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September 2018 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion
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Single Edge Plans?

  1. Gems baby! 1912, 1914, Lather Catcher

    12 vote(s)
    32.4%

  2. Some more Gems baby! OCMM, Clog Pruf, you know.....the Micromatics.

    12 vote(s)
    32.4%

  3. Schick Injectors baby! Click 'em and stick 'em to your face for that close shave.

    12 vote(s)
    32.4%

  4. Shavettes baby! Because I'm a boss like that!

    6 vote(s)
    16.2%

  5. Dark Side baby! Straights. The original single edge.

    9 vote(s)
    24.3%

  6. Gonna eat cookies until my ears bleed. Mmmmmm.....cookies.

    13 vote(s)
    35.1%

  7. Nope. Not playing with the SE's. I'm cool enough I'll stick with DE!

    8 vote(s)
    21.6%

  8. Buzz off Mr. Poll Man. I don't have time for your foolishness.

    4 vote(s)
    10.8%
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  1. Spock
    Personna red
    Weishi TTO
    Proraso Green soap.

    Good shave but did end up with one minor cut and some irritation. Did the proper prep with a hot towel this time around. The blade is still quite smooth. I suspect the irritation was because I was using the razor without reapplying the cream in those areas when trying to do cleanup. An old habit from my cart days where the little strip let you do that without too much irritation. I've gotten much better at making lather. I almost had too much lather this time. In the areas where I'm having trouble I realized that the angle of the razor had changed when I was shaving those areas. I'll have to be more careful to keep the angle correct. It's really easy to default back to my cartridge days where the angle just adjusted automatically for you.
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  2. jluc
    Sorry about the cut, Joseph.
    Great picture.

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  3. jluc
    Thank you, Jason.

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  4. clint64
    Thank you Bruce. Good luck on the renovation project.


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  5. clint64
    Wonderful photo Jason. The knot looks better in your handle.


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  6. clint64
    Thank you Andrew. The SOC is a very nice brush.


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  7. clint64
    Great shave and report Andrew. The little guy looks like he is growing already.


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  8. Linuxguile
    Thank you, Clint! He is already starting to pack it on!
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  9. clint64
    Beautiful razor. Sorry about the cut.


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  10. clint64
    Thank you Jason. With this new consulting contract I can’t wait until the morning to post in all the threads. So I decided to post everything but the 30dc the night before.


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  11. clint64
    I’m not into straights and I’m afraid i would spend a lot of money in PRC.


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  12. PLAla
    Thank you, Jason!
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  13. Primotenore
    Never got that from Mike's. I get it from the old Stirling soaps though. Dead animal fat, you know...;)
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  14. Primotenore
    I don't want to encourage you to shave where there is no lather, but if your soap is really slick, you SHOULD be able to make a light clean-up stroke---assuming your touch is still delicate.
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  15. Primotenore
    Thanks guys. You can send flowers to me care of "Primo". :happy097:
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  16. jtface
    Micromatic Open Comb Day #5

    Razor: GEM MMOC
    Blade: GEM Stainless (5th use)
    Brush: Bluebeard Doubloon
    Soap: TOBS Peppermint
    Post Shave: Nivea Sensitive

    Might have over-hydrated my lather a touch, but still had a wonderful 2 pass shave with the usual WTG/XTG combo. The problems came when I started my touch-up buffing and j-hooking on my jaw - I felt the blade begin to drag and tug. In my infinite wisdom I continued my touch-up pass with the spent blade, and I actually managed to achieve a DFS at the cost of a little irritation on my jawline.
    I think that for the time being, 4 shaves and out will be a good rule for me. This razor still continues to amaze me with the closeness of the shave... It's really not that bad/scary once you get a handle on it (coming from a guy who came to it from a Tech)!

    Enjoy your shaves gents.
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  17. clint64
    You are making really good progress. You now know what went wrong and how to correct it next time.


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  18. clint64
    You’ve made tremendous progress James.


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  19. jtface
    Thanks Clint.
    Have you got a MMOC?
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  20. jtspartan
    Ummm...
    First :happy088:
    Then :scared003:
    and finally...:sad027:
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