30 Day Rule/Focus; January 2025. All Are Welcome.

it is touchy with certain blades,and fiddly to get the blade straight..by the way,a dual pin cap from a flat bottom tech or newer is the same as your #77 rfb cap.direct replacement.should be easy to find..an etched 0ne will work as well..

 

The lather makes a difference!
I’ve shared that loading this badger brush from a harder soap has not resulted in great lathers and thus not great shaves. I’ve also shared that I don’t really like the Gillette Slim.

Well, going back to the TOBS cream and getting a slick, shiny and dense lather makes me say that maybe this ain’t a bad razor

2 smooth passes and I’m good to go!
Prep: shower
Lather: TOBS Sandalwood
Brush: NN Badger
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Astra (2)
Post: cool rinse and Proraso Green


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Thanks Chris.

 

Super stick shave Chris. I use a notebook to keep a running tab of my straight and shavette shaves.

 

Just when you think a razor is not that great, it can surprise you. Great shave Troy.

 

Only one change today from yesterday:

Brush-BOAR(green handle, vanilla knot).

Thia shave was very similar to that of Monday. Clean and clear almost everywhere, but not so on South Porcupine(chin) where some redness developed. The Setphan A.S> did a better job of neutralizing it than Monday, as it has skin-friendly qualities. But a little bit remains. I think that's been my problem of late-spending too much time on certain areas. Course that results in redness. Shux. A little(shaving)goes a long way. That's my January theme. Applying soap.foam is fine for spending a lot of time, just not the shaving persuasion. But as I said, S. Porcupine was the only problem. Good shave elsewhere. 2 passes. Very Outtanding(but can do better in the future).

 

-The-Midweek-Shave-
1945 #77 new rfb thin handle
omega
stirling



good morning gents
weather is getting a bit chilly so darker scents work ..
fabulous leather lather built with the omega boar
smooth 2 passer north-south and south-north,minor pick ups
matching splash to finish
awesome
have a fine day evryone
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January 15 SOTM Head and Face shave

Good morning.

Straight Razor Shave #600
Max Sprecher (93)
Mühle R102
Suneko Amorphous Diamond DE Blade (7)
Catie’s Bubbles Tuxedo Brush
Barbus Sport Original SC
Pinaud-Clubman Classic AS (not pictured)
Stirling Alum Block
Personal Care Witch Hazel
Beard Growth: 46.5 hrs
Dome Turf: 3.83 Days



Well, I finally reached 600 straight and 600 shavette shaves (1200 open blade shaves) today. Appropriately, I went with my first custom straight to achieve this special milestone. I previously mentioned that I was going to use Artie, but I posted hastily because that razor wasn't my first custom.
I picked out the Müehle R102 for my headshave

Did 3 passes on my face and 3 passes on my dome plus light pickups for an error-free smooth and comfortable shave on the face and cueball smooth on the dome. It's simply amazing that I have 93 shaves on Max and haven't used my lapping films to sharpen it. Yes, I did use my Crox treated strop to maintain Max. Similarly, the Suneko blade is still sharp to shave an almost 4 day dome lawn. Lol!

I went with the Barbus shave cream because it's easy to lather and is quite thick. Except for the brush, the rest of the hardware was made by European masters.

I had very little alum feedback on my neck and none on my face and dome. Splashed on the witch hazel and the Pinaud-Clubman Classic aftershave to finish this shave Take care.

 

Wonderful Wednesday shave Gary. Stay warm.

 

thank you Joe.not freezing yet but it's on it's way..

 

awesome Joe.Congratulations..that's almost 4 years straight ..very cool.

 

Wonderful post Joe. Nice to see Artie making an appearance on this memorable occasion.

 

SRS # 1221

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Wade & Butcher 13/16 “Bow”
Brush: CRD Patriotic Swirl 26 mm Synthetic
Lather: Wholly Kaw King of Oud
Aftershave: Wholly Kaw King of Oud
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

another fine king of Oud shave this morning. The synthetic brush easily whipped up a nice leather as you will notice in the forthcoming picture.lather

my shave consist of the usual three passes that led to a super smooth face feel refreshed with the aftershave and witch hazel.

My preshave morning consisted of an X3 Bar quad workout. Nothing like frying your legs first thing in the morning. I have to try to keep up with our Grand Pumba with his Beastmode.

Hope you all have a fine day gentlemen.

 

I must be missing something, isn’t it almost two years. Although if you count the shavettes shaves as well it would be four years.

 

He is my inner being at times. Needs to come out and play every now and then. Thank you Chris.

 

Wonderful looking shave Chris.

 

i was counting the 1200 open blade shaves..

 

A quality lather always is a bonus. G shave Troy.

 

cool oud shave and pic Joe.

 

Thanks Gary. You are correct. If I used my open blades every day, then it will be close to 4 years of doing so.