January 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion | Page 164

Trigger · Jan 11, 2020

jgreenepa said: ↑

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Well, I have to admit, the Occam’s DE is one heck of a shaving tool. I have the full set with both caps and the three plates. The least aggressive plate is apparently a clone of the Muehle R89. I selected the most aggressive plate which appears very similar to the plate on my Eclipse Red Ring. Directions on Classic Shaving’s site recommend the use of a Feather blade in this safety razor. So that’s what I used. I fell back on my favorite soap, MWF and PAA’s Preshave Cube coupled with my Viking Silvertip Badger to provide a known ideal lathering platform for my first pass with this new razor. The razor is beautifully balanced in the hand and an incredibly smooth shaver that reminded me of my AS-D2, albeit with a much more generous sweet spot. I understand why people like this razor. Two clean effortless, bloodless passes on the face and one and a half on the dome and that’s all she wrote! The razor was allegedly designed for new DE shavers. A 316L SS safety razor based on a MIM process with these kind of tolerances, three plates and two caps was an amazing buy for under 65 dollars during their pre-Christmas pricing. This is one excellent shaving tool. I’m really going to be enjoying my shaves with this razor over the next few days. I feel clean, refreshed, and oh so very smooooth!

RAZOR: Classic Shaving’s Occam’s DE
BLADE: Feather
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Preshave Cube
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Royall Lyme AS Splash
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Congratulations on your maiden shave with your new Occam razor, Jeff! I grade your shave an A+!

Trigger · Jan 11, 2020

b1hart said: ↑

Very awesome progress and report Patrick!

Two things you pointed out....are very important daily routines for straight razor shaving (but not always mentioned in day to day straight razor user's posts, including mine). Stropping and slightly thin(ner) lather.

For my world, I'd add to the thinner lather....slick lather. Not all soaps are created equal. I can tell immediately when shaving a particular lather isn't slick. Some soaps, after shaving an area, will leave the skin still too slippery to easily use your free hand to stretch from (some add alum to their fingertips). These soaps you can shave an area, then still buff the area without new lather applied. Other soaps (usually lesser quality, but not always) leave the skin so clean, it's squeaky, and buffing without soap is irritation city (with any razor).
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Primotenore · Jan 11, 2020

9nein9 said: ↑

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Soap reduction plan back on track today. Was my girlfriends birthday today and we went out for Chinese with her parents and my youngest daughter.
Now for the shave part ... Being a newbie with straights I opted for a thinner lather and chose the Nivea . That was the 1st smart thing I've done in awhile. If anyone remembers my last straight report, I was having difficulty with the chin area and asked for advice. By chance or a stroke of luck I had a brainfart and decided maybe to strop with linen 10 strokes before attacking my chin this time. I then took the given advice and proceeded to use it to achieve success with my nemesis. (Thats why it pays a thousand fold to ask for help on here if you are not obtaining the results you desire ).
1st pass gave me great stubble reduction wtg , then 10 strops on linen and I did the unthinkable in my mind and went south to north up the throat area and up over the chin. ( I am pausing as I write this to rub my now smooth chin as that canary tasted great).
I've learned some excellent tips from the class of straight shavers on here who chimed in and answered my pleas for advice. Many thanks to each one of yous!
Thats why I believe this group stays so tight.... aside from our shenanigans, we all share the same passion for success in wetshaving. Lastly....and sorry for the long post ( In my defense I have been absent for a bit longer than expected due to circumstances) , I just wanted to again thank Bill @Edison Carter for giving me the opportunity to take this step into straights . What was once a dream is now a reality!
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Great job, Patrick.

b1hart · Jan 11, 2020

Keithmax said: ↑

Saturday shave and back to the hot scuttle test. Today's test soap is MdC which has performed great for me in cold and warm water. Fired up the tea kettle and then filled up the scuttle with very hot water. Loaded my brush and then put a few drops of liquid lanolin like I always do with MdC. The lather was as expected very bubbly and runny, as soon as I applied it my face it thickened up, too much. It would have been fine for a DE but not a straight.

