30 Day Rule/Focus; November 2023. All Are Welcome!

Lol! That's what I thought, 5 grams plus 20 mls water, enough to bath in

 

Thank you John.

 

Thank you Joe.

 

Gotta shave the gord too.
It takes about 3 or 4 times more lather to shave the gourd as to shave the face.


But yeah, lots of goo.



tp

 

Thank you John

 

Excellent repeat performance John.

 

Thank you Paisan.

 

06 Nov 2023 No Repeat November

24 hours



Revisiting an earlier shave from June. Last time I used this setup was with a 3 day growth and sustained some minor damage, so I was a bit cautious today

Prep = Cold Water Prep and shave, although the tap water is more lukewarm at this time of year, Proraso Pre shave
Soap / Cream = TOBS Eton College
Brush = RR Plissoft
Bowl = Timeless
Razor = Merkur 37C
Blade = G Platinum, day 3
Passes = Single
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, CWR, Thayers
Scent = Proraso Cypress and Vetyver, modest scent today, I have a doctor’s visit late on
Damage = none

Score = 9/10
Comments = surprised at how quickly this lathered up today with the synthetic and RO water. A bit more bubbly than I would normally accept e.g. with a tallow based soap, but was very slick, and did not dry out at all. The 3rd day of the Gillette Platinum surprised with its smoothness

After yesterday’s super slick shave I decided to not push the boundaries today and see what I could achieve with just a single pass. Of course, a few minor touch ups were added but overall a very good shave. Nice croap, Nice razor, Nice blade

 

Very nice shave Chris. What is the scent like f that soap?
To reduce the pro-lather bubbles I tend to whip the lather in the mug a bit longer. Eventually they diminish.

 

I can't believe that I accidentally erased my shave video. Sorry guys! I will have to make another one next Saturday

 

Thanks Joe, it does have a citrusy scent but quite mild, refreshing during the shave but too mild to last, or compete with ASL or colognes



I like the speed of lathering with this, and the synthetic brush, also it is a quicker clean up so ideal for a shorter shave.
I didn't find the slight bubbles hindered the shave, but will certainly go at it longer next time I use this.

Enjoy your Monday Joe.

 

You have come a long way Chris! Bravo!

 

HeHe, thanks Joe, it's only taken a year or so, with some online TSD tuition. Grateful for this forum and all the help available to us newbies. It's a fun process.

 

There is always another day!

 

Good morning all.

First thing, the numbers I gave as amount for shaving soap isn't reliable.
Doing the same measurements this morning I got completely different numbers.
Way different! By a factor of 75%.
Even the scoop measurement was way different.
And.
I cannot find my calibration weights, well...
Ahhhhhhh!
So when I get my new scale and calibration weights I'll start over again.

But in the meantime.



A wonderful shave was had!
A two pass gourd and two pass mug getting my day started right.

All
Enjoy

tp

 

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My shave this morning was very similar to that of a few days ago. The only glitch was a glorified polka-dot on Cactus Nation. Real good elsewhere. The glass jar soap from Razorock did me just fine. 2 passes. Got a little too much A.S., on, as my hands smell "clovey"(face&neck too, for that matter). Very pleazed. I had the Plissoft 400 brush out, so there was; lots of Razorock in today's persuasion. Super Duper Outstanding.

 

Here is a review of razor blade sharpness.

https://www.refinedshave.com/razor-blade-sharpness-summary/

 

Wonderful setups and shave guys!

 

I disagree that a new Feather blade is not the sharpest blade as suggested by their table. Therefore, I suspect that the Table for Sharpness is not correct.