@Drygulch you brought up an interesting thought. Since about jr high I have used the internet to learn just about anything I wanted to know. I'm really not sure how bad by shaving would have went once I got into DE and hopefully straights one day BUT you made me appreciate the fact I have yall as a community to help along my journey.

March 2 Plans

Stirling Sheep Soap
Merkur 37C Slant Bar
Feather blade (day 2)
Ever-Ready C40 Boar
Stirling Naked and Smooth soap & D.R. Harris Almond cream
Three passes
Alum, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, & unrefined shea butter

I really like this set-up, as it gives a terrific shave! Happy Monday!

I'll be sure to post up a comparison as next week goes along. I had sworn off of more razors but I'm afraid him loaning me these razors might be the end of that promise.

Kai has a Kai Mild Guard blade as well that is even less aggressive than the Feather Guard.

When I was in jr high the phone was mounted on the kitchen wall, we didn't have a microwave and I was the tv remote.

Day 1 - 03/01: BBS but at a cost. I was still rather clean shaven from yesterday’s awesome Big Boy shave. I should have used lower settings because I have some red and irritation on my neck. A bad shave is a good way to start this out. Nowhere to go but up! One positive is that the Palmolive cream made a much nicer lather than I was expecting. Good stuff.

• Growth: 1 day
• Prep: Show; Corn Huskers Lotion
• Lather: Palmolive Classic Cream
• Brush: Escali Badger – My Plisson is off getting customized. Decided to give the super-shedder a turn.
• Razor: 1964 Gillette Slim (4,2,6)
• Blade: Personna Israeli Red (1)
• Post: Alum; Styptic ; Dove Sensitive Aftershave Balm

I've thought the same thing. Of course, I like unusual things, hence the vintage shaving, having owned a diesel smart car, hammock camping, etc

My march madness will be with the Marh 24, 1914 razor, face lathering, with my new WD silvertip, and Nivea cream. I will start with the stainless PTFE, as I know that blade, using it with the clog pruf for all of January. I will then move to the other blades I got in the try a blade intro pack. Oh, and I also have about 20 or so Personna PTFE blades from the UK. lots to work on. Pic to follow

Lol- me too. I was well into my 30s by the dawn of the Internet.

I was trying to tell my kids that the TV used to turn off for the night at 11pm. I may as well have told them I used to live on Mars....

Life sounded horrible back then....lol jk.

I said I wasn't going to do a focus this month but after todays shave I'm really considering it. Absolutely the best shave I've ever had and I would like to repeat it consistently. Decisions decisions.

Peer pressure @txskimo

Congratulations on getting started with the Feather Artist Club razor! You wisely chose to start with the Pro Guard blades. The shaves will continue to get better as you gain more experience with the razor. I look forward to following your progress this month!

Same with me.

Me too, and it developed my character. Living under those difficult conditions, I never missed a phone call, meal, or TV show.

Yep. They'd play the national anthem at midnight when I was growing up then sign off until 6 a.m. when they'd play it again and start another day. If you were still up as a kid and heard the national anthem you knew you were up REALLY late. LOL

I'm still here edition...still coping with a useless right hand...

Thanks everyone for the well wishes, and for kicking off the month with a flurry...you guys are the best!

Here's my plan...



All the above, Chinese Schick Blades. All left handed due to burn injury...don't try this for fun, lol!

Somehow got DFS on 2 + touch up. One day down...

I can sure tell that I went from a VERY forgiving razor, to one that will bite, if not given the right respect. The shave itself was very good, but I ended up with some weeepers on my neck, and the neck is a bit tender, even though I thought I was being gentle, no pressure, right angles. Some witch hazel after shave balm seemed to calm down the neck area. All in all, an okay shave for the first one of the March Madness. The face lathering ended up being a non issue. No difficulties this shave whatsoever. I really like the WD silvertip.

My shave this morning was good. 2 passes with the Gillette New LC resulted in a CCS. I think this will be the key for my face and this razor for every day shaving. 3 passes will ultimately cause me to have problems, but 2 should keep the skin calm. The razor is pretty efficient although I would not consider it to be too aggressive. I don't know if you can cut yourself with a New razor, but it doesn't seem to want to bite me at all. After about a week of using it, my neck is cleaner than what I have become accustomed to, so that is a real plus.

Prep: warm wash and Cornhusker's Lotion
Lather: leftover soaps in a tub
Brush: BodyShop synthetic
Razor: Gillette New LC
Blade: Feather (2)
Post: Old Spice

We didn't have a microwave until high school, our TV had 3 snowy channels and our telephone was a 4 party line. Yep, I lived in the country.

March Focus - Vintage and Carbon
March 2, 2015 - Week 1 Day 2
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - VDH Boar
Soap - Arko
Razor - Gillete New Long Comb
Blade - (2)
Post - RazoRock Alum and Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Another great shave today. I could get used to this setup. Two pass DFS. On the second pass I went XTG on my face and used the Gillette slide on my neck. Voila! Done! No nicks, bites or any other problems. Irritation was less than yesterday according to the alum so hit the Aqual Velva and let's go sell!!


This month's toys -

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