I was finally able to get it an acceptable consistency when it is applied to my face but the slickness was far below what I usually get with MdC. If I was using a safety razor I could accept this lather but not with a straight. I am going to rule MdC out for the hot lathers.

Today's razor is a big Osiris and the edge was nice. Tomorrow I will put Tabac to the test.

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That looks like such a fun razor to shave with Keith! Love the lines in the blade from layer building & forging. Great stuff with the hot shave testing!

Terry · Jan 11, 2020

Saturday morning, hello all. Hope your day goes great! Getting the gang ready to go watch 7-8 year olds play B-ball.
Got some time in to use a razor that needed some shave love.
My PAL Injectomatic, with a Schick B-20 blade. A nice shave, keeping the blade at the right angle is the trick for me getting a good, painless, close shave. 2 passes on the face with some clean up. 2 passes on the gord with some clean up. No issues, not as close as some razor/blade combos I have, but still ok. I've tried other blades in this blade holder, the B-20's seem to work best, so far. Yes the injector pictured was reloaded with B-20's.
I find if you get the angle right, you really can't go wrong. The angle is the secret to these type of tools, at least for me. Oh!, and a good sharp blade.
l unload and bin the blade after use. I realy don't like using a blade twice.
Getting a sub par shave because of a dulling blade isn't where I'm at. I'm also not a fan of leaving a blade in any of my razors, so I just don't do it.
Reading along with the posts seems things are going ok with most, with a few exceptions, sorry to see these things happening with those few.
My heart and prayers go out to you.

All!
Have a great weekend!!
Enjoy!
tp

Norcalnewb · Jan 11, 2020

9nein9 said: ↑

Great reports guys!
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Thank you, Patrick!

Trigger · Jan 11, 2020

Terry said: ↑

Saturday morning, hello all. Hope your day goes great! Getting the gang ready to go watch 7-8 year olds play B-ball.
Got some time in to use a razor that needed some shave love.
My PAL Injectomatic, with a Schick B-20 blade. A nice shave, keeping the blade at the right angle is the trick for me getting a good, painless, close shave. 2 passes on the face with some clean up. 2 passes on the gord with some clean up. No issues, not as close as some razor/blade combos I have, but still ok. I've tried other blades in this blade holder, the B-20's seem to work best, so far. Yes the injector pictured was reloaded with B-20's.
I find if you get the angle right, you really can't go wrong. The angle is the secret to these type of tools, at least for me. Oh!, and a good sharp blade.
View attachment 214885 l unload and bin the blade after use. I realy don't like using a blade twice.
Getting a sub par shave because of a dulling blade isn't where I'm at. I'm also not a fan of leaving a blade in any of my razors, so I just don't do it.
Reading along with the posts seems things are going ok with most, with a few exceptions, sorry to see these things happening with those few.
My heart and prayers go out to you.

All!
Have a great weekend!!
Enjoy!
tp
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Nice shave and post, Terry!

Norcalnewb · Jan 11, 2020

Keithmax said: ↑

Saturday shave and back to the hot scuttle test. Today's test soap is MdC which has performed great for me in cold and warm water. Fired up the tea kettle and then filled up the scuttle with very hot water. Loaded my brush and then put a few drops of liquid lanolin like I always do with MdC. The lather was as expected very bubbly and runny, as soon as I applied it my face it thickened up, too much. It would have been fine for a DE but not a straight.

I was finally able to get it an acceptable consistency when it is applied to my face but the slickness was far below what I usually get with MdC. If I was using a safety razor I could accept this lather but not with a straight. I am going to rule MdC out for the hot lathers.

Today's razor is a big Osiris and the edge was nice. Tomorrow I will put Tabac to the test.

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That is a gorgeous blade, Keith!

