DEC 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

Late night shave today. Wanted to try out the new Wade and Butcher EHG razor. The edge wasn't quite up to snuff when I received it, but a little work on the hones and strops brought it into great shape. Today's lather was Route 66 Sweeny Todd whipped up with my Shavemac 177 Silvertip, an old friend I have ignored for too long. First pass N/S, more or less, pretty smooth and very loud. I thought my full hollow Boker was noisy, but this thing sounds like the test room in a Velcro factory. Practically wiped the whiskers off, and I had a good load of whiskers too. I waited an extra day and a half for the razor to get here. Second pass S/N, more or less, and I was DFS with zero irritation. For touch up I decided to use the Red Tip with the first blade I really liked. The Astra SP. I haven't used them in a long time but figured if I loved them at the beginning they must be even better now that my technique has improved, and I wasn't disappointed. I actually checked to see if I had remembered to load the blade. A little ATG work combined with some buffing and J-Hooking and the baby was mine. Finished up with the Alum, pretty quiet, a splash of Witch Hazel/Aloe and later, a splash of F/Extra just because I like it. Happy Monday, all.

 

When learning, three and out keeps the blade fresh and prevents the temptation to adjust angle or pressure to push a dying edge.

 

Sweet blade....

 

Protect your market share and up the cartel P/E. And don't cut your head. You're welcome. Merry Christmas!

 

Chalk up another one for 'Murica's finest blade!

 

And here I thought Feather's were so good they had the ability to automatically heal any nicks/cuts/weepers they cause. Too much hype? Actually I just finished a blade inventory and I have two Feathers underneath all of the Russians. I should probably take a couple of days at some point and use one again in a DE. Won't be for awhile though. Still 8 blades left in December plus the after xmas extravaganza waiting in the wings.

 

I've heard the whiskers just run away, ergo no chance at damage.

I am beginning to wonder, for Xmas extravaganza, will we need any of the following?

• Term life Insurance?
• Major medical?
• Fire extinguisher?
• 911 on speed dial?
• More popcorn?

 

one more no shave. I was running around town and my legs hurt when I got home so I propped up and took over the counter pain meds. Yea Army training accidents! I feel it when it gets chilly. One more reason to move bad to FL.

 

The last 2 I think.

 

I am thinking we have a shot at 5 of 5 on that list!

 

Knowing Neil, probably!

 

Ummmmm, let's see. Term life yes, major medical probably, fire extinguisher? No, I think we're safe there. 911 on speed dial is good, ambulance on site better. And popcorn. Lots of popcorn. Truckloads.

 

The advise from Chris is very sound advise. I still follow the "3 and out" rule.

 

12/8/15

Gillette C4 Super Speed
Rapira Super Stainless (1)
Vulfix Super Badger (660)
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Pinaud Clubman Original

Eighth day with Mitchell's Wool Fat and the Rapira Super Stainless.
Today I pulled out a newly cleaned up Super Speed, a C4 from 1957. Small amount of warm water on the puck while the brush soaked. I swirled the brush in the soap and the bloom water for about 20 seconds. This produced a good amount of pre-lather.
Poured the bloom water into my left hand and spread it on my face and neck. I swirled the brush in the soap for about 20 seconds. This produced much more pre-lather than yesterday when I had left the bloom water in the container. Some of the pre-lather began to flow down the sides of the container. I captured all of it on my brush and then began to face lather. After a few minutes my face had a nice even thick coating of beautiful lather and my brush looked pretty nice too.


2 full passes: Pass 1 XTG. Very good reduction. After rinsing and reapplying lather, there was still plenty lather remaining.


Pass 2: ATG. I did small amount of touch up where I could feel stubble and this left my face a near BBS. A cold water rinse and a moderate amount of touch up and at that point I thought I had the baby. I still had plenty of lather after my touch up. Perhaps enough for another pass. The Pinaud Clubman stung, but less than yesterday. I paid attention to those areas that had been irritated yesterday and made sure to work the lather into my skin for a bit and to put the lather on thicker there. This helped to protect the skin better during my blade buffing. The areas that were irritated yesterday were the same ones that stung a bit today, but much less than yesterday.

A nice near BBS from the Rapira Super Stainless in the Gillette Super Speed. The Mitchell's Wool Fat gave me a nice protective slick lather throughout the shave. I really enjoyed working with MWF and appreciate everyone's help and encouragement as I tried to figure this out. I intend to keep this soap in my rotation once I have one. Thank you @clint64 for your generous contribution to my enjoyment and education!

I hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

 

I am glad you are enjoying the MWF. I like your documentation as you've mastered the art of lathering. Now as you use different soaps it's only a matter of dialing in the soap/water ratio.

 

Pain Stick Focus December 8:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
Mitchell's Wool Fat
CJB Pain Stick
Stirling Unscented PSB
Captain's Choice Bay Rum AS

Today was shave number 9 with the Pain Stick, and it was my best yet. I did have two minor weepers, but these stopped before I finished shaving. I managed to get my face at very near a BBS, even including my chin, and my neck is about at DFS level. I had very little irritation to go with it. A great start to my Tuesday.

 

12/8/2015
Razor – Gillette New Long Comb
Blade – Feather (2)
Brush – Brothers Bristles with WD HM
Lather – Catie’s Bubbles Santal Sensuelle
Post - Witch Hazel & Captain’s Choice Sandalwood



A lot going on at home this morning so I had to be very quick with the shave. I went with a 2 pass shave, WTG & ATG. After a quick rinse, I was not happy with the results so I pulled the lather out of the brush and did a quick touch up. All but the bottom of my neck is a near BBS which will have to do for today. Finished with a splash of CC Sandalwood (menthol added) for a nice cool down. Hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

 

My 30 focus abruptly changed with the arrival of a Mongoose razor. I have however kept focus with: using a shaving cream, a homemade PSO each day.
Once the honeymoon is over with the Mongoose, I will be back using a Schick Repeating razor each day the remainder of the month.

Mongoose razor
Feather super pro blade
NF alpolina chubby 2 brush
Homemade patchouli PSO
TOBS Sandalwood shaving cream
Crown Shaving Co aftershave tonic

Day 4 with the mongoose and it keeps getting better and better. After getting used to the weight of the razor and the sharpness of the blades the shaves have produced extremely long lasting BBS.

 

Great photo. I agree that once you come to terms with the size and weight, the Mongoose is a great razor. I really like the Super Pro blades. I hope to have my AlumiGoose in this week and will take it for a spin at some point.