February 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

The doughnut of death has appeared and even has a bite out of it.

I vote intact

 

Wednesday Shave

Just the facts:

Irritation A+ Closeness A+ Smoothness A+ Sharpness A+

Razor: Riga Razor 7/8
Strop: Herold Russian leather
Brush: Shavemac silver tip
Pre: Proraso
Soap: Crowne and Crane
AS: Enhanced Florida Water AS, L’Occitane ASB
Scent: Tauer L’Air Du Desert Marocain

 

February Favorites

February 20 - NO SHAVE

As I mentioned yesterday, today was going to be a busy day off. Well, actually, given that it's now nearly 2 a.m. on Wednesday, I said that on Monday about yesterday. Here goes the time warp again. Anyway, I finally got back to the house around 7:30 tonight, had to eat, change out internet modem and router as we chase down a problem, then take care of a couple more things and I just decided it was too late to worry about a shave. Tomorrow at work I have to do a lot of cleaning and organizing as we have the Regional President and Vice President visiting Thursday. I loathe having to deal with the high muckity-muck types, so I'm already in a bad mood and who cares if I look good in the morning. I'll try to be presentable Thursday.

I did receive a quite excellent email today, however, that is worth sharing. I'm sure many of you remember my New SC Deluxe - largely because @Drygulch dared me to acquire it and use it given that it was haunted. Or so the seller said. It's a really cool razor, and came to me in pretty bad shape. Here's a picture of it when it arrived. Very little plating left on the brass cap, and the underside had some issues with brass corrosion. After cleaning it up it was definitely usable but a pretty sad looking old razor. By the way - that blade that came in it dated to around 1953. Yeah, this one had sat for a long time. No wonder the spirit of its owner was miffed and causing trouble (so the seller said).

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Well, I sent Matthew to the resort in North Carolina known as razorplate.com and in the capable hands of Chris Evatt down there. He has done other replating for me and his work is outstanding. I figured this would be a challenge he could overcome. He finished the job, and today sent me the pictures of how the razor looks now. This is what will be arriving back in a couple of days. The restored, healthy, and quite happy Matthew - the "formerly haunted razor". What a beauty!

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Very nice Keith!

 

Who ya gonna call?......when your razor is haunted?

 

Excellent picture, Jason! I really like the brush.

 

Terrific picture, Mark!

 

The Cocoa Forest is a discontinued scent, and it was a mix of cocoa and pine. It sounds a bit odd, but it really worked well, and at one time I thought it was one of Rod's most complex scents. I would honestly consider replacing it, if it were still available.

 

Great picture, Gary!

 

Matthew looks great, Neal!

 

Great looking shave Gary.


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Beautiful, Neal. So do you tell yourself that the spirit previously haunting the razor (allegedly) has moved on to a better place or is now wandering in an arid wasteland with no rest as the result of you using his razor? I guess whatever helps you sleep at night.

 

The razor looks stunning. Congrats.


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Gillette Triangle Tech ikon tuckaway handle
Polsilver SI
Semogue BC Mistura
CTAPT SC
Superior 70

I decided to use my travel razor today. The head is banged up but still provides a top tier shave. Aided by favorable bits of kit, I was able to enjoy a nice comfortable 2 pass near BBS shave today. enjoy your day.

 

February 20th
Razor: Blackland Vector
Blade: Feather AC Pro (2)
Brush: WWB/Envy Supreme White badger
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: PAA Atomic Java Hive CK6
Stirling unscented witch hazel
PAA Star Jelly unscented
AS: PAA Atomic Java Hive

Good morning!

Wonderful three pass shave to start the day. BBS with silent alum.

I was going to finish out the month with bay rum but decided to switch to the PAA CK6 for the next several shaves. I'll give my impressions this weekend.

Have a great day!

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SOTD February 20, 2019
Alphabetical journey through soaps and creams
Letter S

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: Schick
Razor: Schick H1 injector
Brush: Zenith B02 boar
Soap: Soap Commander 13A▲
Post: Witch hazel, Country Club for Men Modern Fougere aftershave

Fine shave this morning with Soap Commander 13A▲, which is a citrus, amber, and vetiver soap. Nice scent, fairly sweet from the citrus, and wonderful performance as expected. The Hussy did a wonderful job of whisker reduction and the Modern Fougere splash is a terrific way to finish. Too bad Country Club decided to rebrand and stopped making these products.

That was the last of the letter S soaps. Tomorrow is letter T with TOBS Jermyn Street cream. It's been in my den for a long time but I haven't tried it yet.

Have a great day!

 

Wonderful shave and photo, Jim!

 

February 20 SOTD:

Razor: Gillette Fatboy
Blade: Gillette Nacet
Brush: Razorock 400
Lather: Stirling Gatlinburg
Aftershave: Stirling Gatlinburg
Additional Care:
Stirling Unscented PSB

It is cold and rainy out, and Gatlinburg always seems to fit on those mornings, so I smell like a wet forest. It is a nice scent, but not my favorite. As always, the performance is terrific, and the shave was smooth. Two passes for a DFS+. I hope everyone has a great day!

 

Beautiful picture, Jim!