Norcalnewb · Jan 11, 2020

9nein9 said: ↑

View attachment 214863
Soap reduction plan back on track today. Was my girlfriends birthday today and we went out for Chinese with her parents and my youngest daughter.
Now for the shave part ... Being a newbie with straights I opted for a thinner lather and chose the Nivea . That was the 1st smart thing I've done in awhile. If anyone remembers my last straight report, I was having difficulty with the chin area and asked for advice. By chance or a stroke of luck I had a brainfart and decided maybe to strop with linen 10 strokes before attacking my chin this time. I then took the given advice and proceeded to use it to achieve success with my nemesis. (Thats why it pays a thousand fold to ask for help on here if you are not obtaining the results you desire ).
1st pass gave me great stubble reduction wtg , then 10 strops on linen and I did the unthinkable in my mind and went south to north up the throat area and up over the chin. ( I am pausing as I write this to rub my now smooth chin as that canary tasted great).
I've learned some excellent tips from the class of straight shavers on here who chimed in and answered my pleas for advice. Many thanks to each one of yous!
Thats why I believe this group stays so tight.... aside from our shenanigans, we all share the same passion for success in wetshaving. Lastly....and sorry for the long post ( In my defense I have been absent for a bit longer than expected due to circumstances) , I just wanted to again thank Bill @Edison Carter for giving me the opportunity to take this step into straights . What was once a dream is now a reality!
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Nice shave, Patrick!

Norcalnewb · Jan 11, 2020

brit said: ↑

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good morning gents ,saturday shave.most of the snow is gone now but the shave remained.loaded the sheraton with a platinum,lathered the murphy and mcneil soap with the made rite 82 badger,and got a lovely smooth bbs in 2+ passes with minor pick ups..gael laoch aftershave to finish..nice mild menthol hit as well awesome..have a fine day everyone..
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Great picture, Gary!

Norcalnewb · Jan 11, 2020

jgreenepa said: ↑

View attachment 214883
SOTD 01/11/20

Well, I have to admit, the Occam’s DE is one heck of a shaving tool. I have the full set with both caps and the three plates. The least aggressive plate is apparently a clone of the Muehle R89. I selected the most aggressive plate which appears very similar to the plate on my Eclipse Red Ring. Directions on Classic Shaving’s site recommend the use of a Feather blade in this safety razor. So that’s what I used. I fell back on my favorite soap, MWF and PAA’s Preshave Cube coupled with my Viking Silvertip Badger to provide a known ideal lathering platform for my first pass with this new razor. The razor is beautifully balanced in the hand and an incredibly smooth shaver that reminded me of my AS-D2, albeit with a much more generous sweet spot. I understand why people like this razor. Two clean effortless, bloodless passes on the face and one and a half on the dome and that’s all she wrote! The razor was allegedly designed for new DE shavers. A 316L SS safety razor based on a MIM process with these kind of tolerances, three plates and two caps was an amazing buy for under 65 dollars during their pre-Christmas pricing. This is one excellent shaving tool. I’m really going to be enjoying my shaves with this razor over the next few days. I feel clean, refreshed, and oh so very smooooth!

RAZOR: Classic Shaving’s Occam’s DE
BLADE: Feather
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Preshave Cube
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Royall Lyme AS Splash
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Excellent picture, Jeff!

Norcalnewb · Jan 11, 2020

Terry said: ↑

Saturday morning, hello all. Hope your day goes great! Getting the gang ready to go watch 7-8 year olds play B-ball.
Got some time in to use a razor that needed some shave love.
My PAL Injectomatic, with a Schick B-20 blade. A nice shave, keeping the blade at the right angle is the trick for me getting a good, painless, close shave. 2 passes on the face with some clean up. 2 passes on the gord with some clean up. No issues, not as close as some razor/blade combos I have, but still ok. I've tried other blades in this blade holder, the B-20's seem to work best, so far. Yes the injector pictured was reloaded with B-20's.
I find if you get the angle right, you really can't go wrong. The angle is the secret to these type of tools, at least for me. Oh!, and a good sharp blade.
View attachment 214885 l unload and bin the blade after use. I realy don't like using a blade twice.
Getting a sub par shave because of a dulling blade isn't where I'm at. I'm also not a fan of leaving a blade in any of my razors, so I just don't do it.
Reading along with the posts seems things are going ok with most, with a few exceptions, sorry to see these things happening with those few.
My heart and prayers go out to you.

