alum, Vintage Avon Wild Country AS


Reading Scott @DaltonGang's thread about adding other scents to Arko inspired me to give it shot. I picked up another weird flask of Wild Country (it was free, and I have three now) and dribbled some into my shave bowl. With moistened brush I loaded the soap, and combined them for a great lather that did take on the aftershaves scent. The lemony goodness was still there, but enhanced. No ill effects to the unfailable Arko. Pre-production Injector in hand, three passes were quickly done. Several Bunny slides to catch the problem neck areas, a little chin buffing and the usual Smooth Comfortable DFS+ was alum certified Error Free. Another splash of the Avon, and ran my scented hands through what's left of my hair. A twenty minute experience that will leave me not needing to shave tomorrow.
Good Shaves Y'all!

 

My philosophical and technique hardware benchmarks:

Gillette 5blade>>>Harry's 5blade>>>Utopia DE (Muhle type head)>>>Weishi 9306>>>Cadet OC>>>Gillette 195>>>Schick G>>>Schick E>>>Schick J.

I went directly in to SR. Shavette now. Pull out a noteworthy DE for fun, like in August maybe.

At the time, I passed on the entirety of original SE, stroppable or disposable, out of a desire to master the open blade stuff, mostly just to see if I could. SE is literally the one genre that i have no experience using, and will even tag other guys rather than try to answer a newbie question about SE. They seem like they would approximate the SR-type feel that injectors possess, with all that gap and exposure, though I realize there are comb styles and varying degrees of geometric aggression. Given the chance, I'd essentially treat it as an SR shave with good stretches, and then proceed to move the bevel parallel to my skin at a low angle of attack.........though, as stated above, I wouldn't help anybody with one specifically, because I haven't yet done it.

 

Most sane people work nights and sleep days. These Day working people are weird.

Burma Shave was originally brushless. How old a mug is vintage?

The neat thing about a SE is that finding the angle is super easy. You would enjoy it I bet. After that it's all just shaving.

 

Older than a modern mug with a cheap rubberized logo. LOL

 

Speaking of sane people...

When the zamak in the Utopia threads became worn out, I cut the safety bars from the base plate, resulting in DIY DEVette. It's actually easy because of the Muhle cap radius, but watching oneself in the mirror is almost panic inducing. You gotta use the Force.

 

I wonder if their are vintage burma shave mugs.

 

Or the YO!!!

 

And all your mojo, or else a plastic surgeon gets a new set of golf clubs.

What's the race car aggressive SE?

 

GEM Damaskeene..The OC one is what I think.

 

Jared, the straights look great.

 

April 21, 2017
Wolfman WR1 OC
Feather (3)
“Amigos” Simpson CH2 Jade Synthetic
Route 66 Lumberjack
Fine Platinum

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I am so happy that it's Friday and the work week is done. A relaxing shave is a great way to start the day. The CH2 synthetic destroyed the remainder of the Lumberjack soap. All Route 66 soaps are very easy to lather, slick and provide great post shave feel. I have enjoyed the Lumberjack scent and will get another tub when the current inventory is thinned. Sticking with a 3 pass shave followed by touch ups ended in a near perfect work morning shave. I finished off with a splash of Fine Platinum. Happy Friday everyone. I hope you all have a great day.

 

Wait you chsnged the question after I quoted it. If you want SE aggressive then the OC micro matic is it.

 

Parker SRX
Perma-Sharp Super
Semogue BC Texugo
Iced Orange Tea Arko Stick
Alum

A nice shave with the parker. I just got myself with one small spot, but other than that a blood and irritation free shave to finish out the work week.