SEPT 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

We like pics! Love the Clubman too...old school rules!

 

That is just one cool photo Mark! For about 15 seconds, I actually thought you had two of the same brush and razor!

 

@Boojum1 has serious photo game.

 

We're always interested in pictures around here!

 

I'm perfectly satisfied with most of my shaves. But.....that doesn't mean I will be tomorrow. And, hey, I have lots of blades I haven't tried/rated/trialed/sliced myself with yet plus new razors calling my name. The learning and improving never ends!! I may yet find that one perfect setup that I have to stop and say "I'm done now, I'll just use this one forever". Yeah, right.

 

Wow, two of each

 

Ah...so you have a long history with shenanigans eh?

Things are starting to add up...

 

So where's the CT Fairies when you need them?!!

 

As a young man, I am afraid I was the proverbial "people your parents warned you about." We even managed to sneak (and I mean bum-rush) literally two hundred pounds of confetti into a HS pep rally, and dropped it all over the crowd from an overhead catwalk in the gym. We did this mostly because confetti had been banned the week previously. We found confetti in every room of my HS for months after that. It was so epic, the principal called us into his office, said "you got me" then declined to punish us, but mentioned that the confetti prank was the last thing we would ever get a pass on. Good times...

 

Where?

 

Even the principle was ahead of his time.

 

The best high school prank is turning 3 pigs loose in the building with the numbers 1,2, and 4 painted on them.

 

Where the heck is number 3 ?!!

 

A little Kenny Rogers to get my day started...

 

1959 E3 Gillette Fat Boy on 6
VDH Boar
La Toja shave stick
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Shave #1 with the Gillette Stainless in my '59 Fat Boy set to 6. Used La Toja shave stick for the first time along with my inaugural run of my VDH boar brush.
3 Full passes: Pass 1 WTG on my face and XTG on my neck. Passes 2 & 3: ATG. No Noxzema today as I wanted to try the La Toja shave stick. I'll be gone for a couple of days and wanted to see if I should take a travel kit. I also broke in my VDH Boar brush.
The lather for my first pass was a solid layer, but quite a bit drier than the Proraso. It seemed to protect well. I needed to wet the razor much more often to improve lubrication. Did a rewetting instead of a rinse because I was concerned I might not have enough lather left. The lather was thinner for pass two, but worked OK. Did another rewetting for a third pass (because I needed it) but there was almost no lather left. I ended up with a very thin layer. I kept wetting the razor and tried to be very careful and deliberate and it turned out OK. At this point, the brush was empty. The only touch up I could do was around my goatee since there was a tiny bit of lather there that could be spread out. A cold water rinse surprised me in that my face and neck felt almost BBS, actually very close to where I was after my shave yesterday. The Aqua Velva screamed at me, but went to sleep in less than a minute and the menthol kicked in.

The near BBS is a surprisingly good result from the Gillette Stainless and the Fat Boy considering the poor lather. This is my first time with a shave stick, so it is likely to be operator error more than the La Toja. It could also be that the new boar brush wasn’t a good choice. The shave was as comfortable as it could be given the thin layer of lather. I didn’t feel any irritation during the shave, but a spot that woke up after yesterday’s shave feels like it might complain today also.

 

SEptember Focus Day 3:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
Dettol Fresh SC
Gem Micromatic
Stirling Unscented PSB
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill AS

This was the second shave with this razor, and boy is this thing aggressive. It is by far the most aggressive safety razor I have used. I got pretty much a BBS yesterday with a few weepers, so I went with just a single pass today. I got a close shave, but I also got some definite irritation. I can see this being a really great razor, as I don't know that I have ever had a shave as close as I did yesterday, I just have to get my technique with it down.

The Dettol SC was a gift from a coworker who picked it up at an Indian market in Houston. It is pretty good stuff. The lather was nice and thick and provided decent slickness and protection.

 

09/03/2015
Razor – Wolfman OC with Triad Helix SS
Blade – Gillette 7 O’clock Blue (1) @Rufus T.
Brush – Rudy Vey with TGN Finest
Lather – TSD Yin Yang
Post - Witch Hazel & Fine L’Orange



Loaded up the 7 o'clock blues from @Rufus T. for this morning's shave. I liked the 7 o'clock blacks and find this to be very similar. YMMV. A fantastic 3 pass shave with a few touch ups got me as close to a BBS on work mornings as I care to get. As usual the TSD soap was easy to lather and very slick. If you've never tried it, you should consider ordering some. Finished with a splash of Fine L'Orange.

 

Well this 3rd of Septembers shave was a hell of alot better then yesterday. 2 pass with a touch up under the jaw line and boy was it a close one this morning. No irritation no nicks.tried the cold water splash and I think I like it.thrown on some clubman select aftershave and then assembled my uniform (it was washed last night) and off I go.here it is about two hours after my great shave and still just as smooth .....this morning was a great shave morning..... Hope tomorrow is the same.

 

So decided this morning that I'd put that Walgreens club 35 blade into the tech for the last day of its life. Everything else was the same. Semogue brush, same soap and AS. The tech glides around with the GSB. This particular blade just felt rougher. It was a quick two pass shave. WTG everywhere and then XTG everywhere. Slight buffing on my jaw line and center of my neck. Looks like a good shave but I'd say close and comfy shave only today.