June 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Always fascinating to see what turns up as we search for things.

 

Repeated today with the Stoylin Sandpiper duo(soap&A.S.). Although I got another couple of weepers IN THE SAME AREA AS THOSE OF YESTERDAY, I felt better overall about today's shave. I used less water on the brush(indeed Distilled Water is one of the Stoylin soap ingredients). About 0:30 to load the slightly drier brush. Usual Stoylin greatness, what else can I say? 2 healthy passes. Did a better job with the neck's "Y Formation", which clearly pleased me. Got some good "bubble" action in the soap. Quite Excellent.

 

Nice shave!
Welcome aboard!

Stunning kit, Mark!

Sorry about the weepers, Paul. An overall Quite Excellent is a win in my book.

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June 14th
Razor: RR Wunderbar Slant
Blade: Treet Platinum (2)
Brush: SOC badger
Pre-shave: PAA Rabid Banana Cube
Soap: Stirling Spice
PAA Galactic witch hazel
Stirling Glacial balm
AS: Stirling Spice

Sample Sunday

Good morning!

Wonderful shave to start the day! Three passes for near BBS. Light tickle from the alum.

Have a great day!



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Dr.Mrs. Primo gave it a

 

Thank you Jim.....face and neck do feel mighty fine .

 

The secret security counsel met, both the cartel and yakuza approve.

Welcome!

 

June Focus

Mediterráneo~~Mondial~~1947 Super-Speed/Voskhod~~Seaforth! Spiced Lime
Focussing and working your way through a single tub of soap is not as difficult as some might think.
Especially when the soap is a real joy to use, as is the case with this Jabonman.
I mean, it's not like doing a 30dc with Arko.

Another glorious lather created with the aid of the Mondial 26mm Boar knot.

The second day with the Voskhod/Super-Speed combo and
this is another "I could use this everyday" example.
Three easy passes and a touch of buffing-clean up for the win.
Seaforth! Spiced Lime was the perfect choice for a beautiful summer day.​

 

Great photo and shave, Neal--those Stirling synthetics are fantastic brushes

 

Awesome, Mike!

I almost got the Classic Samurai, and probably would have if things had lined up differently. I forget now what kept me from pulling the trigger (something like being sold out of the all-black model at that particular time, or not liking the blades it came with, or it being a dollar more--something stupid like that). I really like the cutouts in the scales of the Classic Samurai; it's a nice touch that the Utopia Care shavette lacks. Here's what mine looks like. The labeling rubbed off almost immediately, which is fine... it's not nearly as cool as the labeling for the CS anyway

 

SOTD SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2020

Well, Tim, my shave today was excellent, and I will admit that it must be the blade. I am fast becoming a Valet Auto Strop booster! I now own three of them. Two proprietary - they can only use Feather FHS and FAS blades or Valet Original (VB2, VC4), and one non proprietary (VC1). This was my second shave with the VC1.

In my first shave I used a modified Gem blade, but this shave featured a Feather FHS-10 blade. The shaves were identical with the exception of the blade used. Now don’t misunderstand what I’m about to say. I love Gem razors. I own several and get great shaves from them. It’s just that in this case the Feather blade outperformed yesterday’s modified Gem.

The Gem wasn’t faulty. It was only the 4th shave on that blade, and I routinely get 7 - 10. It was a new Feather blade, as I rarely get more than 4 shaves from this type blade. In any case today’s shave like yesterday’s was a one and 1/2 pass (WTG, ATG) BBS, but it moved into the velveteen (VBBS) arena on the dome. Now in fairness a fresh Gem might perform equivalently, but I’m going to quit while I’m ahead. I feel cool, clean, velveteen smooth and refreshed.

RAZOR: Valet Auto Strop Model VC1
BLADE: Feather FHS-10
PREP: Cold water rinse
BRUSH: Kent Infinity Synthetic
CREAM: Nancy Boy Signature enhanced w/ 6 drops of M-Bomb.
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with Glyce Glycerin soap followed by Humphreys Lilac WH and Nancy Boy Signature Scent Cooling After-Shave Gel.

 

Awesome photo and camp shave set up, Blair! Love how the background matches your Proraso. I take it you're racing this weekend?

 

I have 3....and I agree.

 

Great shave, Jeff!

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thank you Joseph..

 

awesome Mark..

 

very cool..

 

awesome Blair..

 

fine shave Paul,good morning..

 

sunday shave
brit new rfb/french thin tech handle
platinum
sc bignoli young
mont blanc legend spirit

good morning gents,fabulous 2+ pass bbs with the brit rfb.excellent lather.have a fine day everyone..