December 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Very nice shave Gary. Beautiful aftershave:wine decanter

 

SOTD TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 2020

Fabulous shave to kick off DX/Decision December. I have accumulated way too many safety razors, many of which I no longer use. My mug shaves for at least half this month will focus on my wood handled Feather DX and Kai Captain Kamisori Clone. I’ve really enjoyed shaving with both, but of all my open edge mug shaves, these are the two I’ve shaved with least. I admit I’ve had a problem focusing on just one shaving tool, but I think I’ll be able to carry it off. The shave variety I enjoy will be noggin-focused and will include a review of my safety razors with a particular focus on modern artisan offerings.

For my kickoff shave I selected my Feather DX barber’s razor for my mug and the Christopher Bradley safety razor from Karve Shaving for the dome featuring a D-OC plate. I own several plates for this safety razor and will shave with all of them over the course of the month, but not necessarily sequentially. My JR Custom Rosewood Silvertip Badger #378 generated the two lathers I like for my shaves. Both noggin and mug shaves were excellent. The DX loaded with a Feather Super cleaned away the mug stubble in three enjoyable passes (WTG, ATG, XTG), despite an initial very slight set down nick. Feather Supers are very sharp blades, and I need to be more mindful of this fact as I continue this focus.

The mug shave was just perfect! The Karve was the first modern artisan safety razor I purchased after an initial flurry of vintage acquisitions after 50 years with my Schick Krona DE. I remember my oldest son referring to my Krona as a vintage safety razor. In fact when I purchased it in 1969 it was a then contemporary safety razor. My initial amazement at the quality of shave the Karve delivered was repeated this morning. My only gripe after the initial purchase was the traditional top cap design which exposed the blade tabs and led to some ear nicks early on. That’s all gone away with my purchase of Karve’s ‘wide body’ cap. My two pass (ATG, ATG) dome shave was brilliantly close. What a terrific safety razor! This is a keeper. I’ll decide which other plates I’ll keep as my Karve shaves continue over the course of the month. I feel clean, velveteen and refreshed!

RAZOR: Feather Wood Handled DX (Mug), Karve Safety Razor D-OC Plate
BLADE: Feather Super AC (Mug), Feather DE (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: JR Custom Rosewood Silvertip Badger #378
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Krampert’s Frostbite AS Splash and Pre de Provence Bergamot & Thyme Balm.

 

Wonderful shave and post, Jeff!

 

Awesomeness Gary! Love the picture.

 

Beautiful shave Perry.

 

Thank you, Joe!

 

Thanks, Danny!

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Very nice finish to the month Terry.

 

Fuzztech has an older brother. Needs a little more work and polishing and it will get there.

Fuzzy @wchnu

 

Thank you, Danny.

 

I'll be learning straight razor/shavette technique, with DE days in between to heal, maybe stitches.
I'll always prefer my good DE razors I think, but I want to be able to say "I can" for the SE.

 

Great seasonal shave, Joe!

 

Your happiness really comes through in your posts. Bravo Jeff!

 

Like I told Jeff, straight razors are the great seducers.

 

Very nice shave Danny. Hope it warms up for you. Your weather is much colder than here on LI.

 

My birthday is tomorrow and what better way to kick off Decadent December than using Acqua Di Parma shave cream and aftershave splash.

 

Wonderful Tobacco Tuesday shave Jason.

 

Awesome vetiver shave this morning Clint. Hope you bones are warming up.

 

Excellent first Decadent shave of the month Joe. Regarding the fourth pass, did you go WTG, ATG, or All Over the Grain (AOG), not to be confused with AOC.

 

Fine choice of software, Angelo!