November 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Excellent shave, Clint! Have a great day!

 

Veddy nice, Daniel!

 

Thanks, Perry! It helps being a former full-time teacher. I am fortunate that the high school students are fantastic!

 

Yes. It is feeling pretty good. It took about 7 weeks to get 95% and the last bits trickled in.... I still need to do some exercises to get back to pre-injury strength, but am getting there.

 

OOPS....I'm trying to pay attention....obviously failing!

 

11/19/2019

RazoRock 400 Noir Plissoft Synthetic Shaving Brush
Timeless Shaving Bowl
Mitchell’s Wool Fat Soap
Above the Tie – Calypso, R1 Plate
Above the Tie – Kronos, R1 Plate
Astra SP Blades – Fresh
Pinaud Clubman Classic

Andrew @Linuxguile mentioned a comparison between the aluminum and stainless steel Above the Tie razors so I though I would give it a go this morning.

The Fat was just good stuff this morning and one cannot complain about.

So how do the razors compare? The handle lengths and diameters are close and the both razors were running the R1 plate in their respected metals.

The Calypso weighs 40 grams which is 1.41 ounces.

The Kronos weighs in at 109 grams which is 3.84 ounces.

You can see that there is a considerable weight difference between the two razors and one would think that that would give the heavier razor the edge but I did not find that to be the case. In all honesty I could not tell a difference between the two razors on shave quality. The weight was the only difference and both shaved great. I shaved one side of my face with one razor and the other side with the other razor. Weight of the razors was the only difference and during the shave I just let the weight of both razors do the work.

I know a lot of people prefer stainless steel razors and I understand why but aluminum razors will hang right in there with them, especially the 7075 aircraft grade aluminum razors.

I hope this little review answers a few questions that you may have and don’t be scared to add an aluminum razor to the den. They will surprise you!

I hope everyone has a great day! Take care.

 

Tuesday
November 19, 2019

OneBlade Genesis V1
GEM PTFE
Dorian Crafts Galaxy Two Band
Barrister and Mann Lime, Lavender, & Cedarwood
Fine Lavender
ADP Cipresso Di Toscana

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Great shave and report, Danny!

Beautiful, Mark!

 

Great shave Joe and sorry about the weeper!

 

Awesome shave Clint and I love the depth of field in the picture! Love the brush and the brassy razor!

 

You beat the bent lid at its own game, I see .

 

Awesome shave and picture Daniel!

 

Nice shave and a very good detailed review, Danny!

 

Another fine shave with the Burma Shave cake soap. 2 healthy passes, no cuts. My face&neck and the Burma Shave are rapidly becoming ONE with each other. Finished off again with Clubman Reserve Whiskey Woods. I might have gone a little overboard with it, but better over than under with aftershaves, I believe. At the neck, I've begun to sweep the brush in all directions, which does appear to bring more soap to the skin.

 

Great picture, Joe!

 

Nice photo of the MWF Danny, so we can more clearly read what it's all about.

 

Beautiful picture, Clint!

 

Thank you, Blair!

 

Thanks, Danny! I will take a 12 min, 2 pass, BBS straight razor shave on a 38 hr stubble with a weep any day!

 

Terrific picture, Daniel!