August 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Trigger · Aug 24, 2020

jluc said: ↑

August 24th
Razor: Blackland Tradere SB
Blade: Wilkinson Sword (3)
Brush: SOC Taj Mistura
Pre-shave: PAA Rabid Banana Cube
Soap: Stirling Iced Pineapple
PAA Galactic Witch Hazel
Stirling Glacial Balm
AS: Stirling Iced Pineapple

Good morning!

Wonderful shave to start the day! Three passes for near BBS. Nearly silent alum.

This completes my six shave run with the Blackland Tradere. Excellent razor! I did catch my adams apple this morning drawing a bit of blood. User error. Highly recommended to anyone that enjoys a smooth razor with little blade feel.

Have a great day!

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Awesome shave Jim!

blondblue · Aug 24, 2020

As promised, fellas, here is the order of my shave grades:

Excellent
Bordering On Excellent
A Little Bit Excellent
Fairly Excellent
Pretty Excellent
Very Excellent
Most Excellent
Super Duper Excellent
Top Of The World Excellent.

myles wilson · Aug 24, 2020

clint64 said: ↑

August 24, 2020
Blackland Tradere OC
Gillette 7 O’clock Yellow
Heritage C-Mon 77-4
RR “The Dead Sea”
Shave Soap & Aftershave

Its a rainy muggy morning here in the ATL. Back with the Tardere OC after yesterday's blood batch. The C-Mon brush did a wonderful job whipping up a rich Dead Sea lather. I absolutely love the scent of this soap and aftershave. Three passes and touch ups had the baby within range. I went with a 4 pass on my lower right neck that ended in a wonderful BBS shave with no blood bath. A splash of the Dead Sea aftershave and I am off to a client site for the day. I hope everyone has a great Monday.
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awesome clint! stay safe and enjoy your day!

Trigger · Aug 24, 2020

clint64 said: ↑

August 24, 2020
Blackland Tradere OC
Gillette 7 O’clock Yellow
Heritage C-Mon 77-4
RR “The Dead Sea”
Shave Soap & Aftershave

Its a rainy muggy morning here in the ATL. Back with the Tardere OC after yesterday's blood batch. The C-Mon brush did a wonderful job whipping up a rich Dead Sea lather. I absolutely love the scent of this soap and aftershave. Three passes and touch ups had the baby within range. I went with a 4 pass on my lower right neck that ended in a wonderful BBS shave with no blood bath. A splash of the Dead Sea aftershave and I am off to a client site for the day. I hope everyone has a great Monday.
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Bluetiful shave Clint.

Droo78 · Aug 24, 2020

Paul Turner said: ↑

As promised, fellas, here is the order of my shave grades:

Excellent
Bordering On Excellent
A Little Bit Excellent
Fairly Excellent
Pretty Excellent
Very Excellent
Most Excellent
Super Duper Excellent
Top Of The World Excellent.
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blondblue · Aug 24, 2020

Droo78 said: ↑

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...what is that from?

Trigger · Aug 24, 2020

Droo78 said: ↑

Thank you for the information, Joe. Good read.
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Thanks Andrew! Gary put me on the spot to research it.

Droo78 · Aug 24, 2020

Paul Turner said: ↑

...what is that from?
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Bill and Ted!

Trigger · Aug 24, 2020

Paul Turner said: ↑

Real nice shave this morning. That Glacial Lime soap(Stoylin)really hits the spot, and did today. (Course I'm sure ALL Stoylin Glacials do that). 0:30 to load the Maggard Marble Handle Synthetic(one of my two most attractive brushes). 2 healthy passes. No cuts, no knicks. I continued my focus on going SLLOOWWW and careful around the most sensitive areas, which are the East and West edges of both North and South Porcupine Alley. I'm beginning to feel that if I get a double zero on the edges I'm headed for a TOP OF shave(unless I get clumsy in other areas.). Mennen Skin Bracer to finish. Top Of The World Excellent.
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Awesome shave Paul!

