30 Day Rule/Focus; August 2023. All Are Welcome!

Great shave Danny. Joe C gave me a sample of SC Honor and I liked it. It provides a nice lather. Enjoy your evening.

 

Thanks Joe and you as well.

I like the scent of the Honor and SC soap lathers up nice.

Take care.

 

fine start to the week gents.

 

Well, that's another illusion shattered. Oh well, if MWF shave soap doesn't really have 130 years of "traditional" manufacturing heritage behind it, then I guess I don't need to feel in the least bit guilty about not liking it and using it...

 

i was surprised as well.many folks may have used the mitchell's hand soap to shave with,as many used soap ends after the war...well ,soap was just soap i guess.

 

Thanks Gary.

 

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29th August 2023.



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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Dove Men+Care Clean Comfort Body+Face Wash.
Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face & head.
Pears with Mint Extracts Transparent Bar Soap.
Cold wet flannel to my face & head.
Brush: Yaqi 26mm Rainbow Brown Synthetic. (Faux Horse)
Bowl Lather.
Bowl : Home Bargains Stainless Steel Side Bowl.
Lather: Goodfellas Smile Abysso Shaving Soap.
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium. (D1)
Razor: Yingjili Tech head + Schmidt R10 Handle.

Post:
Cold water Face & Head wash with brush squeezing's, Cold Water Cold Water Face & Head Rinse./Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse/Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.3 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With 200ml of Care+Witch Hazel./Goodfellas Smile Abysso ASL. /Aloe Vera Cooling Gel.

Greetings,

Early morning face & head shave,

The schmidt R10 handle paired together with the Yingjili Tech head makes a wonderful Frankentech. The extra weight of the R10 handle gives a good additional heft, making a non-aggressive yet efficient duo.

Fourth outing of the Goodfellas' Smile Abysso Shaving Soap & ASL duo which provided me with another exceptional shave the lathering performance of the shaving soap is superb providing a great slick protective wonderfully scented lather in a short space of time. The matching ASL finishes the shave off excellently.

Another enjoyable close comfortable face & head shave with no errors to report...Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Aloe Vera Cooling Gel.

My face is feeling cool smooth, & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

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Another fascinating Franken-eclectic shave Barry. Keep 'em coming!

 

29 Aug 2023

(Anything goes, Adapting-Adjusting-on-the-fly August)

36 hours: continuing the Fat Saga



Prep = Cold Water rinse 30s x 3. TOBS Jermyn street cream as pre-shave substitute
Soap = Mitchell Wool Fat
Brush = Razorock 400
Bowl = White wide shallow bowl
Razor = Gillette Tech
Blade = Gillette Platinum (1)
Passes = 4 + touch ups
Technique = Usual WTG, XTG<, XTG>, ATG touch ups
Post = Cold Water rinse, Alum, CWR, Thayers, Proraso Rinfrescante
Scent = No extra scent, off to get a haircut and do some shopping
Damage = None

Score = 8.5 / 10 (1/2 point off because some minor left over turf, 1 point off because of the lather hassle)
Comments = Well, MWF again. No blooming. Synthetic brush. Reverse Osmosis water. Loading from the puck for 90 Seconds, into the bowl, adding ½ cc water x 3. Still bubbly but better. To the face, further lathering from there, dipping the brush lightly into the RO water before each pass and before the lather dried out. Strangely it lathered better this way, and got more slick with each pass. Maybe it actually needs more water?

But the Tech performed beautifully, nice and light, easily manoeuvrable, feels surgically precise in the hand with good control of the blade angle
I am smoother than usual. No damage despite more passes and more strokes per pass than usual

Apart from the lather hassle this shave was AOAIG @Paul Turner

 

Hey hey! Good to see you're still actively posting here. I hope that you're well!

I currently have a mere 2 soaps to go! Those are both TOBS (Peppermint and Lemon & Lime). I finished off my Arko, Boots stick, Proraso and Palmolive. I plan to buy some more Arko at the end of this because, for my money, it is the best value of any soap.

Just ordered another 200 Silver Star blades for £10.99 posted.

 

Great to hear!

 

I remember when R41 + Feather (1 shave only) was all you used!

 

Thank you Chris..Eclectic is my middle name.

 

Yesterday, I made the observation that the clove scent of my Bay Rum aftershave hits hardest upon application, then gradually weakens throughout the day.Same thing happened today.But we'll get to that. Another real nice shave. I've been happy with using a Bay Rum shave soap. Those 16th Century islanders made a great discovery in what now is Bay Rum shave soap That's right-Chris Columbus might have discovered America, but the islanders' discovery of Bay Rum for grooming is close to that. . Clean and clear all over, with the exception of North Central Cactus Nation(neck)where I could have done better. That will be tomorrow's focus. 2 passes. Zero cuts, Knicks, Polka-dots. Day 2 of Barbershop Week was pretty much a success. Course the emphasis is on "pretty much". Super Duper Outstanding.

 

Beautiful post and shave Barry. Enjoy your afternoon.

 

Great shave Chris! You may be on to something. Take care.

 

I agree James. Arko is a great value. It is slicker than an ice skating rink.

 

Thanks Joe, might take a break from this MWF mini-focus for a while though!

 

fabulous shaves and pics gents.

 

if it's frustrating you take a break.mitchell's can be fickle..pic your finest,favorite gear and have a few shaves..keeps things in perspective.