January 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic&Discussion Thread

Great stuff. I like your watch band.

 

Thank you. Works great also.

 

Thank you! I have three different Native American watch bands, eight rings, fourteen belt buckles, six bolo ties, and four tie tacks. I love this type of silver smithing.

 

Perhaps you could put them altogether in a photo. Sounds like interesting products. Congratulations!!!

 

It's a face ripper!

 

Great pic Doug, I've been looking at the black beauties lately and didn't like the look of them but seeing yours has changed my opinion. It's really nice

 

Thank you. The Black Beauty also provides a very good shave.

 

Just had another great head shave, I'm sticking with what works best. Gillette Atra with a generic (Schick) Atra cartridge. Same setup from a this mornings face shave, CB LMR.
It feels so good to have a great face and head shave.

 

Day 7 and final day with the Week long Mongoose focus was another good one. Loaded with a Kai Captain blade, it produced an effortless 2 pass DFS.
I will be switching it up a bit and trying a week long focus with the Merkur Futur to compare against the Pils and Mongoose week long focus.

 

Just an ok headshave tonight. Noticing it's very tough to hit even close to bbs with the gem se blade on its third run. I'm hoping abit of TTT will solve this issue as although they are inexpensive I would like at least 3 good shaves per blade. Unless you more experienced guys think it's asking to much?

 

Great pic. I look forward to another valued opinion of the futur as it is on my radar next. I know @Marverel has had a great experience with his

 

Would love to do a comparison like that - I just lack the Mongoose and the Pils
But I will interrupt my focus tomorrow for a test shave with my new birth quarter Slim Adjustable

 

I am learning yet another skill on this focus. This month I am focusing on hard soaps. Up until this month, I was pretty much a cream fan that used TOBS more than anything else. I used Arko as a travel soap but struggled when face lathering with most other hard soaps. Today I worked with a TSD soap that I had frankly struggled with in the past. Today I figured out that this soap takes a different soap to water ratio than Arko and got a great lather. Paired up with my Grand Shave King, I got a great shave this morning.
SOTD
TSD Double Iced Florida Water Soap
AoS Pure Badger brush
Grand Shave King
Gillette 7 O'Clock Black (1)
TSD Egyptian Spice AS
Have a nice Sunday!

 

I'm glad your improving on the hard soaps. I plan to buy a few next month. Am I right in thinking you are to soak the soap in the container for 5 mins before use?

 

Classy looking pic!

 

Love the Black Beauty Doug. Looks new!

 

Thank you. It is very clean.

 

I can get about 6 shaves with the Gem Carbon blade. I haven't used the stainless or the PTFE coated enough to know if its the same.

 

Thanks Herm.