Trigger · Aug 24, 2020

Paul Turner said: ↑

Very well done, Joe! How about plain disposeABLES????(Info on this could help me for Throwback Thursday shaves).
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Thanks Paul.
Try Googling History of Disposable Razors and see what get? Pick out the best article, then copy and paste.

Keithmax · Aug 24, 2020

jgreenepa said: ↑

Thanks, Keith, but the success was attributable to having my own tutor right there with me. Could you explain this convex hone stuff? Seems to me the ultimate result of continuing use of such a stone would result in a frowning blade that was overhoned in the middle of the blade.
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Bill @Edison Carter needs to explain this as he uses a convex hone. Check The Superior Shave as the proprietor Jarred sells them and has a detailed explanation.

ischiapp · Aug 24, 2020

SOTD 20200824 Cera Una Volta
by IschiaPP @ Forio
•••
Simpsons "M7"
Faux Jade, Super Badger Manchurian, 22x50x115mm
---
Saponificio Varesino 1945 "Felce Aromatica"
Beta 4.3 Reformulated, Aluminium Limited Edition 2017 / Dopo Barba Lozione
---
Colonial Razors "The General V1"
Aluminium 6061, Black Anodized B1, 44g, 50x96mm
---
Sapphoo Red #37
Kai Captain Titan Mild MG ProTouch Replica
Sample by klopp@ilRasoio
•••
#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
#WaxUponATime #CeraUnaVolta
#ShavingSoap #AUgust #Test

Full size:
https://imgur.com/pxv289P
Soundtrack:
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

myles wilson · Aug 24, 2020

So last night with the straight razor shave, it didn't necessary go bad nor good, I didn't cut my self surprisingly though. It was quite awkward holding the razor. It seemed as if it wasn't cutting the hair much despite the fact that it was very sharp, This probably had to do with my angle and form. At times I felt it tugging, yet it never cut me, I'll give it some more time, maybe I will get better.

Trigger · Aug 24, 2020

ischiapp said: ↑

SOTD 20200824 Cera Una Volta
by IschiaPP @ Forio
•••
Simpsons "M7"
Faux Jade, Super Badger Manchurian, 22x50x115mm
---
Saponificio Varesino 1945 "Felce Aromatica"
Beta 4.3 Reformulated, Aluminium Limited Edition 2017 / Dopo Barba Lozione
---
Colonial Razors "The General V1"
Aluminium 6061, Black Anodized B1, 44g, 50x96mm
---
Sapphoo Red #37
Kai Captain Titan Mild MG ProTouch Replica
Sample by klopp@ilRasoio
•••
#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
#WaxUponATime #CeraUnaVolta
#ShavingSoap #AUgust #Test

Full size:
https://imgur.com/pxv289P
Soundtrack:
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

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Very nice! The song brings back memories of my younger days back in the early 80's

blondblue · Aug 24, 2020

Trigger said: ↑

Very nice! The song brings back memories of my younger days back in the early 80's
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"His girl is hawf his age"

Trigger · Aug 24, 2020

myles wilson said: ↑

So last night with the straight razor shave, it didn't necessary go bad nor good, I didn't cut my self surprisingly though. It was quite awkward holding the razor. It seemed as if it wasn't cutting the hair much despite the fact that it was very sharp, This probably had to do with my angle and form. At times I felt it tugging, yet it never cut me, I'll give it some more time, maybe I will get better.
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I am glad you didn't cut yourself. Did you mute the tip? If not, then I suggest you do so that you don't poke yourself. You don't want to worry about where the point is while you are learning to shave. If the razor is sharp, then you would have had no trouble shaving the hair off your face. You need to keep the razor 1 spine width away from your face. Doing so will give you the best angle for the razor to shave effectively. It is also possible that the razor isn't sharp enough and it needs to be honed.

