30 Day Rule/Focus; March 2024. All Are Welcome!

Discussion in 'Shower or Shave of the Day' started by Trigger, Mar 1, 2024.

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  1. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Thanks John. I like synthetics because they whip up the lather very quickly. I find my Badger brushes don't have a good flow through so I have to compensate by loading heavy. My two boar brushes provide a nice lather, but a little more work is necessary to get it.
     
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  2. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Nice shave John. Be safe with traveling in the snow. Take care.
     
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  3. ChrisB

    ChrisB Well-Known Member

    04 MAR 2024
    Days growth = 2

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    Prep = 3 x HOT water soak
    Preshave = TOBS Jermyn street massage
    Cream/Soap = Derby Soap
    Brush = Omega Pura Setola
    Bowl = Timeless
    Razor = Gillette Nacet / 7 o’clock
    Blade = Gillette 7 o’clock black super platinum
    Passes = 2 +
    Post = Usual CWR, Alum, CWR, Thayers
    ASL = Pinaud Virgin Island Bay Rum
    Scent = Guerlain Pour Homme
    Damage = none

    2 days growth, so I choose an OC and did a proper hot water prep
    The razor is old and the cap not as smooth as it could be, so I chose what I thought would be a good soap for the shave with a safe blade. Hmmm. Bit of rough shave. Care to ride the cap, no damage done, overall good shave but not a stellar combination. I remember the Derby to be better than this, so I can only assume the dragging was partly due to the not so smooth cap on the razor

    Ended the shave after 2 passes, one pass on the back of the neck only

    Caution, common sense, discretion and due diligence prevented any damage

    Have a lovely Monday gents
     
    Last edited: Mar 4, 2024
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  4. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    Pretty fine shave this morning. Again, the Kairos 2022 soap(Grooming Dept). set me up for a nice shave. Clean&clear in all areas except South Porcupine, where I got a cut just above the jawline, left side. No Knicks, Polka-dots. That one glitch(Porcupine)cost me the highest of comments. 2 passes. Again, the Russian Leather(TSD store)finished me off well. Super Duper Outstanding.
     
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  5. brit

    brit in a box

    thank you Joe.:):eatdrink047:
     
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  6. brit

    brit in a box

    thank you Joe.:):eatdrink047:
     
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  7. brit

    brit in a box

    fine start to the week gents.:bounce017:
     
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  8. brit

    brit in a box

    -Monday-
    1950 french tech
    opal f200
    mdc
    fine

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    good morning gents.
    fabulous monday shave
    smooth 2 passer with the french market tech,minor pickups
    fine aftersheve to finish
    awesome
    have a fine day everyone
    :eatdrink047:
     
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  9. JACarbone

    JACarbone The Oud Dude

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    SRS # 1050 - March Mug Madness - Stirling SDM

    Rating: 5 / 5

    Razor: Thiers-Issard Super Gnome Extra
    Brush: Leo Frilot Custom NYR 26 mm Synthetic
    Pre-Shave: Pears Transparent Soap
    Lather: Stirling Sharped Dressed Man
    Aftershave: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
    Additional Care:
    Omega Alum
    Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
    Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

    An excellent Stirling soap shave this morning. Three passes with the Thiers-Issard razor, my first straight picked up 22 years ago, delivered an exceptionally close shave.
    I am enjoying using my mugs. Back around 1975, I picked up an Old Spice mug/soap set. Unfortunately, upon my return from college in 1980 the mug set disappeared. To this day I do not know if my mother or one of my siblings inadvertently discarded it. The mug in this picture I picked up about 6 years ago on the Bay.

    Hope you all have a great day gentlemen.
     
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  10. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Marvelous Monday shave Chris. The last sentence is true regardless of the razor and blade combination.
     
  11. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Bravo Gary!
     
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  12. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Terrific Thiers-Issard shave Joe. That's a shame about the unsolved mug disappearance.
     
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  13. JACarbone

    JACarbone The Oud Dude

    Thank you Gary.
     
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  14. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    March 4 SOTA

    Good afternoon.

    Gillette Fatboy (9)
    Wilkinson Sword DE Blade (5)
    Rockwell Synthetic Brush
    TSD Irish Spring SS and AS
    Stirling Alum
    Block Modessa Witch Hazel
    Beard Growth: 24.5 hrs

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    Did a quick 3 pass shave for an error-free BBS result. There wasn't any alum feedback. Witch hazel and matching aftershave were applied. I was very quick with the face lathering so it translated into a fast shave. Tomorrow; I will be using a safety razor for a head shave and a traditional straight for my face shave. Take care.
     
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  15. brit

    brit in a box

    thank you Joe.:):eatdrink047:
     
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  16. brit

    brit in a box

    fantastic start to the week gents.:cool::bounce017:
     
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  17. Trigger

    Trigger Double Jedi Knight

    Thanks Gary.
     
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  18. ChrisB

    ChrisB Well-Known Member

    Thanks Gary

    Nice shave Gary looks you had a Fine start to the day. Nice brush
     
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  19. ChrisB

    ChrisB Well-Known Member

    Classy fast shave Joe
     
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  20. ChrisB

    ChrisB Well-Known Member

    :eatdrink047:
     
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