January 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic&Discussion Thread

Nice photo.

 

Thank you.

 

Thank you Doug. I hope your day goes well.

 

I didn;t remember Malden's noses.

 

You are too modest. LOL

 

Any fan of "The Streets of Sam Francisco" remembers that nose.

 

Razor: Gillette Black Handle Flare Tip (P1) 1970 (Marriage year razor)
Blade: Feather Hi Stainless (4)
Brush: Fendrihen Silver Tip 22/49
Soap: Route 66 Frozen Margarita
A:S TSD 2x Commando Cocktail

Lots of good stuff here today. Flare Tip is a very good razor and although this Feather blade doesn't hold it's edge as well as other Feather blades I have it works very well for 3 or 4 shaves. The TSD 2x Commando Cocktail is an excellent after shave which provides a great finish. The Route 66 Frozen Margarita has a juicy note of Mexican lime and sea salt, light hints of plum, berries and apple over mid notes of rose and jasmine; anchored with earthy, freshly cut hay, topped with a dash of cooling menthol.

 

Back in Columbia, where it is drying out from rain (no snow or ice here fortunately) and fairly warm. Had a good training/conference where the topic was communication and leadership. Yep, two subjects that produce a ton of BS and for me about 20 hours of sheer boredom spread over three days. I kept trying to figure out a bright spot in the conference, but was not able to do so. I had hoped the reception with bar would be a bright spot, but the bar they had was not even open bar, but a cash bar!

I did not shave yesterday or this morning. I will be shaving tonight and I will be using a new blade. It is one I have not heard of and don't think I have even seen reported on by Neal. It is the MEM blade out of China. I got this blade as an extra in a sampler pack and figured I might as well give it a go . . . in the name of science of course. It apparently is platinum coated, but the tryablade.com description really gives me hope! The site says: "We got our hopes up when we seen them available. Unfortunately, we didn't know they were imitation until they were on the way. That is the reason they are priced so low. We just want them gone."

What's the worst that can happen?

 

Planned 25 January 2016

Day 25 - 90 Day Intro to SR



Ralf Aust 5/8
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Route 66 - Lumberjack
Alum
TSD ISZ under Pinaud Clubman

Have a sterling Monday!
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January 25, 2016

30-day focus with my Schick Type C1 - The Simplified Schick Automatic Razor.

Shave 16
Razor: Schick Type C1
Blade: NOS Schick Twin Injector 1973 (1)
Soap: Saponificio Varesino 70th Anniversary



This will be the 6th and final blade type that I will try this month in the C1. I will attempt to give a final review at the end of the month (in the 30-Day Focus Thread) but all blades have performed very well in the trials.

The wider and thicker twin blade was not made for this razor. Fortunately the mechanism that holds the blade is not like the more common injectors in that it does not use a ‘key’ to load. So I manually loaded it. This blade also is wider so the exposure is different than other blades in this razor. But…

…another great shave. With a very light touch (no pressure) I got a clean and very close shave that is now four hours old and with the same ‘just shaved’ feeling.

Cheers!
RT

 

SOTD January 26, 2016
Focus day 23

Prep: Warm shower
Blade: Astra SP (3)
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

One pass with touch-up CCS this morning. I think I've dialed in the water amount for the Proraso, along with being more aggressive in loading and face lathering with the Satin Tip brush. The soap needed a little more water and the brush needed a little more force. Those additions have created a much better lathering experience than I was getting a couple of weeks ago.

24-hour beard growth only needed the one pass with touch-up around my jaw and neck. I could have gone for more closeness, but "less is more" is often a good adage. It applied today.

Have a great Tuesday!

 

Phoenix Double OC
Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Vulfix Super Badger (660)
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Georgetown G12 Scuttle
Pinaud Clubman Original



Shaved this morning but got a call from work during touch up and had to stop early. Still ended up with a comfortable near BBS from my Phoenix DOC loaded with the Gillette Silver Blue.
2 full passes: Pass 1 XTG. Pass 2: ATG. Very good reduction from both passes. Did a small amount of touch up with the lather already on my face. A cool water rinse and I started my touch up. I almost caught the baby before work called. I had enough lather left over for at least another 2 or 3 passes. The Pinaud Clubman stung a little less than yesterday. Maybe because I didn't go over my neck that "last" time.

I hope everyone had a great Monday.

 

Sweet! Did you get one of his aftershaves?

 

Thanks Charlie, Santa was very good to me this year! The soap, AS and brush were all from him!

I've only had 1 or 2 shaves with the Rooney (my first badger!) so I'm no authority on it. But it sure whipped up a lather quickly with this hard soap. (rub the puck on your face and face-lathered.)

Now that you called it out, I may just use the Stirling Synthetic on Tuesday to compare the two.

 

1/26/16

Phoenix Double OC
Gillette Silver Blue (1)
Vulfix Super Badger (660)
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Georgetown G12 Scuttle
Pinaud Clubman Original



Another fine BBS shave with my Phoenix DOC loaded with the Gillette Silver Blue.
2 full passes: Pass 1 XTG. Very good reduction. Pass 2: ATG. Very good reduction also. Did a small amount of touch up with the lather already on my face. A cool water rinse and a small amount of touch up brought home the baby. The Clubman stung a little more than yesterday, but not bad. I had enough lather left over for at least 2 or 3 passes.

I hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

 

Thank for this, I think.

 

Straights Focus January 27:

Homemade PS Oil
Simpsons Commodore X3 Best Badger
Stirling Electric Sheep SS
Ontario Cutlery Co
Stirling Unscented PSB -- Mentholated
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill AS

After yesterday's shave, I realized I needed to pay a bit more attention to potential rough spots. So, today I felt everything well after my first pass, and I had a little roughness on the jaw line again. A little clean up there, and I got a nice CCS. I am lemony fresh and off to start my day. Have a great Tuesday.

 

01/26/2016
AlumiGoose with Hempel Ti
Feather Pro (3)
Doug Korn DK7 with Druida Manchurian
Catie’s Bubbles Santal Sensuelle
Witch Hazel
Fine Platinum
Whipped Shea Butter


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Another great near BBS work morning shave. Overall it was a great shave. Catie's Bubbles is a good soap but not in the top tier of soaps I have tried. While it's easy to lather, I just don't find it as slick as some of my other soaps. Finished off with a splash of Fine Platinum followed by whipped shea butter. I hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

 

I like this phrase! I was able to resist this morning and just do a WTG pass with minor touch-up on my neck. I wanted to go in a lather up and go for full second pass but resisted in the end. I'm smooth with a CCS. However my neck will feel better and not be irritated if I hold off and resist that "last" time!

 

SOTD
January 26, 2016
Prep: Hot Shower. Noxzema
Razor: Gillette Super Speed 1953 Y2
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Lather: La Toja
Brush: Maggard Razors 24mm Synthetic Marble Handle
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Clubman Vanilla
Wondering shave. La Toja is great on the skin, easy to lather, Cbluman Vanilla is is my favorite low end aftershave, great smelling. Maggard synthetic brush is great! Worthy of the $15 I paid for it.
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE!