February '16 - 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion Thread

C.O. Bigelow cream is my travel software of choice.

And, just because you want to limit your spending this year doesn't mean you can't get one or two things. Just look at the huge difference from last year. It'll still be a huge win!

 

2/5/16

Gillette Old Type
Rapira Super Stainless (3)
Vulfix Super Badger (660)
Mystic Waters Lime
Georgetown G12 Scuttle
Pinaud Clubman Original



Broke out my Mystic Waters Lime sample this morning. Last time I used it was a face lather and I wound up with some irritation. Possibly because of some chemical reaction, but it could also have been how long it took me to face lather - seemed like forever. Today's experience was better. Used the scuttle and had a great lather. Slick and creamy. Normal 2 pass shave. It seemed like first couple of passes weren't as efficient as usual on my neck. I did my typical cool water rinse and touch up. I came very close to BBS but at a cost. My neck was red and a little tender. So it appears I chased the baby more than I should have. The Clubman let me know that too.

I still don't know if the Mystic Waters Lime is giving me this post shave dry feeling or if it's because it's 29 outside and the heats on. I'll give it another try tomorrow with a fresh blade and see how it goes. I'll try not to chase the baby too much.

Hope everyone enjoys their Friday!

 

SOTD
February 5, 2016
Prep: Hot Shower. Noxzema
Razor: iKon Shavecraft Short Comb w/Bulldog handle
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium
Lather: Chiseled Face Sherlock
Brush: Semogue 610
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Chiseled Face Sherlock
First shave with the iKon SC Short Comb, very smooth efficient razor. CF Sherlock is everything I need/want in a quality soap/aftershave. The Semogue 610 is coming along nicely.
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE!

 

February 5
Edwin Jagger DE89
Feather (2)
PSO, Hot Shower, Nivea Face wash
Omega 10066 Boar Shaving Brush
Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber Soap
Alum, Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber AS
Mod Cabin Holysuckle Beard Oil

Nice and smooth shave today, DFS, almost BBS. Getting a lot better at making lather. Using my left hand for left side isn't a big deal at all. Practicing skin stretching in anticipation of a SR someday. First use of Ghost Town Barber, love it! On the buy a big tub list. Happy Friday!

 

February 5
Blackland Blackbird
Persona Lab Blue (5)
TSD Coconut
Elite Razor E7 WSP High Mountain White
Seaforth Spiced

2 passes plus a little touch up and all is smooth and clean. Best shave this week (and I've had some outstanding shaves every day). Hope your's goes well.

 

I'll start my SOTD post out with a plea for sympathy Last night I was going downstairs to plug in my phone and slipped three stairs from the bottom. I launched myself into a wall at the bottom of the stairs and blew a hole in the wall with my hip. My hip, knee and ankle are all pretty sore today and my iPhone screen is shattered. I am happy to report that I could still stand and shave this morning. The Mongoose is providing very nice shaves. I'm still working on angle and pressure.
SOTD
Truefitt and Hill #10
AoS Pure Badger brush
Mongoose
Feather Pro (2)
Alum
Pitrulon Classic AS
Happy Friday!

The wall.

 

Ouch! I hope you recover quickly!

 

Is that razor head similar to a a gillette New?

 

Ouch! I truly hate when that happens. There are few things in this world I hate more than drywall repair.

 

Hope your ok now. Something I've noticed since joining the focus is we are an accident prone bunch. Going on statistics we are probably the last people that should be putting razor blades near our heads and faces on a regular basis.

 

I hope you get better soon.

 

What's the worst that could happen?

 

As I was checking the edges on my razors in storage, I noticed this one had some crud on the bevel, so I took it to the Chromeoxide pasted strop, and cleaned it off. I love the weight and size of it. This is an unrestored original Wostenholm EBRO marked Perseverance Works. It dates from 1860-1870, and has the original horn scales and brass pins. Just enough patina to know that it’s been around for 150 years. It also photographs really well. I may have done too many laps on the strop trying to get the crud off, because this razor isn’t as smooth as I remember, but I still got a DFS and most of the whiskers just wiped away.

 

Thank you! I'm just very sore. Nothing appears to be broken.

 

Thanks guys, that's very helpful and exactly what I did today!

Report to come...

 

That's got to be the coolest straight I've seen yet. Great history to it

 

dang @mrchick! Glad you're just badly bent instead of broke.

 

Holy cow, speedy recovery!

 

Thank you. I scared my wife half to death. I guess the impact was scary loud.

 

Thank you!