March 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic-Discussion Thread

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

 

Same with me.

 

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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03/02/15
Prep – MR GLO
Razor – ATT S1
Blade – Persona Lab Blue (2)
Brush – RV with TGN Finest
Lather – MdC
Post - Witch Hazel and Dove AS Balm



Another great 3 pass shave this morning. Starting to get the hang of this razor so the shave was better and easier today. The ATT S1 is very smooth, mild but efficient. It does require a little more work than the Mongoose to get the same results. Looking forward to comparing it to the S2 next week.

 

SOTD
March 2, 2015
Face & Head shave
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: ATT Kronos S1 Slant Bar Razor
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Lather: Proraso Green
Post: Alum. Thayers Lavender WH.
Aftershave: Proraso Green
Great shave! Love the Proraso Green! The ATT S1 makes shaving fun.
Go out and get it

 

For the remainder of March, my setup is going to be:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grass Stain Menthol Snow
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH

Some variance will show up in aftershaves and cologne.

 

COLD WATER MENTHOL MARCH!
Today was my first shave in a month long quest in cold water shaving. I was hoping to use my freshly ordered Orange Chill from Stirling but it didn't arrive in time. My backup and just a good is the shave den soap stick - subzero!
Prep: shower and Noxzema face wash
Preshave: My 12 year daughter's preshave oil - with eucalyptus
Razor: Gillette Tech
Blade: Yellow Gillette 7 O'clock
Soap: TSD Stick - Subzero
Passes: 3 - WTG, XTG, ATG - no clean up needed today
Post shave: TSD signature milk aftershave plus menthol
Post shave: Stirling Post Shave balm - barbershop

This is my fourth time with the cold water shave and I am finding a lot less irritation after the shave. So I'm really excited about this coming month focusing on this setup. Today, I was able to get a bbs shave with just the 3 passes without the need for cleanup. Focused on the angle of my razor and did ok!

 

03/02 - Day 2 dialing in the Slim: Two passes today and a CCS. Will try a new blade tomorrow as this one was snaggy and wasn't that great yesterday either. MITA and Proraso delivered a frigid Menthol Monday.

• Growth: 1 day
• Prep: Show; Corn Huskers Lotion
• Lather: Margaritas in the Arctic
• Brush: Whipped Dog High Mountain
• Razor: 1964 Gillette Slim (4,1)
• Blade: Personna Israeli Red (2)
• Post: Alum; Proraso AS