The Merry Mixed Up Month of May!
May 6
Razor - Feather DX Artist Club (Pain Stick)
Blade -
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Soap - Stirling Port au Prince
Brush - Omega 10066
Post - Alum
Wow, it's later than I thought! Been a busy day doing a lot of nothing. Well, not really. Cleaned out a freezer, took care of recylables, had a picnic and walk in the woods and then a couple of meetings. Finally get a chance to shave. I think it's time to get a pain stick involved in this Mixed Up May. You know I like these and you know my blade of choice is always Feather Pro. But, you may have noticed, the picture of the blade holder is NOT Feather Pro. That's right, boys and girls, to make it a mixed up month I grabbed a Dorco Artist Club blade. I bet some of you didn't even know Dorco made those! Several of us gave them a go a few years back and, while many didn't try a second one, I found them to be better than I expected. They're not Feather. They're not Kai. They're Dorco. Which means they aren't as sharp and don't last as long, but I found I could get 3-5 serviceable shaves out of one. (Feathers can go much longer)
So, load up a Dorco and fire up my small Omega boar brush to turn some Stirling mutton tallow soap into the slickest substance on earth. Do three passes with the pain stick and Dorco blade and settle in with a very high quality DFS that doesn't give the alum any reason to scream. That'll do, Dorco.....that'll do.
Have a terrific Thursday!!
By the way - wondering when the Artist Club razors first showed up on the 30DC?? Well, that's the fun May memory today. I should say as part of this memory that the term "pain stick" was coined several months in as some of us were learning this style of razor. Everyone credits me with being the first one to call it a "pain stick", but I haven't been able to verify that. However - I can verify the first time one of these razors was introduced to the 30DC. It happened on January 21, 2015. And no, it wasn't by me. That credit belongs to.......well......you can find out
HERE! By the way, it was a Feather SS.
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