June 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

I agree with you Rick, but restaurants should be adhering to the food laws in their state. It was common knowledge that in the 40's through the 60's, people thought Chinese restaurants served dog and/or cat meat to fool their customers into thinking they were eating beef or chicken.

 

I didnt pull the trigger yet Joe. Wasnt sure what the DE razors were worth or the mug. Going back tomorrow

 

Thanks guys.

 

You don't think Chinese restaurants serve dog and cat meat?

 

No, I don't because if they did then they would be shut down and they would never be open again. Restaurants are inspected and they must pass strict guidelines. Dept of Health and Food Inspectors would not allow it.

 

Thank you Jim.

 

Spice is a strong scent, you will love it!

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Beautiful shot Doug!

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My Motto. Have low expectations and be pleasantly surprised. I bet you got to sample some interesting stuff in Vietnam and Asia. When traveling in India, I often wonder about what meat is really being served. So I follow my wife's plan and become a temporary vegetarian

 

Revisiting my Viking's Blade Augustus, and finding I'm liking it more on a higher setting. Used a 7 o'clock blade today.

Soap was Stirling Gin & Tonic applied with my PAA Atomic Rocket. Shulton Old Spice wrapped it up and sent me out the door looking and feeling as good as I can get!

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Sounds good to me.

 

The spice is so close to the shulton. 100% better than the P and G. One of my favorites.

 

I'm with you there Max! The P&G just isn't the same. I've been watching for some vintage Avon Spicy to see how different it is.

It's Stirling so the lather will be right. I enjoy strongly scented products so that's good to know. I've had less experience with the other choices of Soap Commander or B&M. When I had my cart open on the Stirling website ordering the 2019 LE Blood on Steel SS & AS I figured I'd make use of the $4.55 flat rate shipping.

 

SOTD June 26th


Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
EDRIO #85 Schick Injector FSM Prototype
Schick blade (3)
DS Cosmetics (26mm, Frigate Class)
Stirling Executive Man soap
Stirling Glacial Unscented PSB
Fine Platinum AS

Today's shave features a somewhat custom DS Cosmetics brush. I say somewhat custom because both the handle and knot are from DS Cosmetics but I custom drilled the socket for the knot to set the knot a good bit deeper then the handle was originally drilled for. The resulting performance was fantastic. Sinking the knot about 5mm deeper in the handle really gave it a good bit of backbone. I was really impressed with both the color an shape of this knot especially considering it's $20 pricetag. The tips are very soft but there was still a tiny bit of scritch and a whole lot of scrub. Executive Man is my oldest tub of Stirling soap and it has dried out quite a bit and is now as hard as a triple milled soap. This brush had no problems digging in and in 30 seconds easily loaded enough soap for six passes. In all honesty this brush's performance is on par with my Paladins, for less then$30 delivered. The rest of the shave was smooth as silk with the coolest Injector that I own. Have a great day my friends!

Hump day!



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I wonder if the "other" meat found in Asian restaurant coolers was for the owners own meals? I've butchered various birds, many rabbits, a couple deer, and buckets of fish. There's a lot of labor that goes into getting an animal ready for the kitchen. Can't imagine they'd save much money gathering local pets to supplement or lower the butchers bill. More likely it's Urban Myth that's outstripped the truth.

 

Excellent post and shave, Andrew!

 

HUMPDAY!!!
Wow, Declan is getting big!

Another great report and photos, Andrew! Your brush trials have really killed my urge to get a "high end" brush.
Just out of curiosity, how long have you had that soap and has it lost any of its scent?

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Thank you Joe!

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Shame they didn't put that one into production! From the photo it looks like it's made from a single piece of stainless steel.

Declan has that "Opps, I got caught messing with the electric cord. Again." look on his face.

 

Great shave report. Very cool razor.

Declan has grown so much. Happy Humpday.