January 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic&Discussion Thread

I was thinking catcher or first base too, especially with the size of some of those guys these days. Nothing wrong with being built like a caddy and not like a Porsche. Myself I am built like the Escalade (the large SUV).

 

January 2016 Focus -- Blade search for the 1958 Executive

January 16 & 18

Razor: Gillette 1958 Executive adjustable
Blade: Bolzano Superinox Inossidabile (3)
Brush: Stirling Kong
Soap: Stirling MITA
Post: Cold water rinse, Witch Hazel, L'Orange Noir

Well I had a shave Saturday and one today with the Bolzano blade. What is there to say but this blade is great! It may have actually become my favorite blade. It is everything but as nice as the Gillette Silver Blues and sharper. Used the Executive on 6 with the blade and it works great!!

Friday's and Saturday's shaves both lasted 10+ hours before starting to reappear which is the longest I ever get. By the next morning I really could skip a shave if I wanted which only ever happens with the GSB. So this is a great blade for me. Will be ordering some from GiftsandCare in the near future (probably this afternoon). An excellent blade I recommend for everyone to try.

Decided the Bolzano needed a direct comparison to the GSB so at least the next shave or two will be with the GSB.

Hope everyone has a great Monday (mine is off to a great start because I don't have to be at work today!)!

 

Nice razor!!!

 

LOL...pitcher.

 

Nor sure how big I was in those days. Today 6'4", 210 #.

 

Thank you sir! I snagged it at an antique store pretty cheap and absolutely love using it!

 

Great photo Doug.

 

William, a great photo. Love the B&W.

 

Good plan! No need to stray too far outside the comfor zone!

 

January 18, 2016 (Shave 10 of this focus)
Razor: Cattaraugus model B52T 5/8 muted square tip
Strop: Drygulch Leatherworks American Bridle/ Linen
Soap: Barrister & Mann Bay Rum
Brush: 28mm Ubersoft in Aluminum handle
Post Shave: Cold water rinse, Alum Bar, Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman Special Reserve

Did a two pass shave with the straight today, and some touch up with my Red Tip. I did a pretty good cut under my lip on Saturday, and didn’t want to risk ripping it back open. I remember when I thought a Red Tip was aggressive. It’s very mild compared to a straight. I touched up my chin, jawline, and neck, and got a BBS. Razor was smooth and sharp, but not going to rate it this time, since I had crutches.

This was my first time using Clubman Special Reserve. Got a hint of the Veg from it, (not in a good way.) After 5 hours, I keep getting whiffs of litter box. I will probably try it again, just to make sure it wasn’t a fluke, but this bottle may be up for adoption soon.

 

Pitcher.
Makes perfect sense.

I should've guessed that as well. I overthought this (once again) - put the accountant part of your background into the equation. Never figured a pitcher had the capacity for that!

I'd have enjoyed catching you though. With my overthinking, youd've been shaking off my signs half the time and Id've worn out a path to the mound to chew you out!

 

Soon it will be time for a shave!

@wristwatchb

Forgot to include in SOTD....

 

Thank you much! Just trying to get a decent one every now and then to compete with the beautiful photos on this thread.

 

#LoopHole

 

Beautiful watches. Love the second one. I would get mesmerized watching those! Enjoy your shave!

 

+1

followed by...
#CopOutJustification

 

January 18, 2016
30-day focus with my Schick Type C1 - The Simplified Schick Automatic Razor.

Shave 11

Razor: Schick Type C1
Blade: NOS Personna 74* (USA) (2)
Soap: RazoRock P.160



3-day growth, so a 3-pass shave.

I had my first shave with this blade on Friday after a 1-day growth. I wanted to test it with a longer beard. It didn’t disappoint.

Both of the first two passes (WTG, XTG) gave good whisker reduction. The last pass (ATG) left my face like butta!

I am very satisfied with this blade, as I have been with the three that preceded it. It is a very sharp blade and has a reputation to be very long-lasting. So unless one of my last two blades in the trials does remarkably better, I can see staying with this razor/blade combo as my travel set-up. With some users reporting dozens of shaves on a single P74 blade, I’ll just keep the one blade in the razor and be able to go on a two-week trip or use it for 3 - 4 months of business (car) travel without packing extra blades. I keep the kit in the car for late nights on road where I decide to overnight.

So I’m down to two blades left in the trials. Tomorrow and the rest of this week it will be the ‘Fergie Feather” - the cut down version of a Feather AC Pro as devised by @Billyfergie (and find out for sure if this is just his way of hazing the new injector users.) I’ll wrap up the last week of the month with a Schick Twin.

Cheers!
RT

 

Nice post @Rufus T. Your razor is super

 

Well, there's another negatory for Clubman SR. Reviews on that that I've read are 50-50 so far.

 

How elegant and what a nice write up Charlie.