January 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic&Discussion Thread

Thank you very much Clint.

 

SOTD January 25, 2016
Focus day 22

Prep: Warm shower
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Razor: Wet Shave Club 3-piece
Brush: Satin Tip 'The Purest' synthetic
Lather: Proraso White
Post: Witch hazel splash, Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, touch-up

Efficient CCS this morning. I had less than 24 hours of beard growth so I didn't need a whole lot to take care of that. The Proraso White is a great soap that continues to perform well. I have also started being much more aggressive with the Satin Tip brush when loading and lathering. I'm pushing down more to get to the base and I've created some amazing lathers with that process.

Hope you all have a great start to your week!

 

SOTD
TSD Barber Shoppe soap
Unknown badger brush
Stahly/Weber Bulldog
Personna Med Prep (1)
Alum
TSD Iced Egyptian Spice AS
Have a nice Sunday!

 

I like your style

 

Love that brush Troy. Glad you have had such success with the black bird.

 

Happy anniversary to you and your wife, Douglas.

 

Thanks, Clint! It was a fine shave the Maggard brush is a winner!

 

Jan 25 Focus Shave 19

Using my favourite straight for the fourth time since it was touched up a Shapton 12k, Dovo green/red paste followed with CrOx.

The blade was feeling a little 'tuggy' and not as sharp or smooth as usual. I was running a little late which lead to an operator error and small cut on the fourth pass. I was expecting a poor shave with irritation but the alum was not as bad as expected but there was some stinging. A solid DFS. This razor needs to at least hit the pasted strop before the next shave.

IrritationB+ Closeness B+ Smoothness B Keenness B+

Tabac
Omega Pro 49
Woodhead scuttle
Portland Razor Co western grind kamisori
Dry Gulch strop
Guerlain Derby AS
Specik ASB
Guerlain Derby

 

Happy Anniversary!

 

I dunno, clowns freak me out. Nice pic though.

 

Happy Anniversary Doug! What a guy! I hope your wife is enjoying her day.

 

You're off to an excellent start. For picture size 800 X 600 is best.

 

Nice pic Troy. I love dah Bird!

 

I remember an episode of The Streets of San Francisco that had 2 clowns duking it out.

 

Sorry, that was Herm discussing clowns.

 

Happy anniversary Doug! I hope you and your wife had a nice day.

 

Phoenix Double OC
Gillette Silver Blue
Vulfix Super Badger (660)
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Georgetown G12 Scuttle
Pinaud Clubman Original



Five fine shaves with my Phoenix DOC loaded with the Gillette Silver Blue. No problems other than trying to catch up with this fast moving crew.

Still doing 2 passes followed by cool water touch up. Getting BBS or near BBS each day. Enjoying my time with the Phoenix DOC.

I hope everyone has had a great weekend and stayed warm. I'm sorry to hear Neal's having problems, but glad he's home and on the mend.

 

Digital Photography has grown massively, it's just incredible. You talk (a little) like your iPhone isn't amazing, It is far better than my first digital camera. Really they aren't bad. Eye, composition, light, post-processing, are all much more important. I had my own film darkroom way back when, mostly black and white, but I did c-41 a little. Color was much harder for a lot of reasons.... but Photoshop just blows away what I could do back then. Huge learning curve, but well worth it. I've been lazy lately, I usually take landscapes, but haven't been traveling enough. I've burned myself out on everything an hour or so away. This is making me think differently. haven't done much of this style. Got a ton to learn..

 

Fantastic contrast! Perfect shot for B&W!