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

thank you Joe.

 

thanks again Joe

 

Thank you Joe.

 

31st July 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: Omega 11047 Mixed Midget.
Face Lather.
Lather: Razorock "What The Puck? !" Orange Sunrise Shaving Soap.
Blade: Lord Silver Star Super Stainless. (D2)
Razor: 1970's Gillette Tech (ENG) Head w/ Lord L125 Handle.

Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, /Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./.Aloe Vera Gel./Duru Mandarin Cologne.

Greetings,

Early morning shave,

Last shave of the month, the Lord Silver Star Super Stainless. & Shark super stainless have both paired up wonderfully with all of my Gillette DE razors throughout the month.

A close comfortable 2 pass + pick ups silky smooth shave with no errors to report.

Finishing the shave off with a generous splash of Duru Mandarin Cologne.

My face is feeling smooth, & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

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31st End of July 2025

2 Days growth again, repeat shave

Preshave = Derby Menthol shave cream
Stirling British Leather
Pura Setola
Gillette Aristocrat ~1947
Blade = Iridium Super extra Stainless (4)
Usual Post
Proraso Rinfrescante followed by...
TOBS Royal Forest ASB
English Leather cologne splash

Another super smooth shave with this short focus, no damage, just the way I like it, fine way to end the month
All set for a super short haircut today

Have a great End of July Shave one and all

 

more fun and games Gary

Super shave Joe.

Thanks so much Joe

Lol!

Thanks Charlie and thanks for chiming in. Might get to the single pass ATG method at some stage...

@Casey 1988 do you think the short overlapping strokes are something to consider?

I will bring out one of my Adjustables in August, and see how I go, but I don't think chopping and changing the setting helps. Some areas of my beard can be cleaned up with as little as 4 strokes with a sharp blade. Other parts, generally the goatie area, need more strokes to get the same result perhaps 8,9 or 10. The trick is to use light strokes, riding the cap. Changing settings doesn't help, more frequent low-pressure strokes does the trick for me. As the blades dull down over 4 - 6 days (depending on the quality of the blade) I know it's time to sacrifice the blade when I need more strokes per area than usual, or if I start to get skin irritation, (or the occasional nick )

Happy days!

Thanks Joe

Fine finale of the month Barry

 

Thank you again Chris.

 

A couple embarrassing misses on my Throwback shave today, but it just means I must do better tomorrrow. The areas I missed were at the northern tip of Cactus Nation(right side) and the usual culprit-right sideburn area. Otherwise, clean&clear with the Stoylin Iceberg Island sap. No damage. 2 passes. Nice finish with the Clubman Gent's Gin A.S. Course I'd like to get the highest grade for my Throwback shaves, but that wasn't the case this time. Ah well. Pretty Outstanding.

 

-Thursday-
no.47
simpson
lime
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good morning gents
fine limes shave
awesome
have a fine day evryone
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Thanks Joe.

 

Wonderful shave Joe. Great breakfast meeting and our great waitress made a great start of the morning.

 

Great end of the month shaves guys!

 

Thanks Chris.

 

My shave today was an 8.5/10 though no big deal, because the blade was new and an early King C Gillette and I forgot how sharp those blades are when new even when on dial 1 the whole time and the King C Gillete blades will be rather sharp until the blade dulls in a bit, not sure when. No real big cuts just mostly a bunch of small ones unless you count the fact I keep opening up the moustache cut, this time a bit deeper.

My shave was with a new blade one of the early King C Gillette blades I have as the paper i and as the logo on a hair thicker then the models after the ones I got after the first month only single paper unlike ones after with multiple paper cover with glue on the blade where I had to use old blade to thin out the glue, was not going to scrape off. I think I am only down to a few of these blades I once thought was a Rebranded Feather as that was at the time the only brand I knew of that glued the blades down.

I used like always my Gillette Adjustable Shaver slim handle my no case H 2, the one I can date.

If I am using a new blade this means...The new book came in King C. Gillette, the man and his wonderful shaving device https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316009377/?tag=thshde-20 and by accident was grabbing the wrong side of the 2017 Personna pack use a King C Gillette blade and after seeing the blade decided to go with it after seeing though the paper.

 

fine thursday set ups and shaves gentlemen.

 

Already liking the book.