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

Thank you Joe. Wickhams is a great shaving soap.

 

26th May 2024.


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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Bulldog Original Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Cien PURE Fragrance Free Sensitive Bar Soap.
Brush: Omega 10066.
Face Lather.
Lather: La Barbiera Sweet Orange Shaving Soap.
Blade: Dorco Prime Platinum. (D2)
Razor: Yaqi DOC Mellon Razor Head w/Schmidt R10 Handle.

Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, /Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.5 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With Care+Witch Hazel./Duru Mandarin Cologne./Bulldog Original ASB.

Greetings,

Second outing of the La Barbiera Sweet Orange shaving soap which provided a slick protection lather in a short space of time.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Bulldog Original ASB.

My face is feeling super smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe and enjoy your Sunday ladies & gentlemen.

 

26 MAY 2024
Days growth = 1



Prep = 3 x cold water soak
Preshave = Proraso
Soap = Sterling Agar over the top of the PreShave
Brush = Pura Setola
Bowl = Timeless
Razor = Lady Eversharp
Blade = SE, not sure which
Passes = 2+
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, CWR, Thayers
ASL = Fine Latigo
Scent = Black Oud
Damage = none

This Lady Eversharp was kindly PIF'ed to me last year by @Enrico in April



Finally time to try it out!
I had already placed a blade in it soon after acquiring it so can’t remember which it was

I like the long handle, easy to find a pivot balance point and being round it is easier to rotate around the curves than the Schick Hydromagic or the Schick Adjustable M3

Overall very enjoyable shave, as I continue to tease out the last of the Sterling Agar

Have a great Sunday one and all

 

Thank you Joe

Thanks Gary

Thank you Joe

 

Lovely shave Barry. Love the citrus scents.

 

Awesome setup and shave Chris.

 

Thank you Joe.

 

Fine shave this morning. The OSP "Old Gold" soap has been very patient and deserved another set from me. Lathered really nicely from the brush spinwork. It looked like I was developing some Polka-Dot issues along the left side of N. Porcupine, but they soon evaporated. Elsewhere, clean&clear. 2 passes. No cuts and Knicks, but the doggone Polka-Dots, as mentioned. I forgot that the New Spice A.S. can create a Niagra Falls scene if not careful.I wasn't careful. I'll do better with that tomorrow. Most Outstanding.

 

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Thanks Joe.

 

fabulous sunday shaves and pics gents.

 

-The-Sunday-Shave-
1939 #47 brit popular
simpson commodore
1805



good day gents
fabulous #47 brit popular shave today
the brit equivilent of the senator or sheraton.
also the start of the aristocrat jr/rocket line.
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1805 supplied the software
simpson built the lather
awesome
have a fine sunday everyone.
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Terrific T and H shave Gary.

 

May 26 SOTA

Good afternoon.

Straight Razor Shave #548
C-MON P J Michels
MrEE LE #10 Cashmere Brush
Angora Soaps Midnight Lavender SS and AS
Stirling Alum Block
Personal Care Witch Hazel
Beard Growth: 24 hrs.



It's a rare consecutive straight razor shave. I picked the C-Mon because it is super sharp.
Three error-free passes gave me a BBS result.
I went with Angora Soaps for this afternoon's shave. It smells nice and makes a great lather. Here's my lather:



I had virtually no alum feedback. Finished with my normal post-shave routine. Take care.

 

thank you Joe.

 

Great shave reports and pics, gents!

That is a beautiful British Gillette set, Gary. Both the razor and the box look nearly mint!

And I am curious about that straight razor, Joe. Is it vintage or made by a modern craftsman?

 

Monday May 27 (morning) - Simplicity & Injector Blade Focus

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

Razor: Supply 2.0 matte black stainless steel injector w/ SE "nickproof" comb plate / vintage American-made Schick Plus Platinum (6)

Soap: Arko stick

Brush: Supply Silvertip Synthetic 24mm

Lather Bowl: None

Post: rinse, alum, rinse - and nothing

Last shave: Friday morning - 3 days

Today's shave stuff (and probably every shave to monthend and beyond:



I had a bit more of a break between shaves this time than I am aiming for this month. Oh well...

Testing injector blade durability -- ever onward ... This was shave 6 on the vintage Schick blade; still lots more to go.

The Arko stick and synthetic brush created the usual quick and plentiful lather. I then did my two standard passes of WTG on the face and ATG on the neck, then XTG on the face and WTG on the neck.

The first pass would have been sufficient to give me a cleanshaven appearance. I only did the second one because I am trying to keep my shaves totally consistent for my blade test.

The two passes resulted in an error-free DFS. I had no nicks, cuts or visible razorburn, the alum was silent, and I had no need for any post-shave products.

Minor point of interest: A few years ago now, a 30DCer (Chris @Bama Samurai) did an Arko test to see how long a stick would last. He managed a full six months of daily shaves on a fresh stick of Arko before the remaining stub was too small to handle.

Hope everyone had a very good weekend and is heading into a great week!

 

Thanks John. Based on my recent research this razor was made prior to WWll. My guess would be that it was made somewhere in the 1930's. I have another C-Mon razor and I think it was made in the 1950's. I will be shaving with that one later today.

 

Awesome Arko shave John.

 

thank you John.they present well, and the shave is excellent.

 

fine way to start the week gentlemen.