All!
Have a great weekend!!
Enjoy!
tp
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Nice looking shave, Terry!

b1hart · Jan 11, 2020

brit said: ↑

View attachment 214884
good morning gents ,saturday shave.most of the snow is gone now but the shave remained.loaded the sheraton with a platinum,lathered the murphy and mcneil soap with the made rite 82 badger,and got a lovely smooth bbs in 2+ passes with minor pick ups..gael laoch aftershave to finish..nice mild menthol hit as well awesome..have a fine day everyone..
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Awesome image Gary! The glass and snow work well together. Nice gear!

jgreenepa said: ↑

View attachment 214883
SOTD 01/11/20

Well, I have to admit, the Occam’s DE is one heck of a shaving tool. I have the full set with both caps and the three plates. The least aggressive plate is apparently a clone of the Muehle R89. I selected the most aggressive plate which appears very similar to the plate on my Eclipse Red Ring. Directions on Classic Shaving’s site recommend the use of a Feather blade in this safety razor. So that’s what I used. I fell back on my favorite soap, MWF and PAA’s Preshave Cube coupled with my Viking Silvertip Badger to provide a known ideal lathering platform for my first pass with this new razor. The razor is beautifully balanced in the hand and an incredibly smooth shaver that reminded me of my AS-D2, albeit with a much more generous sweet spot. I understand why people like this razor. Two clean effortless, bloodless passes on the face and one and a half on the dome and that’s all she wrote! The razor was allegedly designed for new DE shavers. A 316L SS safety razor based on a MIM process with these kind of tolerances, three plates and two caps was an amazing buy for under 65 dollars during their pre-Christmas pricing. This is one excellent shaving tool. I’m really going to be enjoying my shaves with this razor over the next few days. I feel clean, refreshed, and oh so very smooooth!

RAZOR: Classic Shaving’s Occam’s DE
BLADE: Feather
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Preshave Cube
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Royall Lyme AS Splash
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Awesome report and shave Jeff! Love seeing that quote on the mug!

Trigger said: ↑

It is interesting how different soaps are reacting in yout experiment.
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Terry said: ↑

Saturday morning, hello all. Hope your day goes great! Getting the gang ready to go watch 7-8 year olds play B-ball.
Got some time in to use a razor that needed some shave love.
My PAL Injectomatic, with a Schick B-20 blade. A nice shave, keeping the blade at the right angle is the trick for me getting a good, painless, close shave. 2 passes on the face with some clean up. 2 passes on the gord with some clean up. No issues, not as close as some razor/blade combos I have, but still ok. I've tried other blades in this blade holder, the B-20's seem to work best, so far. Yes the injector pictured was reloaded with B-20's.
I find if you get the angle right, you really can't go wrong. The angle is the secret to these type of tools, at least for me. Oh!, and a good sharp blade.
View attachment 214885 l unload and bin the blade after use. I realy don't like using a blade twice.
Getting a sub par shave because of a dulling blade isn't where I'm at. I'm also not a fan of leaving a blade in any of my razors, so I just don't do it.
Reading along with the posts seems things are going ok with most, with a few exceptions, sorry to see these things happening with those few.
My heart and prayers go out to you.

All!
Have a great weekend!!
Enjoy!
tp
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Great report and thoughts Terry! Have fun at the games!

jgreenepa · Jan 11, 2020

Trigger said: ↑

Congratulations on your maiden shave with your new Occam razor, Jeff! I grade your shave an A+!
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Thanks, teach! It was!

jgreenepa · Jan 11, 2020

Norcalnewb said: ↑

Excellent picture, Jeff!
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Thanks, Jim!

jgreenepa · Jan 11, 2020

b1hart said: ↑

Awesome image Gary! The glass and snow work well together. Nice gear!

