30 Day Rule/Focus; August 2025. All Are Welcome!

fine shave Casey.

 

Today's shave was a 9.5/10 no cuts but went the entire shave on dial 3 that feels like I have left something very minimal bur even. Day 12 of topdside, no wrong side today.

I used like always my Gillette slim handle H 2 without case.

I did not use much water on the blade or head of shaver coming out of the shower.

The new book I got on July-31, King C. Gillette, the man and his wonderful shaving device https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316009377/?tag=thshde-20, my early era of King C Gillete blade before the company moved to the thinner Chinese models, and my Gillette shaver are proving they are still a great trio for this month. I am just into chapter 9 just after WWII around 1946--1948 -getting the non North American shaving up and running after WWII.

 

I think I finally have my Stephan cream plan in order. I used june hand, but two scoops(passes). I think just the one scoop will do from here on out. Why. It's a great smooth cream, but a weird scent, one I can't describe. One gets enough to work with. Clean, clear shave all across the board. No damage. Finished off with Stoylin Glacial Lime A.S. As Outstanding As It Gets.

 

fine midweek shaves gents

 

-The-Midweek-Shave-
french market aristocrat jr
opal f200
sandalwood



good morning gents
fine sandalwood lather,smooth 2 passer,minor pickups
matching splash to finish
awesome
have a fine day everyone
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I wonder how rare a French Aristocrat Jr is? This is taking into account this was still right after WWII when the Aristocrat Jr in Europe or in USA the very similar Gillette no flair Super Speed was released and France had sustained massive damage during WWII.

 

these razors and all other french market gillettes were british made until the mid 50s.the cases were made in france from around 1950 onwards..

 

14th August 2025.



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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Cien Men Kenya Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears Transparent Bar Soap.
Brush: Anbbas 24mm Tuxedo synthetic.
Face Lather.
Lather: Nivea Men Body Shaving Stick.
Blade: Lord Shark Super Stainless. (D2)
Razor: Baili BD177 Rose Gold TTO.

Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, /Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Nivea Men Replenishing PSB./Superdrug Sierran Breeze ASL.

Greetings,

Early Morning Shave,

A comfortable shave to finish my shave week off wonderfully.

The Nivea Men Body Shaving Stick provided a cushioned protective slick lather leaving a superb post shave feel.

Finishing the shave off with a generous splash of Superdrug Sierran Breeze ASL.

My face is feeling smooth, & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

fantastic

thanks Gary

Great result Joe, no Blood, no alum feedback and BBS = great shave

very elegant

 

14 Aug 2025

Adjustable/Australian

2 Days growth

Usual Prep
Cream/Soap = Australian made Woolly Wash Night at the Pub
Brush = Semogue Pegasus C7 finest badger
Bowl = coconut
Razor = Gillette Slim I-4 @ 6 again
Blade = Feather (4)……dulling, dragging, dropped into the blade bin
Passes = 2 +
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, rinse, pat dry, Thayer’s rose petal
ASL = Clubman Reserve Whiskey woods
ASB = TOBS Royal Forest
Scent = Bulgari Wood Essence

Four days and the Feather is dragging, no point pushing the limit

Have a great Thursday one and all

 

thank you Chris.

 

absolutely fabulous gentlemen.

 

-Thursday-
new SC
omega
palmolive
lime sec



good morning gents
quick work shave
awesome
have a fine day everyone
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So why did you get the Rose Gold plaiting over the standard nickel?

 

Happy with my Throwback shave for this week. BTW, my brush was the Stoylin "li'l brudder" (just to clear that up from yesterday). It scooped up a lot of the Proraso soap to give me a nice clear clean shave all over. Zero damage. 2 healthy passes, although I'm toying with just doing 1 for future Proraso tub shaves). Fine finish with the Proraso A.S(Refreshing). As Outstanding As It Gets.

 

Todays shave was a 9/10 because I did get 2--3 individual hairs ripped out where there was almost no bleeding but there was. I use mostly dial 5 after finding the dial 3 was not wreaally doing much due to not doing a great shave yesterday leaving a very light level of hair when done. Day 13 of topside, almost time to switch sides in about 2 shaves.

I used like always my Gillette slim handle H 2 without case.

Used water on the face and did moustache right before using and redid the rest of face for a pass 2 but I used water on the blade or head of shaver keeping that wet.

I did have to clean the shaver in the middle of shaving but then continued to shave then did a lesser full clean, as those full deep cleans are only when stuff is building up or hair is stuck in parts of my shaver.

I used some plain hand sanitizer for aftershave

The new book I got on July-31, King C. Gillette, the man and his wonderful shaving device https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316009377/?tag=thshde-20, my early era of King C Gillete blade before the company moved to the thinner Chinese models, and my Gillette shaver are proving they are still a great trio for this month. I am just into chapter 9 just after WWII around 1950 working on advertising a product different from Gillette shaving.

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Purely because I liked the aesthetics of the rose gold plating, which incidentally hasn't deteriorated considering I've had the razor for quite some time now. Occasionally I clean all my razors with anti bacterial dish soap using and old tooth brush and add a few small drops of Wahl hair clipper oil to my TTO razors to keep the mechanisms on the handles in good working order.

 

August 14 SOTM

Good afternoon.

Schick I-1
Pella SE DE Blade (4)
MrEE Tuxedo Brush
Tabac SK
Gentlemen's Nod Zaharoff Signature Series AS
Stirling Alum Block
Lucky Witch Hazel
Beard Growth: 2 days.

This is a late post for this morning's shave. Three passes for a BBS shave. This was a quick and easy shave because I was running late to the local Senior Center. Yes. I didn't lose any blood. I was holding out because I had oral surgery this afternoon. Lol! I didn't have any alum feedback. My post shave routine was great. I will reply to your past posts later this evening. Again, I didn't take a pic for today's setup. Take care.

 

I use on the one I am currently using toothpicks to get the hair out of the mechanical parts on the head or on corners of my Gillette Adjustable slim handle when the usual cotton swabs and toilet paper are not working, otherwise the twist knob or dial get hard to turn with the corners hard to close the shaver all the way as the hairs block the full closer. I had this just the other day for some reason.