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February 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion
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What favorites will you be using this month?

  1. My favorite DE other than a Fatboy!

    20 vote(s)
    43.5%

  2. My Fatboy - because it's AWESOME!!

    8 vote(s)
    17.4%

  3. Another adjustable - because it's almost as AWESOME as the Fatboy!

    10 vote(s)
    21.7%

  4. A straight razor or two or three - because the Dark Side and I are one!

    14 vote(s)
    30.4%

  5. SE razors - because they are the coolest and vintagiest of all the vintages!

    19 vote(s)
    41.3%

  6. Mostly cookies. Maybe some cake. And ice cream when I can get it!

    17 vote(s)
    37.0%
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  1. Norcalnewb
    Thank you, Clint!
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  2. FaceScraper
    Killer photo and setup! All hail the Sheep! :happy088:
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  3. Terry
    I can't believe some here let that one go, without going some where, that doesn't have anything to do, with shaving. :rolleyes:
    tp
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  4. Norcalnewb
    Looks like some great shaves coming, Danny!
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  5. Norcalnewb
    Nice picture, John! Are you going to continue with SE or are you putting them up?
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  6. John Ruschmeyer
    My "favorites", such as they are, seem to be an early 1912 and a Gem Junior. I think my big issue may have more to do with the blades, somehow. A while back, I tried an Autostrop VC4 with a Feather stainless blade and found it preferable to a Gem. I've since acquired a couple of Autostrops that can take a modified Gem blade, so a comparison test might be in the works.

    I think that the reality is that my skin may be just a bit too sensitive or my beard too fine at this point in my life.

    I do have a G-bar, however, and maybe I'll pull it out the next time I get the urge. That... or I need to do an epic SE PIF.
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  7. Hembree
    Thanks.....I really like the SE shave.
    PLAla, Linuxguile, 9nein9 and 6 others like this.
  8. Douglas Carey
    Thanks so much Keith. The blades are hard to come by, but they last a long time.
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  9. brit
    i had a similar experience with one of my english flat bottom techs..really shiny so it didn t need a polish.,just basic clean and sanitize.after 2 shaves it seemed like the cap would stick to the face if i rode the cap..thought it was a bad prep at first and was baffled,in the end i gave it a polish with mothers polish along with some others i had just acquired.not had the problem since..waxy film on it perhaps?.
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  10. Douglas Carey
    Cool photo.
    PLAla, Linuxguile, 9nein9 and 3 others like this.
  11. brit
    try giving it a polish first..i have had one that was possibly preserved with car wax to keep the shiny finish while in storage or display..with hot water car wax feels a touch sticky..like a squeaky clean plate when you rub your finger on it..
    Keithmax, Hembree, PLAla and 11 others like this.
  12. Douglas Carey
    Beautiful Jim.
    PLAla, Linuxguile, 9nein9 and 3 others like this.
  13. Douglas Carey
    Good pictures and write up John.
    PLAla, Linuxguile, 9nein9 and 3 others like this.
  14. jluc
    Thank you, Doug!

    Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk
    PLAla, Linuxguile, clint64 and 2 others like this.
  15. Douglas Carey
    Great shave, beautiful razors.
    PLAla, Linuxguile, 9nein9 and 3 others like this.
  16. Douglas Carey
    Great pictures and write up Joseph. My first thought looking at your brush is that it could be a little floppy. Good to hear it is not floppy.
    PLAla, Linuxguile, 9nein9 and 7 others like this.
  17. wristwatchb
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  18. wristwatchb
    The connection between aerodynamics and shaving was discovered many years ago. Necessity is the mother of invention.
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  19. NCoxSTL
    I think I'd want to know the barber well.

    https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/jun/11/stringers-barber-slasher-gets-ten-years-jail/#
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  20. RyX
    Being somewhat Acronymly Challenged, I google if it's something I don't understand. Keep using it and it may come into common use. Not like you stapled a DE blade to a popsicle stick and called it a razor. That would be MAYhem. ;)
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