OCT 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

I am trying to keep a loaner set with a razor and a strop available. So folks can try SR shaving with out spending a lot of money before they know if they like it. It's in use right now, but would you be interested when I get it back?

 

Yep. They are all very brave men.

 

Have a great time.

 

Have a great time on your trip.

 

A lucky shot! Thanks.

 

Have a great vacation! Enjoy yourselves.

 

30 day focus - Day 2
Fat Boy set to 5
Sputnik Blade
MDC
3 passes

After 2 shaves with the Fat Boy set to 5, I will try opening the gap to 6 tomorrow. There appears to be not enough aggressiveness with it set to 5. I had a good shave today with no problems. 3 passes and pretty darn smooth.

 

Well day two on lather and it went well.I loaded for a good wile almost two min.I had tons of soap on the almost dry brush and in the bowl it went.swirled around and added a few drops of water and got some lather so to the face it goes....seams to go on nice and smooth .....but dry really dry so I dipped the very top of the brush in the water for the second lather ..that's alot better...two pass with touch up and I'm out the door...today's shave was a nice shave to end the week with.Happy Friday Gentleman

 

October 2
Razor: 20s Old Type
Blade: Astra SS (2)

Much closer than yesterday's shave, though I think I overcompensated a bit on technique as I ended up with a couple of small weepers and some neck irritation. No more ATG on the neck for a while, though XTG on the cheeks/jaw worked very nicely.

Will see if I can pull it all together tomorrow.

 

SOTD
October 2, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Lather: Soap Commander Endurance
Brush: Stirling Synthetic
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Royall Spyce
Love it! Man the way the Aristocrat handles is amazing, like a fine tuned sports car. Endurance is everything you need and want. I'm on the fence about buying a full bottle of Royall Spyce..
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE

 

Wedge Focus
October 2nd SOTD (Shave 1 of this focus)
Two days’ growth
Preshave: Hot Shower
Razor: Dubl Duck Satin Wedge with Obnoxious Orange Scales
Strop: Drygulch Leatherworks Oiled Latigo (20 laps linen/ 30 laps leather pre, 10 /10 post)
Brush: Handturned Tulip Poplar Badger
Soap: Barrister & Mann Fireside (Brandy scented)
Postshave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block, Thayer’s Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Man ‘O Man, Its Mandom!

Spent a little time on a Welsh Natural Hone and some extra stropping last night to get this razor ready for today. It was easily cutting arm hair before stropping. I did 100 laps on the strop after sharpening. This morning I lathered up with my first brush. This is more floppy than any of my other brushes, but technique trumps tools, and I have figured out how to make a great lather with it. B&M makes a great lather once you have enough water in it. Did an N/S and a S/N pass, then a half pass on the neck only. Ended up with a DFS plus shave. The razor is much quieter on the strop and my face than any of the Hollow grounds I have been using, but seems to glide through the whiskers better. This is the smallest of the three razors I will be using this month. I will be curious to see if the larger ones shave easier due to their extra weight.

Once I got to work, one of my employees, a woman in her 20s came into my office. She stopped, and asked if I was wearing a cologne. I said no, just an aftershave. She said it smelled like “leather, motor oil, and my Dad.” Mandom is awesome.

 

I like those orange scales on the duck. Nice looking razor.

 

I hated them when I got the razor, because they are kind of the opposite of vintage. Like any good fungus or mold however, they have grown on me.

 

Thanks Clint. I got lucky.

 

Today is day two of my blade focus. Still using

SOTD
EJ DE89
The Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (Blue) blade
Arko stick
AoS badger brush (This is my travel kit)
I am still very pleased with this blade. This blade was very smooth on day two and I ended up with another two pass BBS with very little touch up.
Almost time to board my flight for home
Have fun!

 

I would like to take a moment to share some news.



This is my 1000th post on TSD. I think most of them have been on the Focus threads.

That is all.

 

Congratulations. These threads do that. My post count has climbed considerably since I joined the shenanigans

 

Woo hoo! Another party in the making! Seems like only yesterday it was 999. Congrats.

 

Congrats. I've enjoyed following your journey with SR shaving. Looking forward to the next 1,000.