excellent shaves Matthew.love the brit ss..

thank you Clint..good morning..

Feeling fancy today, I busted out my aristocrat. I put a vintage Gillette blade in it, and lo and behold, the blade had some sort of gold plating on it. Fancypants, baby! (Cue @wristwatchb with another “little lord fontleroy” photo.

In other news, I decided the Ozark AS might be a bit much, but am still mulling over whether or not to keep the soap. The den continues to shrink from absurdly overboard down to only ridiculous, so my next BST listing is gonna be a doozy.

cool shave Tom..

Oooooooh, you are good!

Very good!

Great looking Old Spice decanter.


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Yes. Price increases Nov 1st. Emails every few days about it. They do have a 100 day trial period, so in my mind it was an easy purchase. It also isn’t terribly expensive for the quality. I really likey.

There is probably more history of it being used here on the 30DC, as I remembered Clint using in September. I think I’ve seen Jim (jluc) use as well. Some delayed enabling they’ve accomplished.

After I try the aggressive plate, I’ll post more thoughts.

Excellent Matthew.


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Thank you, Gary!

Yeah, I have one. @clint64 got me. I've been giving serious thought to ordering a polished version before the price increase.

I do like shiny!

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Yes I got the same email. They are going up in price.


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Fantastic photo and shave Jim.


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Thanks, Clint!

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Very nice Randy. I hope you have a great day.


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OCtober OC - attempt

Col Conk - Bay Rum
Stirling Tuxedo
Gillette New Short Comb (Feather on 5)
Parker Variant {5} (Dorco on 3)
Focus Slim Al R28 (GSB on 5)

Yesterdays shave was supposed to be an easy and lazy 2 pass WTG affair.

Not so.

I chose the Colonel because you can always puff an easy spume of lather... almost. Col Conk is the Max Headroom approved low investment shave soap. I usually am not a Bay Rum fan, but this is sweeter, less spicy than others I've tried. Good for me.

In order to remain open minded I tried some of the best lathering methods put forth by the AridSoapSymposium. Wetting the brush tips and swirling was way too much work. Adding a little water did the trick..... well, maybe a lot of water. Bingo, problem solved.

In keeping with the crowd the Short Comb was to make Short Work of the stubble. Not so. Feather on 5 used to be fine. I could have worked my way through it, but nah.

Grabbed the Parker Variant set it to 5 and went at it for the Dorco blade's third outing. Still, too much work.

Grabbed the Focus R28 all aluminum edge forward professional barbering tool for the unplanned 3rd and ATG pass. The GSB on 5 pulled it off. I usually stop at 4.

Finished up over achieving my goals with the Proraso Menthol AS lotion. A soothing concoction that reminds me a little of a Green Irish Tweed dupe I've used, but lighter, and no deep hanging remains.

So 3 blades conked out and binned. Think I'll hit the stones and strops today with one of my straights and see if I can duplicate that new edge I'm liking.

Shave well, shave free.

Ooh! A different razor for each pass! I know not the intended plan, but I like it!

Nice save and shave, Bill!

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Razor: 1940's Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: PolSilver
Brush: Omega S-Brush
PS: Proraso
SS &AS: Stirling Executive Man

I was going to wait and use this newly gold plated razor in Decedent December but I was weak. It shaves like a Redtip with a standard head. It's heavier than a standard Superspeed but not aggressive. Paired with the Polsilver blade it was a very smooth and comfortable BBS shave. I did put a clearcoat over the gold plate as it was clear that the new gold plate is not durable (it was literally the cheapest I could find). There are more expensive gold plating electrolytes that claim to be harder and more durable, but since the original finish had a varnish, I figure varnishing mine is fine.

cool shave Evan..fine aristocrat..

cool shave Bill..

Great shave and recap Bill.



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Great shave and the razor is beautiful!

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