30 Day Rule/Focus; February 2024. All Are Welcome!

You will look very smartly turned out for your student tonight! Can't ever go wrong with Cella!

 

Sunday February 4 - Favourites February

Prep: Hot shower with Aleppo olive oil soap with 20% bay laurel oil

Razor: Supply matte black stainless 2.0 injector with SE comb plate / vintage US-made Schick Plus Platinum (8)

Soap: JM Fraser's Shave Cream

Brush: Jason's "Canada Goose"

Lather Bowl: none

Post: rinse, alum, rinse, Lucky Tiger After Shave and Face Tonic, and Clubman VIBR

Last shave: January 29 (Monday) - 6 days

This setup:



This was yesterday's shave.

An identical shave to my last shave - and last shave of Just Shaving January - except at the last minute, I added a splash of Clubman Virgin Island Bay Rum to perk up a grey-looking day.

I did two passes although I only really needed one. The first pass was WTG everywhere, the second was XTG on my face and ATG on my neck. The result was a very smooth DFS. Not quite a BBS (likely wouldn't pass the cottonball test on my neck) but very close. No errors, quiet alum. The Clubman VIBR over top the lightly orange-scented Lucky Tiger was an excellent finish.

I will try to shave more often this month (Frequent February?) even if it's not really necessary for my work and wintertime social interactions.

Hope everyone has a great week!

 

Thanks John. That's too bad you sold those vintage Gillette razors. However, you February shave plans sound awesome.

 

Thanks again John. It's important to look professional when I am in teaching mode.

 

Great shave and setup John. I appreciate your sentiments.

 

Looks like another wonderful classic shave Joe!

 

Nice, eclectic looking shave John…

 

fine start to the week gents.

 

Thanks, Joe.

Yes, I have had a lot of vintage and modern shaving items pass through my hands over the last decade or so. Most of the items I have sold (or donated to TSD draws or "paid forward" to new shavers) I haven't regretted at all. Those two refurbished and Cerakoted Gillette adjustables are sort of an exception. A bit. Occasionally. I still do have the SuperAdjustable 109 though. And if I ever miss them too badly, North Shore Razors in Hawaii is still around and does an excellent job refurbishing and refinishing vintage razors with the quite similar GunKote.

The truth is, I still have far more vintage razors than one shaver really "needs" in any reasonable meaning of that word. In fact, one of these days, I should get around to posting an absolutely massive For Sale list on the BST again...

 

Thanks, gents!

 

Thanks for the idea though, Joseph....."Mediocre" is a better adjective when the shave stinks.

 

Thank you Scott. One can never go wrong with the tried and true soaps and aftershaves.

 

Thanks Gary.

 

Well, I have under 30 razors and I think that's plenty for me. Lol! BTW, the shipping costs from Hawaii has got to be brutal.

 

Thank you Scott

 

Thank you Joe.

 

Very nice Cella shave Joe.

 

Very nice shave John

 

Thanks Joe.

 

awesome shave and pic Joe.