September 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Beautiful picture, Jason!

 

Thank you, Blair!

 

Beautiful, Blair.

 

Thank you, Jason! I have to admit, I am looking forward to a different set up this weekend. I will be packing up a nice selection, as much of my stuff will have to go into storage starting next week.

 

Hey guys I’m new here so I figured I’d introduce myself my name is Michael and 27 from South Jersey I’ve been traditional Wetshaving just about 11 months now and I really enjoy it there’s a real way to personalize your shaves and I’d like that part about it along with cool, vintage nostalgia factor. And besides it’s the best way to shave!! I started off traditional WetShaving with a Shavette and my first safety razor was a Muhle R41 but I traded it for my now favorite razor... my 1964 Gillette Slim Adjustable. I will buy the R 41 again though.. other than that hardware wise I have a 1930s Gillette “NEW” LongComb , 49’ SuperSpeed, Q-Shave Adjustable (Merkur Futur Clone) , 1966 gold&blaxk Schick Krona. Software wise I don’t have many I have Stirling Barbershop (witch is my fav) and 2 samples “Spice” and “bayrum” then I have Proraso Red , PAA “HanPolo” Victory Shave Co. “WitchCraft “ (they only made 130) then I got a sample of RR “mudder Focker” I like it so much I want to buy full tub. Then theirs my Arko+Palmolive Shave sticks then I have Wholly Kaw “Merchant Of Tabacco” then three samples of barrister and then reserve line “Cool, Classic, And Spice “ I know it’s not that much compared to you guys but being a young kid only wet shaving for 11 months I know my stuff!!! I’ve learned a lot and hope to learn more doing this #30Day THANKS GUYS HOPE TO TALK WITH YOU SOON!

 

Thank you, Andrew!

 

Hello Mike and welcome!

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Scott's going to get it figured out for me.

 

Thanks for the advice, Blair.

 

Welcome to the Crew, Mike!

 

Thank you, Gary.

 

Great looking shave and photo Evan.

 

Welcome, Mike! Looks like you've got some great gear for a Rule or a Focus.

 

How's it going Mike.
Glad you dropped in.
This is the place to hone your skill.
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Thank you, Paul!!

 

The Baume.Be hard soap is BAD...the cream is stupendous.

 

I appreciate the feedback, Glen.

 

As an engineer myself, I love graphs and data, but I read through the data from the original guy who did this a few years ago, and if you look at from a purely scientific standpoint, there are some flaws.

First, there is no mention of how everything is calibrated each time. How do you know the tension of the "test media" is the same? How do you know the "test media" itself is consistent from test to test?Do we know the scale is calibrated properly with each test?

Next, we all know there is quite a variation in manufacturing. It appears that he tested a very limited number of samples (in fact it appears to 1) of the blades. But even if he tested 20, that is still a fairly limited number of samples. The variation he is showing could easily be covered by manufacturing variation itself.

And the how representative is the test media to human hair? In ballistics testing they use a specific hell to as closely as possible represent a living organisms. This must also be considered as some media may more closely replicate hair than others.

Having said all of this, I am not trying to poopoo the study. I just merely point out there are flaws. I am an electrical engineer with over 20 years, quite a bit of which has been spent in protective relaying on industrial power systems. One of the best books ever written on the subject is called the Art and Science of Protective Relaying. As much science as there is in this field, there really is more art. I would suggest the same for shaving. I don't think that everything could be proven or fully supported with science. Some of the guys on here that hone their straights will be familiar with the hanging hair test. This is a test of a blades sharpness. But, my guess is that none of them will tell you this is a full indicator of a blades shavability (is this a word?). That comes more from feel.

I guess that I found for myself that I had to suspend a lot of my engineering, data focused thought process for this hobby as there seems to be quite a bit of Art to it. As @jtspartan said, the more I shaved, the more I realized blades were one of the least impactful variables of the shave.