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

I am looking forward to you using it Barry. Are you going to load a Feather blade in it and perform with it as well?

 

I will carry on with some DE blades I've infrequently used,but I will be doing a Feather & R41 duo too, which is a superb combo. I've now found that the R41 actually performs more efficiently pairing it up with a more aggressive blade, which make the shave feel effortlessly smooth.

 

fantastic sunday shaves and pics gents.

 

-The-Sunday-Shave-
#21
omega
fine platinum-old formula



good morning gents
fabulous fine shave
lovely old formula platinum lather
smooth 2 passer with the always efficient 2nd gen 'crat
matching splash to finish
my friend scored me this bottle in 2017 from Pasteur's pharmacy..
awesome
have a fine sunday everyone
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Thank you, Gary.

 

Fabulous weekend shaves, gentlemen!

 

thank you John.

 

Sunday Sept 29 (morning) - SE, Synthetic, Stirling September

Prep: Hot shower with Aleppo olive oil soap w/ 20% bay laurel oil (traditional anti-acne)

Razor: Parker Adjustable (SE) injector on setting 3 / Supply white label (made by Personna)(2)

Soap: Stirling Vanilla Bean Espresso

Brush: APShave Co w/ 24mm SynBad synthetic fan

Lather Bowl: None

Post: rinse, alum, rinse, Stirling Vanilla Bean Espresso splash

Last shave: Thursday morning - 3 days

The setup:



The setup was exactly the same as Thursday's shave.

The result: also exactly the same -- Excellent!

I confirmed my new thoughts on the Parker Adjustable injector. It did a great job for me again today. Two clean passes, one WTG and the second XTG. After the second pass, I was cleanshaven to a DFS standard with no blood and no razorburn. Alum was silent.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend. The temperatures have been dropping to near 0 Celsius here at night lately. Yesterday morning, I mowed my lawn for the last time this year. As a side benefit, the mower removed a lot of the fallen leaves, reducing the amount of raking required later. And then I blew out the underground sprinkler systems at my house and my sister's place so they won't freeze and burst when the temperature drops further in the next month or so. It was still T-shirt weather outside yesterday, but it won't be for much longer...

 

You were rather slumming it with that Tech this morning though, weren't you? Or was that a Sunday "humility" shave after the recent run of Aristocrats?

Edit: Whoops! I see you were being humble for work on Saturday and are back to being King of the World today...

 

awesome John,bet that soap/splash smells fantastic.

 

all good my friend LOL.have to be frugal on work shaves..king of the world today though..

 

September 29 SOTA

Good afternoon.

Gillette Heritage
Gillette Wilkinson Sword DE Blade (5)
Omega Pro 49 Boar Brush
Stirling Spice SS and AS
Stirling Alum Block.
Personal Care Witch Hazel
Beard Growth: 27 hrs



I had such a close shave that I could have held off until tomorrow, but I want to look clean-shaven for church this evening.
Therefore, I picked my Gillette Heritage because it's a mild razor that would do well with my slight stubble. Three error-free passes with buffing gave me an ultra smooth and comfortable shave. As I was inspired by @JACarbone Joe's use of Stirling Spice, I decided to bring it out for this shave. It's a wonderful scent and always makes a nice lather. Here's my lather:



I had minimal alum feedback. Splashed on the witch hazel and the matching aftershave to end this session. Take care.

 

Definitely a Fine Shave Gary. I was wondering how you got the aftershave over the border and now I know.

 

Thanks Gary.

 

Awesome encode shave John. 32° F is too cold for me. Lol!

 

fine sunday heritage shave Joe.

 

thank you Joe..he was a client of mine who purchased volvo parts and travels all over with work..it was a cool score and one of my first non aqua velva type aftershaves

 

Thanks, Gary. I like it. Odd thing though: to me the combination of coffee and vanilla bean ends up smelling almost chocolatey.

 

Great Heritage shave, Joe! I don't have any "spice" products, but the two I have considered off and on are the Stirling Spice and the B&M version.

 

Thanks John. I have never tried the B and M version, but I have heard it's very good.