November 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

..Have a safe relaxing weekend.

 

November 7th
Razor: Alpha Outlaw
Blade: Rapira PlatinumLux (1)
Brush: Grizzly Bay WildBlue ChubCub
Pre-shave: PAA Cube
Soap: B&M Vespers
PAA Galactic Witch Hazel
B&M Unscented Balm
AS: B&M Vespers

Good morning!

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

Have a great day!



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No, I think @Hembree was just paying you a compliment, Jason.

 

Great picture love the Brush.


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I really miss our place! We usually stay there from late October through February. It’s actually booked solid through March of 2021. My nickel Shake Sharp is locked up in our personal closet there.

 

Thanks, Gary!

 

Thanks, Cliff!
I have several Grizzly Bay brushes. I should know better than to go look at his Friday afternoon drops. If I do I almost always end up buying one.

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Now you’re just getting too danged artistic!

 

Thanks, Joe!

 

Decided to add some variety to my shaves over the last month, and I've been testing two new soaps that I was very generously sent by bundubeard, the review for the first will be coming out in the next day or two.

I used Godrej lime for the first three days and then bundubeards Kudus kick which has a medium menthol bite, perfect for a hot summers day.

After that I used the "mystery" soap bundubeard sent me along with a pack of feather seikans, which are feather's carbon steel blades.

The mystery soap has a light menthol sensation, with hints of mint and peppermint, and a vanilla undertone. It smells exactly like peppermint crisp tart, very similar to the kudu, but without the coffee or the strong menthol.

For the remainder of the month I used two variations of my favourite soap, Rooi Afrikaaner, also from bundubeard. The first was the rooi Afrikaner puck which uses the newer formulation and the second is the same soap, but in a prototype shave stick form, and its absolutely amazing. The slickness is absolutely unmatched, but I'll write a proper review on the Rooi Afrikaaner shave stick and "mystery" soap relatively soon.

I used the same razor, blade and aftershave combination all month, and got 24 fantastic shaves from the gillette minora blade paired with the Wilkinson sword classic TTO, a very under rated razor in my opinion.

The Aftershave is a mentholated aftershave made by my friend Dave from one of the South African shave forums, and its absolutely fantastic stuff, perfect for summer and it pairs fantastically with kudus kick or even the lightly mentholated mystery soap.

Shave 1-3:
Razor: Wilkinson sword classic TTO
Blade; Gillette minora (1-3)
Brush: Wilkinson sword classic
Cream: Godrej lime
Aftershave: Dave's menthol splash

Shave 4-6:
Razor: Wilkinson sword classic TTO
Blade; Gillette minora (4-6)
Brush: Wilkinson sword classic
Soap: Bundubeard Kudus kick
Aftershave: Dave's menthol splash

Shave 7-9:
Razor: Wilkinson sword classic TTO
Blade; Gillette minora (7-9)
Brush: Wilkinson sword classic
Soap: Bundubeard "mystery" soap
Aftershave: Dave's menthol splash

Shave 10-19:
Razor: Wilkinson sword classic TTO
Blade; Gillette minora (10-19)
Brush: Wilkinson sword classic
Soap: Bundubeard Rooi Afrikaaner shave stick (prototype)
Aftershave: Dave's menthol splash

Shave 20-24:
Razor: Wilkinson sword classic TTO
Blade; Gillette minora (20-24)
Brush: Wilkinson sword classic
Soap: Bundubeard Rooi Afrikaaner (puck)
Aftershave: Dave's menthol splash

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Glad your shave went well, Keith! Sorry the MWF isn’t ‘t working out for you!

 

Joe.

 

Great line up and shot Gary.

 

Glad your shave worked well for you! Enjoy your day!

 

Gary.

 

Great shave, Gary! What is the basic difference between a British Flare tip and a British Rocket? They look quite similar to me.

 

Joe.

 

Jeff.

 

Nice shaves, Matt! Hope all is going well in Grad school.

 

Danny