Awesome report and shave Jeff! Love seeing that quote on the mug!

Great report and thoughts Terry! Have fun at the games!
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Thanks, Blair, I received the mug as part of my Secret Santa here on TSD. Love it!

blondblue · Jan 11, 2020

My shave ended up fine today, but it got off to a questionable beginning. First touch of brush to face felt a little chilly, and I couldn't understand why. I think what I need to are 2 things....1)-make sure the faucet water is NICE AND HOT first....2)-spend a little less time soaking the brush. For the second pass, I had warmer water, thus things got back to normal. The Soap Exchange puts out real good soaps. Finished off with AgadirMen aftershave(oud wood). Good stuff.

jluc · Jan 11, 2020

Terry said: ↑

Saturday morning, hello all. Hope your day goes great! Getting the gang ready to go watch 7-8 year olds play B-ball.
Got some time in to use a razor that needed some shave love.
My PAL Injectomatic, with a Schick B-20 blade. A nice shave, keeping the blade at the right angle is the trick for me getting a good, painless, close shave. 2 passes on the face with some clean up. 2 passes on the gord with some clean up. No issues, not as close as some razor/blade combos I have, but still ok. I've tried other blades in this blade holder, the B-20's seem to work best, so far. Yes the injector pictured was reloaded with B-20's.
I find if you get the angle right, you really can't go wrong. The angle is the secret to these type of tools, at least for me. Oh!, and a good sharp blade.
View attachment 214885 l unload and bin the blade after use. I realy don't like using a blade twice.
Getting a sub par shave because of a dulling blade isn't where I'm at. I'm also not a fan of leaving a blade in any of my razors, so I just don't do it.
Reading along with the posts seems things are going ok with most, with a few exceptions, sorry to see these things happening with those few.
My heart and prayers go out to you.

All!
Have a great weekend!!
Enjoy!
tp
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Very nice, Terry!

jgreenepa · Jan 11, 2020

Terry said: ↑

Saturday morning, hello all. Hope your day goes great! Getting the gang ready to go watch 7-8 year olds play B-ball.
Got some time in to use a razor that needed some shave love.
My PAL Injectomatic, with a Schick B-20 blade. A nice shave, keeping the blade at the right angle is the trick for me getting a good, painless, close shave. 2 passes on the face with some clean up. 2 passes on the gord with some clean up. No issues, not as close as some razor/blade combos I have, but still ok. I've tried other blades in this blade holder, the B-20's seem to work best, so far. Yes the injector pictured was reloaded with B-20's.
I find if you get the angle right, you really can't go wrong. The angle is the secret to these type of tools, at least for me. Oh!, and a good sharp blade.
View attachment 214885 l unload and bin the blade after use. I realy don't like using a blade twice.
Getting a sub par shave because of a dulling blade isn't where I'm at. I'm also not a fan of leaving a blade in any of my razors, so I just don't do it.
Reading along with the posts seems things are going ok with most, with a few exceptions, sorry to see these things happening with those few.
My heart and prayers go out to you.

All!
Have a great weekend!!
Enjoy!
tp
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Great shave as usual! I bin my blades after two, with the exception of my Gems and AC blades.

jgreenepa · Jan 11, 2020

Paul Turner said: ↑

My shave ended up fine today, but it got off to a questionable beginning. First touch of brush to face felt a little chilly, and I couldn't understand why. I think what I need to are 2 things....1)-make sure the faucet water is NICE AND HOT first....2)-spend a little less time soaking the brush. For the second pass, I had warmer water, thus things got back to normal. The Soap Exchange puts out real good soaps. Finished off with AgadirMen aftershave(oud wood). Good stuff.
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Good shave report, Paul!

What year did you join our happy band of shavers?

2015 - CHARTER MEMBER - I was here the day we began!

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2018

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I'm brand new in 2020

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Not sure but it's been longer than a day

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