SEPT 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

Thursday, September 24, 2015

B-3 Satin Mongoose with UFO Titan Fine XL
Feather Pro #1
Wolf Whiskers Amber TGN High Mountain White
Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber
Alum, Dickinson’s ++Menthol, Cucumber Melon Whipped Shea Butter
Chiseled Face Aftershave Ghost Town Barber
Todays shave was an outstanding 2 pass BBS. TGN's High Mountain White, some say is their best knot. Soft tips, covers a large area with great backbone, generates lather quickly, has excellent flow through and holds enough lather for multiple passes. Easy to lather Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber has slick cushioning and smells great. The Mongoose has become my go to razor. Finished my "Back Is Feeling Better Shave" with a bountiful spritz of Ghost Town Barber Aftershave. Hope yours was as good or better than mine!

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Thanks guys! It is much appreciated. She is doing a little better today based on the last report from my parents. Still a little woozy and the head and neck are killing her. Think she had to have some whiplash effect in there as well as the concussion. She is a tough one and already wanting to go to dance practice. Not happy when I said no. Thanks again for the prayers and positive thoughts!

 

So glad you're feeling a bit better! Also...great photo work today!

 

September 24, 2015

Single-Edge SEptember
So far this month I've shaved with a variety of Schick injectors for the first time (Type C1, C3, E, G, I and J), a PAL Adjustable injector and a few Gems (1912, Featherweight, Clog-Pruf and Pushbutton).

Today it’s my first shave with the 1924 Ever Ready “Shovelhead."



Two-pass shave.
After the debacle with the Clog-Pruf I stayed with the razor's flat cap against my beard for the entire shave and just did minor work around the goatee as the wounds are still healing.

1st pass - Definitely an aggressive razor. I got significant blade feedback and very good reduction on the XTG pass.

2nd pass - ATG gave even more feedback. Very nice shave, mostly clean and smooth result with no irritation.

I'll shave with it again on Friday and either take the weekend off from shaving or just let the goatee area alone for awhile. But the rest of the month will be alternating between the 1912 and the 1924.

Cheers!
RT

 

That is one excellent picture.

 

Fantastic photo and set up.

 

Razor A: Valet Auto Strop Model "C"
Razor B: Scimitar Bluebeards Revenge
Blade A: Valet New Process
Blade B: Feather (3)
Brush: Orange and Black Handle- Made in Switzerland- Boar (I think???)
Bowl: Yokohama Studio
Cream: The Real Shave Company
A/S: Fine L'Orange
Day 24

I found this brush in a second hand store today, and for $2.00 I couldn't pass it up. I think it is a Boar knot, however, when I used it tonight it seemed very soft to my face. Not like any other Boar brush I have, so school is out on that. Another excellent shave this evening. Perfect bowl for shave cream, deep with a wide mouth. Whipped up a good lather with this cream. Great way to start a Thursday night.

 

Goodness guys, I just got back from Kaiser had my X-ray done. The technician had me standing on my sore leg so he could take an X-ray of my leg in the standing position, did that a couple of times. Whew! I'm glad that's over. I'm getting ready for a nap. I go see my orthopedic surgeon on Monday..

 

Good luck, we are all pulling for you.

 

Doug, the brush looks very cool and at that price I would have snagged it also.

 

At least that part is over. Hope you are able to rest over the weekend.

 

Yes that's the plan now. Football, and more football.

 

Thanks Doug!

 

7 hours later and I still get whiffs of the clubman. Smells different after this much time but still really good. The Shave was decent but I'm starting to shadow up by now. It's not visible stubble yet but I can feel it. My beard grows quick so I expected it. I only have a little while with the gem before I start focusing on my tech razors.

 

Are you sure playing football is a good idea with your bum knee?

Hope you can enjoy some games and have a good weekend!

 

Hope it's nothing too serious. Don't you love it when the part that hurts is the one they make you use to try and fix it?

 

Good luck on Monday. Wishing you the best. Get some rest.

 

Day 24 - SEptember 2015

30 Days with a Schick G


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Day three of my soap trial, and this soap passes with flying colors. Slick, protective, and this scent is very nice. It will stay in my soap rotation. The blade is on day two and the automatic two pass smoothness was in effect. Alum was quiet, and finished with TSD ISZ AS and some Florida Water. Beautiful day for working outdoors on the prairie. Other than that...all is quiet in Colorado.

Have a fantastic Friday!
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So I was sitting here trying to catch up on the thread, as well as a couple of others, and the sheer volume of this one really had me thinking. Seems like SEptember has been a very good month here. But, is it really that much busier or is it just all of the things going on with me that has kept me behind and feeling like it's busier? Numbers anyone? Here's what I discovered.

So far this month we have 81 pages with 1617 posts as I type this. We, of course, have a week or so to go so we're not done yet. Our slowest month? February with 19 pages and 375 posts. Only 28 days in that month but wow, we weren't exactly driving the conversations were we. Second slowest month? March with 22 pages and 434 posts. Last month we actually hit 90 pages with 1794 posts, which is officially our biggest to date. We may pass that in the next week but things have definitely taken a huge uptick in the past two months. How huge you ask? Well let's just put the numbers up so we can see.

Jan - 55/1091
Feb - 19/375
Mar - 22/434
Apr - 37/723
May - 37/739
Jun - 41/806
Jul - 46/904
Aug - 90/1794
Sep - 81/1616 (so far)

Clearly something started clicking in July as we nearly doubled the numbers to August.

Whatever the reason I will say that this is one of my top two threads on here. I love all of the camaraderie we have here, the sharing of all the great gear, the questions we share and, of course, the shenanigans that get shenanigated. I know, useless facts in the grander scheme of things but hey, we rock!

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