January 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Calling the artistic types!!! Need someone with some artistic ability to help with a project. Shouldn't be too difficult, but if you are the artistic type let me know. This is a project for the Meet Up this summer.

 

Great picture, Adam!

 

Wonderful picture, Mark!

 

Beautiful B&W shot, Perry!

 

Excellent picture, Jason!

 

Great picture Adam. Hope the girls get better soon.

 

Thanks, Jim!

 

Thank you, Gentlemen.

 

Gentlemen, great photos and shave commentaries today, as usual. And the usual pleasant chitchat.

Perry @PLAla, I hope your son is better soon and stops leaving snot contrails behind him as he whizzes past at Mach 1. I have conferences and seminars I go to solely because they count towards my mandatory hours of Continuing Professional Development, so I know what you mean about not missing anything by getting there half a day late.

Jason @jtspartan, nice lot of products you used today. Sorry you couldn't smell most of them.

Andrew @Linuxguile, hope the rest of the workday went better.

 

Shavette Focus 1.18.2018
Face Shave Only (48 hours growth)
Pre-shave: hot shower & Nivea Men Sensitive Face Wash
Brush: Omega boar 49
Soap: Arko soap stick (courtesy @SharptoothC)
Razor: Magic by Master Barber
Blade: Derby (2)
Post-shave: Assured WH (Dollar Tree), Nivea Men Sensitive PS Balm, Shulton Old Spice AS

Via Chris @SharptoothC's generosity I had my first ever shave with a stick and my first shave with Arko today. My last shave was Tuesday afternoon with Williams. Ten minutes after I had shaved and cleaned-up afterwards, the mailman delivered the Arko. Such is life...

It was different for me. I showered, but before I got to the shave, I spent a few minutes trimming the goatee and mustache. Then I moved on to the face shave. While it was odd since it was the first time to apply soap from a "stick," I was very impressed with the resulting lather with the wet boar brush. I was also impressed with the protection the lather offered.

I have heard that some shavers like the scent of Arko, others hate the scent, and still some are neutral about it. I find that I like it. When I first opened that package from Chris one of the first things I did was take a sniff of the Arko. Like I told Chris in a PM, the scent reminded me of a pleasant scent somewhere in my past... I can't identify exactly what it is, but it's a pleasant memory.

Overall, very good shave. No blood, single pass on the cheeks and a little touch-up on the neck. I didn't find the "baby" but that's all right... an enjoyable shave is the ultimate goal.

Good evening everyone!
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Arm days and shavettes maybe aren’t the best combo.

 

Mighty Fine.

 

Very old school. I like it.

 

I think the creosote sounds interesting. My association is more being up on the roof when I was a kid, and banging a log chain around in the stove pipe to clean it, but the concept isn’t a turnoff by any means.

 

Thank you Jared.

 

ARKO is just a big ole bucket of Turkish goodness. Really great cheap soap. Some find it drying.....I do not find it do. But them I am a Williams guy so what do I know.

 

Nice setup and shave, Dan!

 

Getting up at 3:00 AM for work, is exactly the reason I am a night shaver. Great vid.

 

Yea. It shows I am not a fan of day work. The shave helps me get moving. And Thanks!!

 

First class as always, Mark!