August 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Nice start to the day! Enjoy your time with you mom, Clint!

 

fantastic shave Clint..

 

very cool Terry..first one i have seen was yours..definitely unique..

 

Thanks Gary!

Thamnk you Clint!

Thanks Joe! I think the soap maker, grandson of an Italian Barber (!) was having issues with Brand Recognition. All his scent names were in Italian so that created more confusion. He has rebranded as "Eleven". If I'm understanding the details, he also reformulated into a tallow soap. Not sure if he's a member here, but he's active at The Shave Nook as "racebmx".

 

I will research it, thanx!

 

Very cool Terry. Great shave report.


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To update my Adjustable August Black and White theme, I'm still using the same Parker brand blade I started the month with. I shave about every two days but this month I have gone longer (3-4) a couple of times so the blade has less then ten uses on it. It's already getting tuggy but still works and gives a good result. I'll say that it seems a little early for the amount of decline it has when I've done this (excalibur) with brands like Derby or Shark and had better longevity from those. It's anybody's guess who actually manufactures the "Parker" branded blades.

The Black Beauty works great and I quite like it. I have the long handled Super 109 but I think I would prefer the shorter Super 84 version as it's a little closer to the other vintage models like the Techs and Super Speeds etc. It's the only adjustable I own and to be honest I don't really see the point of them. Personally, once I adjust anything to my preference, it never gets changed again. So I can't see myself hunting for a Fatboy or Slim even though they look pretty cool. Well, the Bond year Slim........maybe, just because.

Other than that I'll continue punishing that Parker blade until September.

 

Thank you Perry. That is great you were able to find both razors.


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We recently had a WC open less than a mile from our house. My wife's new obsession is Impossible Sliders (cheese, no extra salt).

Within more or less the same distance, we also have a McD's, Burger King, Taco Bell, Five Guys, Smashburger, Red Robin, KFC, and Boston Market. Go a bit further and you hit a Roy Rogers. All this deep in the Jersey Shore!

 

Thanks Perry
It works rather nice, for a mild child.
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Thanks Joe
I'm certain Fuzzy would say it's a one of a kind 2 sidded thingy.
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Sorry I haven't been around much of late. Work was a bear for most of last week and the beginning of this week. For those familiar with software development, I was hunting a showstopper of a bug in an installer that only showed up when you ran a silent install (which is what the customer wanted to do) and had not occurred in previous versions of the software, even though we didn't change the installation script. Turned out to be an initialization error of the sort where you wonder how it ever worked.

Last few shaves have been with the Pal Adjustable because it was handy, but I want to get back to one or more DE Adjustables for the rest of the month.

Hope you are all doing well. I'm afraid that I've skipped a hundred or so pages to try and get caught up.

 

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Thanks Gary
Haven't seen anything like it either, so I had to take it home.
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Great shave Rick.
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Great shave Clint
Jave a nice visit with your mother.
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That PAL is a nice razor, kinda mild but nice. Trying to keep up with this tread is nearly impossible.
Good luck
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Thanks Clint
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That's the way to pick up an iconic razor. Stop looking. You might still visit your local resale shops; thrift or antique, and garage or estate sale. Since you aren't suffering from RAD there's no temptation to ebay at retail prices. Let Fortune & Chance guide you to five dollar deals by folks selling cruddy old relics instead of Collector Pieces. The difference is scrubbing off someone else's soap scum. And big bucks.

I'm sure someone knows the weight differences for Black Beauties VS. Slims and Fat Boys. There's a similarity to BB & Slim head geometry - flatter that the more domed #195's. Prior to my recent uses with a Slim I'd have proclaimed Fat Boys superior. Now I need to Focus the Slim to learn just how well it does perform.

 

riding the cap ish on nine with my slim was a very comfortable pass..i like the slim head design ant the handle balance is very nice..i am glad i ventured out and used it for a week..the fatboy was great as well on 9,or any setting as well just different due to weight and length..will definitely use both more often..

 

#9 seems to be catching on...
Nice Gary



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