b1hart · Aug 24, 2020

August 24th

Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements PS Tube 2.0, SS & AS&C (Atmotic), ASB Star Jelly
Simpson Trafalgar T3 Synthetic
Hüsgen & Ern 6/8

Incredible PAA CK-6 lather this morning, bowl overflowing yogurty goodness whipped up via a Simpson T3. Super face feel, slick enough for almost endless buffing. Wiped the blade down after retrieving from the razor chest, linen and leather strop session (about a minute's worth), and straight to shaving. Smooth Solingen steel, very audible feedback while mowing the 28 hour lawn. Enjoyed Sat/Sun with the Blackland Tradere....but it's awesome to have straight razor steel on skin again this morning. Caught a couple facial blemishes/small weepers, eh...no worries. BBS- results after 3 full passes, small patch on the chin missed as I didn't want to over shave a blemish area. Squirt of Star Jelly....followed by a favorite aroma, PAA's Atmotic. Smooth, smelling great & ready for a Monday.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Edison Carter · Aug 24, 2020

Trigger said: ↑

@brit, Gary, here is a historical timeline on the evolution of straight razors.
THE HISTORY OF STRAIGHT RAZORS

Straight razors, which reached their design zenith in the early 1900's, have changed (to the untutored eye) very little since the late 1700's. Yet in reality they have changed a good deal - including the very steel they are made from. Handles (or, more properly, scales) have undergone changes in design and composition too. The differences are subtle yet significant and, for anyone wishing to better understand their chosen method of eliminating the stubble, can be appreciated. Below we give a brief, but by no means exhaustive, history of the straight razor.

The straight razor may be a simple tool but that doesn't mean to say it's crude. Far from it. The modern (1950-ish onward) straight razor (from here called a 'razor') is a distillation of design that has been evolving since about 1600. That's a long time. The reason the razor is a simple tool is one of refinement - modern razors may not have the collectability value of the ones made 100 years ago but we suspect they're now made of better steel.

Razors reached their design high point in about 1930 or so, in our opinion (that will be no doubt hotly contested). About this time the blades were made of the best steel around, the profiling of the blades reached a peak and - let's face it - they couldn't get any sharper. We have no doubt that this will have absolutely no effect on the desires of collectors (including us here at The Invisible Edge) so what follows is as objective as we can make it. We don't have examples of all the early razors to show you (yet) but here's a tour through time –

1500'S - 1600'S
Razors looked like small hatchets and didn't have maker's names or any form of branding. It was as likely that these were made by the local blacksmith as anyone. What shaving was like with these razors is anyone's guess (perhaps that's why most men grew beards!) but they were used widely and were the forerunner of the straight razor as we know it.

PRE-1800
Both blade and handle were wedge-shaped, the blade being wider at the point than at the pivot. The profile of the blade was a 'wedge' - no hollow grinding - and its edge straight. Blades had no tang as such and very often no 'monkey tail' (the curved 'trigger' piece at the end of the handle). If this was present it was short and stubby. Typical handle materials were horn, wood and bone, though tortoiseshell and ivory were also used. The handle surface was almost always flat, not curved, though handles (called 'scales' from now on) were sometimes bevelled. The pins at either end of the handle were sometimes of brass but generally made of iron. Razors made between 1740 - 1830 were sometimes marked with the words 'warranted' or 'cast steel' to show that this type of metal, invented in 1740 by Robert Huntsmann of Sheffield, had been used. By the standards of today the razors from this era look a bit crude - but they were the cutting edge (pun intended!) of their day.

Cast steel razor by Clayton, C. 1780-1790. Notice the complete lack of a shoulder and no tang to speak of. Scales are horn. This used to belong to a Buddhist Monk - honestly. (TIE collection, NFS)

1800 - 1820
This period showed small but subtle changes. A 'shoulder' began to develop on the blade - forerunner to the stabilising piece - and the overall size became a bit smaller. Scales started to show a slight curve, moving away from the earlier totally straight handles. Decorative handles of pressed horn began to appear.

