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

keep an eye out.it's easy to get bored with stuff for me.buying a $20 razor you don't need for experiment keeps the interest alive..hence my shaving mugs and bowls,and techs..etc..what else is there to do? eat.?..you know what i mean.i am thankful; we share and chat about stuff..

 

Here is one on the bay, think I will pass on this one!

btw nothing wrong with eatin' when you're not shavin'

 

fair enough..they are out there in good shape with the box..maybe ask on our BST site.there has to to be someone here with one collecting dust in their closet.. @PLANofMAN

 

Thanks again Joe.

 

18th October 2025.



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Shaving Recipe for today.

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

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face & head.
Pears Transparent Bar Soap.
Brush: Omega 10005.
Bowl Lather.
Bowl: Tesco's Ceramic 'Cosmo' Side Bowl.
Lather: Scottish fine Shaving Soap.
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium. (D1)
Razor: Mühle R41. (2013)
Razor: Gillette Guard. (Head) - (D5)

Post:
Cold Water Face & Head Rinse./Cold water face & head wash with brush squeezing's,/Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Autumn/Winter mix~) peppermint lavender, eucalyptus, + Tea Tree essential Oils Mixed Together With Care+ Witch Hazel./Bulldog Original Moisturiser./ Hugo Boss Dark Blue EdT.

New Shave set up to start the weekend.

A close & comfortable face and head shave to start the weekend off on a high.

Finishing the shave off with a few small squirts of Hugo Boss Dark Blue EdT to the chest & pulse points.

My face & precious swede are feeling smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

This is because I am finally getting used to shaving with the Gillette Adjustable 1960's edition when to go up in the dial and down one or two numbers on the dial after flipping the blade. I am also trying to not force the blade if I snag or feel pulling on a single long hair.

Sorry, I was warning people to stay away from a toxic thread on Badger & Blade and had to explain why.

 

I think that scuttle for whipping up the lather was originally a lower mini style pour spout kraft for keeping the liquids warm where the top was missing in a thrift store.

 

Fair enough, doing a quick internet search it seems there a whole variety of those stroppers made way back then, that could just become another collector's rabbit hole Lol!
Sheesh some of the prices!

Here is a cool looking one



German made 1920s allegedly
AUD 170+


For that price I can get a few years worth of blades

Exactly that's what I am finding, and the benefit of this thread, sticking with hardware and software combinations long enough for the technique to come
Great fun, but I am thinking I need some changes

 

18 Oct 2025

2 Days growth

Cream/Soap = TOBS OUD
Brush = Simpson Chubby 2 Best Badger
Razor = Executive 1959 E4 set to number 5, no need to go higher
Blade = Henckels super platinum Chrome made in Germany unknown date
Passes = 2 and done
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, rinse, pat dry, Thayers rose petal
ASB = TOBS Royal Forest
ASL = Proraso Barbe Dure with Oud
Scent = Red Musk

This blade surprises me every time especially when compared to its lesser brothers. Sharp smooth and safe. Near perfect BBS in 2 passes. Only minor Alum feedback

I hope to be able to push this one to about day 3 or 4

 

Very nice shave Barry. Hope you are having a nice weekend.

 

ExcellOUDtober shave Chris.

 

DE Shave # 613 - OUDtober Shave - Kilix

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Muhle R41
Blade: Shark Platinum (5)
Brush: JTSpartan Boar 24 mm
Lather: Los Jabones de Joserra Kilix
Aftershave: Los Jabones de Joserra Kilix
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

Fabulous shave this afternoon using a software that I have not reach for in many moths. It is a great soap with a refresh scent. The scent profile is as follows: “Bergamot and Cardamom leading in to an Iris, Heliotrope and Violet heart all settling on a base of Cedar Wood, Sandalwood, Amber, Oud and Tonka Bean.”

I reached for the Muhle R41 for today’s shave. This razor does not disappoint every time I reach for it. I was rewarded with a super smooth three pass shave without any mishaps or delayed weepers.

I hope everyone has been well. I have been rather busy trying to g to keep up with a variety things that I have been challenged to post my shaves. I am surprised that Joe, @Trigger, has not sent out his Sicilian paisans to track me down.

Hope you all have an enjoyable day.

 

very cool.these used to be really cheap not to long ago,for most folks these were novelty items..seams more interest has driven prices up..who woulda thunk that..

 

nothing missing from it thank you.it's as new in the 1940s..i think you need to do more experiencing than reading..

 

absolutely fabulous gentlemen

 

-The-Weekender-
canadian new deluxe norfolk
yaqi silvertip
campione



good afternoon gents
nice tobacco shave
fine bartigan lather,smooth 2 passer,minor pickups
matching splash to finish
awesome
have a great weekend everyone
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Thank you Joe.. I've had a great start to the weekend thanks, I hope the same applies to you on your side of the pond. Yours- Barry.

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Sorry all the ones I have seen in Antiques Stores that look like this have a top/missing top either screw on.

 

Great minds on the muhle R41 Joe. My acquaintance with mine after a long hiatus of not using it has made me see how good of razor it is.