January 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Discussion in 'Shower or Shave of the Day' started by NCoxSTL, Dec 31, 2018.

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What is your New Year shaving related resolution?

  1. I'm going to do the hardest of all - a No-Buy '19

    9 vote(s)
    17.6%
  2. I'm going to try shaving with straight razors (pain sticks included)

    9 vote(s)
    17.6%
  3. I'm going to reduce the number of soaps in my den

    14 vote(s)
    27.5%
  4. I'm going to buy everything in sight and build an addition to hold it all!!

    6 vote(s)
    11.8%
  5. I'm going to shave. Simple, right?

    30 vote(s)
    58.8%
  6. I'm going to eat more cookies. Or donuts. Or ice cream.

    17 vote(s)
    33.3%
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  1. mrchick

    mrchick Odd, Terrible Avatar

    What an unusual ministry. I wish I was closer.
     
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  2. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

    It is an unusual ministry and I wish he was a little closer to us as well. It is about a six hour drive for us. I also understand that he is a certified instructor and has trained at Front Sight.
     
  3. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

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  4. ajc347

    ajc347 Well-Known Member

    That’s a nice pair of British Tech’s you’ve got there John.

    With regard to the Fat Handled Tech, that particular baseplate is pretty difficult to find so you’ve definitely made a great purchase. Top caps and baseplates are pretty easy to source in the U.K. so drop me a line if you need another one and I’ll keep an eye out for you.


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  5. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    SOTD January 28th
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    Gillette Fatboy (6)
    Schick Krona Chrome
    Wild West Brushworks Jungle Ebonite (26mm, Frigate Class)
    Viking Blades Langham Spa activated charcoal shavecream.
    Myrsol Lemon

    Whew its been a long morning to get to this point. Halfway through the morning commute the snow started to fall and fall and fall. Of course have the staff here didn't make it in on time or at all so that made for a very hectic morning. Luckily before that I got a shave in! My wife bought me this shave cream and stand so of course I had to give it a go. The cream off the tub is black and although on the Viking Blades website they list the scent as "Calm, Luxurious and Mature", I really couldn't detect a scent. I scooped out a fingers worth of the cream (which was too much) and whipped it up into a nice lather in my scuttle. Once I felt I had the lather ready I painted it on and went to work. I don't know if it was the lather or the blade but the shave felt a little rough. There seemed to be an abnormally high amount of blade feel for the FB on 6 and it felt a bit tuggy. I will give the blade another shot with some Stirling lather to determine if it was the blade or the lather that was the issue. The results however were a nice DFS with no irritation so I can't complain there. have a great day me friends!

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  6. clint64

    clint64 Blind Squirrel

    Wow. Very nice


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  7. 9nein9

    9nein9 Guest

    The boar/badger mix sounds interesting. Be the best of both worlds.



    Wow! Never heard of charcoal shave soap before but I have 2 charcoal shower gels that I really like . Nice to see we arent the only ones getting snow, it's so lovely it should be shared all over the world...not! Drive safely.
     
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  8. Frijolero

    Frijolero Well-Known Member

    Yeah, it's coming our way too. Current forecast is down to -13° Tuesday night, and the high for Wednesday -3°. But Indiana being Indiana, we're supposed to get back up to 50° this weekend.
     
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  9. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

    Andrew...looks great and does the shaving soap whip up black?
     
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  10. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    Thanks Patrick. Though I would have never bought this for myself I'm not going to complain one bit about my wife buying me something shaving related.
     
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  11. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    Thanks Danny! the lather it made was light gray but I feel like I used way too much product.
     
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  12. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

    Andrew......you are a very smart man!
     
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  13. Frijolero

    Frijolero Well-Known Member

    Day 24.

    Three passes with the Dovo, finished with the tech. Not quite as good as yesterday, but pretty close. I still probably could skip the tech if I were pinched for time.

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  14. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    Beautiful shot and great shave Robert!
     
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  15. Frijolero

    Frijolero Well-Known Member

    Thanks Andrew!
     
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  16. 9nein9

    9nein9 Guest

    Nope. She's a very understand woman.

    Another great shave Robert!
     
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  17. 9nein9

    9nein9 Guest

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    New blade today, another great refreshing shave in the books. Turkey dinner tonight , just like she made me 2 years ago when we met. It's been actually 2 years +2 days but whos counting.
     
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  18. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

    Patrick.......Congrats on the shave and the 2+2 anniversary.
     
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  19. 9nein9

    9nein9 Guest

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    And this was today's head shave . Grew it in since Christmas but realized bald is beautiful. She said it would only last a month before I shaved it bald again. Headshaves mean more soap and blades are required anyway. I'm happy with that theory.
     
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  20. 9nein9

    9nein9 Guest

    Thanks Danny.
     
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