1820 - 1830
The biggest change in this decade was the discovery, by Michael Faraday, of 'silver steel' - the addition of silver to steel in a proportion of 99.98% steel to 0.02% silver - not much but it made a huge difference, if only to the appearance of the metal. The first signs of hollow grinding came in around 1825 and it took another 60 years to bring that process to its final stage.

Flutting, or 'Jimps' began to appear on the top and bottom of the tang to aid grip - 40 grooves per inch was the standard. During this period there was also a fashion for very large, wedge-bladed razors marked 'for barbers' use' or sometimes words like 'improved silver steel' but this only lasted ten years or so.

During this period English makers began adding a monarch's sign to their razors - this comprised a crown bracketed by the initials of the monarch, e.g. 'G (crown) R' for 'George Rex'. This at least helps to date these razors to a reign, as follows –

George IV - 1820-1830, William IV - 1830 - 1837, Victoria - 1837 - 1901 (not such a help to precise year dating as the previous two due to her long reign!)

1830 - 1840
This period saw further development of the blade and the tang (the part of the metal that you hold!) became more defined from the blade. Etched blades were available and 'notched' blades were available. Silver steel more or less replaced cast steel during this period. Blade slogans such as 'Old English' and 'The Celebrated Razor' were common. Horn handles were also impressed with slogans and the scales (handles) became more bow-shaped.

1840 - 1850
Photo-etching of wedge blades became quite popular with some beautiful designs being produced: this continued well into the 1860's. 'Penning' - the method of patterning scales with silver pins - also became popular. Some used hundreds of pins and the patterns were very intricate. Common handle materials were bone and horn.

Wedge-bladed razor C. 1850(?) with tortoiseshell handle inlaid with crown motif - typical of the period. Note totally straight scales, a leftover from earlier days. (TIE collection, NFS.)

1850 - 1870
The golden age of the wedge razor. During this period some truly stunning etched blades were produced, company names began to appear on the tang and even the spine of the blade was sometimes decorated with fancy designs. Handles were made out of many different materials - Ivory, horn, bone were all used and inlaid with silver and even precious stones. A notable introduction in 1868 was the use of celluloid for scales - designs really did take off from this point! This period also saw the introduction of the 'frameback' razor, a blade with a heavy spine and the thinnest possible blade (non-removable) that gained immediate popularity.

Horn-handled razor C. 1870. Note the curve of the scales in contrast to the tortoiseshell-handled example above.

(TIE collection - NFS)

1870 - 1880
Celluloid handles became extremely popular as makers discovered the huge potential of this versatile material. Sculpted and coloured scales began to be seen and this decade more or less saw the final demise of the wedge-shaped blade as hollow grinding reached its final stages.

1880 - 1900
Machine-forged blades became common, hence the appearance of blades stamped 'hand-forged' or 'hand-made' as older-style makers strove to retain sales. A new process allowed the hollow-ground blades to be etched similarly to the old wedge blades and other processes such as gold wash further enhanced the blades' appearance.

'Spike' American razor, C. 1950's. Note the square-ended blade favoured by American companies over the 'French point' (round-ended) blades preferred in Europe at this time. Also the blade is quite narrow - another typical feature of American razors of this era. (TIE collection, NFS)

1900 - 1920
Celluloid was by now used almost exclusively for scales, though the new 'Bakelite' plastic began to make inroads. By this time the hollow-ground blade profile had reached its zenith - in 1914 the firm of J. A. Henckels offered no less than sixteen different degrees of blade profile, from full-wedge to extreme hollow-ground and four blade end-shapes in ten blade depths ranging from 3/8" to 8/8"!

Straight razors were still popular up to the 1950's, although an invention in 1901 by a certain King Camp Gillette spelt their demise - until now!

