April 2015 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

04/16/2015
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti
Blade –Feather Pro (2)
Brush –Ever-Ready with TGN Finest
Lather – Strop Shoppe Baker street
Post - Witch Hazel and Dove AS Balm



Now that the tax season rush has passed, I have to get busy and catch up on all the work pushed aside. Great 2 pass shave this morning with very little clean up. Having used the Mongoose so much since the start of the year, consistently good shaves are the norm. Hope everyone has a great day.

 

Arko April Focus - CJB Kamisori
April 16, 2015 - Week 3 Day 5
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - VDH Boar
Soap - Proraso
Razor - 1959 Superspeed
Blade - (2)
Post - Alum, Proraso

Early meeting this morning at work so I passed on the CJB. '59 SS and Bic did a very nice job. Three passes and I found the baby. I'm impressed with this blade. I called it a second day for it since I have used it on third pass only on two occasions after the CJB. Gotta run!

 

April 16th , SOTD (Shave 7 of the focus)
Two days’ growth
Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: Feather Artist Club SS kamasori
Blade: Kai Captian Titan w/ blade guard (2nd shave on blade)
Razor: Gillette Red Tip- B2 (1956)
DE Blade: Big Ben- Stropped 30 times per edge (4th shave on blade)
Soap: The Shave Den Barber Shoppe Scent, bowl lathered plus four drops of M-Bomb
Brush: Tulip Wood Brush- TGN Best Badger Knot 22mm x 54mm loft
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block
Aftershave: Iced Pinaud Clubman


Great shave today. 95% of my face and neck are BBS, with the trouble spots on my neck DFS. The Kai blade makes the Feather a much more comfortable and smooth razor to use. Did two passes (N/S and S/N) and only needed a little touch up on the neck. Some burn on the alum, but no nicks or weepers. Finally finished my sample of TSD soap. Seriously, between 15 and 20 shaves from the sample! I am getting to like the way the badger brush splays on my neck and face when working the lather in, then paints it on pretty thick afterwards. Still have a boar preference, but I could get used to this.


My big experiment today was the aftershave. I added 10 drops of M-Bomb from TSD to a half ounce of Clubman. It did change the scent when it was first applied, but I had a good menthol burn/cooling, but after the menthol faded the Clubman goodness stuck around.

 

Arko April!!

Murray, KY redux





Busy getting my friend all settled in! Great trip so far!

Day one, blade 2, Ball-end Gold Tech

A great vintage blade in the 53 Tech for some of the automatic 2 pass smoothness! Used Arko as a stick and was very impressed. The vintage blades paired perfectly with the razor and the lemon goodness delivered as always! I hope to get more caught up later!

Have a great Thursday!


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Welcome to the 30 Day Crew!

 

Good flick.

 

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You too, have a great Thursday.

 

Homemade Pre-Shave Oil.
Razor: Bluebeards Revenge
Blade: Wilkinson Black
Brush: WD Marble Handle Silvertip, 24/67
The Shave Den Lanoline Shaving Soap- Coconut
A/S: The Shave Den Aftershave Splash

Day 13- Got my order in from TSD and had to try them out. Very happy with both products. I like it when products leave some room at the top of their soap so everything doesn't run all over the side.
7th day for the Wilkinson Black blade and it didn't make it through the shave. Started to tug and just didn't feel right, and was distracting me from my pleasure. Stopped and opened Doug's Den and realized I had enough blades to do me and my family for about 10 years. I changed the blade. Everything improved from that moment forward.

 

How has the PSO been working for you? What recipe did you come up with?

 

PSO has been working great. The only difference in my PSO is liquid lanolin. Did you make any changes?

 

I haven't made any changes yet. I made a double batch when I did it, and I am probably about half way through. When I run one of my containers out I will make some more. I like the idea of liquid Lanolin. Where did you find it?

 

Focus- Injector Razors
Pre- Hot water wash
Razor- Schick G Eversharp
Blade- Chinese Schick
Cream- Palmolive Refreshing Lemon
Brush- Semogue 1305
Post- Cold water rinse, alum as needed
Aftershave- Pinuad Clubman



After a week of coaching I finally have time to get a proper update posted. I have been shaving with the Eversharp for five days and tonight will be my last night....

Overall- continuing to really enjoy the injectors. I have gone through most of my soaps and creams. All work well and the shaves are BBS or near so in all cases.

Specific to the Eversharp- This one shaves like the j1, but even lighter and the handle is smaller. Both of these are minor negatives for me. So far I prefer the M39, even though the only real difference between the three is grip comfort.

I will be working with the M2 Adjustable for the rest of April. I am really looking forward to opening up the blade gap and seeing what these things can really do.

Have a great shave and wonderful evening gentlemen!

 

Got it a health food shop. They sell vitamins, fish oil and stuff like that. They also had scents and that is where I found the lanolin. I got it because I forgot my list and couldn't remember which oil I was supposed to get.

 

Another great shave tonight. This is day 6 for the Lord platinum blade. I thought it left the neck a little rough tonight, but that could also have been me. I will try it again tomorrow, and see what the result is. I am curious to see if my gentle result is due to the arko, or better technique. I guess I will have to try the injectors with the arko, to see if I get better results than I have had in the past. Did I mention that I really like ARKO?

 

FB focus day 17

Homemade PS Oil
LA Toja Shave Stick
Vie-long Horsehair Brush
FB w/Astra SP set on 4
Tabac AS

It has been a while since I last used Astra, so I have tried to keep things consistent for a few days. Tomorrow, I will start adjusting the razor a bit.

 

My first USA made soap, not that impressed :/ In the razor is Rapira Swedish on its 2nd shave and I'm very satisfied with it, seems to perform better on the second shave

 

04/17/2015
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti
Blade –Feather Pro (3)
Brush –Rudy Vey with Shavemac Finest
Lather – B&M Seville
Post - Witch Hazel and Myrsol F/Extra



All the stars aligned today for a fantastic work morning shave, very near a BBS. Since this is my first use of a B&M soap, I skipped any prep except for my morning shower. After blooming the soap, I whipped up a fantastic lather. Having noted that the soap could be thirsty, I added water to the brush as I face lathered. This is one seriously slick soap. In fact there was enough residual slickness to clean up the trouble areas with just water. The post shave feel was great and ended with just a splash of Witch Hazel followed by Myrsol F/Extra. Happy Friday everyone.

 

Arko April Focus - CJB Kamisori
April 17, 2015 - Week 3 Day 6
Prep - Hot shower and towel
Brush - Omega Pro 48
Soap - Arko
Razor - CJB
Blade - (6)
Post - Alum, Clubman

Kamisori style again with the CJB. One hand, one side of the blade only. A couple of minor nicks on the left cheek and next to the goatee line while positioning my hand right. Otherwise a very decent shave. Due to time constraints I finished the last pass with the SS and Bic and finished DFS. All in all a good morning with the CJB.

 

Aggressive April - Day 10 (4/17/15)



Prep: Hot shower
Soap: TSD Barber Shoppe shave stick
Brush: Omega 13522
Razor: Cadet OC
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Post: Witch Hazel, Nivea Sensitive Balm
Scent: Tommy Bahama Very Cool

Great 2 pass shave today. WTG & XTG.