Who knows if men are just fed up with paying through the nose for a bit of cheap steel set in plastic that gets thrown away after a few days or if the desire to be macho is rearing its head once more? Let's face it, if scraping off your stubble with three inches of unguarded, horribly sharp steel isn't macho, we don't know what is! Whatever the reason, there's no doubt that more and more men are now using straight razors for their everyday shave.

*Note, I didn't know until today that my screen name is very appropriate for shaving. The trigger is another name for the tang or monkey tail.*
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Great read. Thanks for posting Joe.

b1hart · Aug 24, 2020

myles wilson said: ↑

So last night with the straight razor shave, it didn't necessary go bad nor good, I didn't cut my self surprisingly though. It was quite awkward holding the razor. It seemed as if it wasn't cutting the hair much despite the fact that it was very sharp, This probably had to do with my angle and form. At times I felt it tugging, yet it never cut me, I'll give it some more time, maybe I will get better.
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Great first shave with a straight razor Myles. No cuts or issues is a great result on your first outing, even if it's not the same smooth that comes from razors you are familiar with. Angle, form, pressure....comes in time.

Haven't completely kept up, but do you have a strop? You'll need that to help keep the edge sharp/smooth in between shaves and honing (whenever that time comes).

jluc · Aug 24, 2020

Droo78 said: ↑

Excellent shave lineup and photo, Jim! Glad the Tradere has worked well for you.
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Thank you, Andrew!

Trigger said: ↑

Awesome shave Jim!
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Thanks, Joe!

Paul Turner said: ↑

Real nice shave this morning. That Glacial Lime soap(Stoylin)really hits the spot, and did today. (Course I'm sure ALL Stoylin Glacials do that). 0:30 to load the Maggard Marble Handle Synthetic(one of my two most attractive brushes). 2 healthy passes. No cuts, no knicks. I continued my focus on going SLLOOWWW and careful around the most sensitive areas, which are the East and West edges of both North and South Porcupine Alley. I'm beginning to feel that if I get a double zero on the edges I'm headed for a TOP OF shave(unless I get clumsy in other areas.). Mennen Skin Bracer to finish. Top Of The World Excellent.
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Awesome!

ischiapp said: ↑

SOTD 20200824 Cera Una Volta
by IschiaPP @ Forio
•••
Simpsons "M7"
Faux Jade, Super Badger Manchurian, 22x50x115mm
---
Saponificio Varesino 1945 "Felce Aromatica"
Beta 4.3 Reformulated, Aluminium Limited Edition 2017 / Dopo Barba Lozione
---
Colonial Razors "The General V1"
Aluminium 6061, Black Anodized B1, 44g, 50x96mm
---
Sapphoo Red #37
Kai Captain Titan Mild MG ProTouch Replica
Sample by klopp@ilRasoio
•••
#Shave #WetShaving #WetShavers
#ShaveOfTheDay #ShaveLikeaMan
#WaxUponATime #CeraUnaVolta
#ShavingSoap #AUgust #Test

Full size:
https://imgur.com/pxv289P
Soundtrack:
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

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Great shot, Pierpaolo!

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August 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

How are you going to make AUgust your gold medal month?

I am going to choose only the gear that gives me my best shaves.

I am going to experiment with different gear to discover my gold medal shaves.

I am going to use any gear I want, because I can get a gold medal shave from anything.

I am actually allergic to gold, so I am going to go for platinum medal shaves.

I am going to use Gold Medal flour and bake cookies, which have been noticeably absent recently.

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August 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

How are you going to make AUgust your gold medal month?

I am going to choose only the gear that gives me my best shaves.

I am going to experiment with different gear to discover my gold medal shaves.

I am going to use any gear I want, because I can get a gold medal shave from anything.

I am actually allergic to gold, so I am going to go for platinum medal shaves.

I am going to use Gold Medal flour and bake cookies, which have been noticeably absent recently.

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myles wilson Moth Ball Mouth

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