DEC 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

Pain Stick Focus December 4:

Homemade PS Oil
Frank Shaving Pur-Tech Brush
Palmolive Classic SC
British Gillette Tech (V1)
Stirling Unscented PSB
Clubman AS

I broke the focus this morning due to receiving a razor from a Secret Santa. It is V1 British Tech, and I just had to give it a whirl this morning. It shaves very well, as I got a great DFS this morning. I also picked up the Palmolive this morning for the first time in several months, and now I am wondering why I haven't used it such a long time. Just a great performer with a lovely scent. I'll be back at the Pain Stick tomorrow.

 

Congrats on your 100th SR shave! I have really enjoyed following your posts on here about your journey.

 

Friday, December 4, 2015

Cobra Classic
Feather Pro #2
The Varlet Beehive
MDC Fougere
Alum, Witch Hazel +Menthol, Whipped Shea Butter
Fine L’Orange Nior

Today's shave was excellent. Another awesomely close shave with the Cobra. One mishap, when I was changing directions, the handle slipped, result a small weeper the alum took care of. Closeness: A, Irritation A-. The full face feel of The Varlet knots is soft and luxurious. The beehive a lather machine and the MDC the Nitro. Ba boom, an explosion of lather. Oh no, all over the clean mirror, where's the Windex. The Shea Butter greased the skid mark, ahhhh! Topped it off with Fine L'Orange. Have a fun Friday all!

 

So you can't call your razor "It", you have to call your razor "she".

 

Congrats, you're a braver man than I am!

 

Congratulations on your milestone Adam! I admire your persistence and enjoy your posts!

 

Nice work! Congrats!

 

The old chicken test...now that's smoooooth!

 

Sorry I’m late to the party as usual Kerry.

I echo most all of what’s been said on this topic already.

I’m normally quick to judge my shave soon afterwards, but have learned that my face takes a bit of time to recover to the shave.

But most interesting is that on those occasions when I experience a nice close, smooth and comfortable shave - I need to let hours go by to tell for sure. The closeness will vary - resulting in some that will show growth in a few hours vs those that don’t show until late at night.

It also can go the other way.

Especially in the summer after what I think is a very nice shave - hours later I can be working in the yard and perspiration on my neck immediately lets me know that it was NOT an irritation free shave! But then, I use witch hazel only during post shave. I imagine that alum users get their indication right away.

 

Day 4 of the bargain shave focus - and a new setup

- La Toja Stick
- Vulfix 404 mixed
- Wilkinson classic
- Wilkinson blade
- Tüff sensitiv Rasierwasser

Here's the new hardware:



The Vulfix is not the cheapest brush you can buy, but great quality and because of that still a bargain for less than 20 Euros

Second shave with the La Toja soap - fantastic! It lathers just as easily as the Proraso, lather is slick and creamy and smells just great. #1 on my list for price-performance-ratio. The brush is a bit bigger than my Semogue 620 boar, so it holds more lather ... I guess I had enough for at least 3 passes.

The weight distribution on the razor is pretty strange. The handle has a metal core, so it's relatively heavy, the head is just plastic and extemely lightweight. The Razor is very mild, I had to constantly remind myself not to use too much pressure because of the combination of weight and mildness.

The blades are okay, but nothing to write home about. Average performance at best, a bit rougher than the chinese Rimei, not as sharp and smooth. Anyways, I still managed to achieve a better than DFS shave in 2 passes (WTG and X/ATG) with the usual touchup at the jawline. After the cold water rinse the Aftershave stung a bit and I saw 2 or 3 tiny red spots on my cheek where I obviously had used too much pressure during the shave. But no blood - so not a big deal at all.

So the set is usable, but not as good as the Rimei for the same price.

I think about changing the blade tomorrow, maybe use a Sputnik with the razor.

 

December 4, 2015
This month I’m focusing on my two birth quarter razors.
Gillette Ball End Tech A4 - Week 1
Gillette SS Red Tip A4 - Week 2

Morning shave
Hot Shower
Soap: Saponificio Varesino Dolomiti
Brush: Stirling Kong Synthetic
Razor: Gillette Ball End Tech A4
Blade: 7 o’clock (Blues) (6)
TSD Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Myrsol Blue



2 pass shave - XTG, ATG
Decent shave, though I’ll be changing the blade and trying a different brand next week. Having experienced the Feather Artist Club Pro blade in the Mongoose, I may just throw a Feather DE blade into this razor and see what happens.

Have a great day and enjoyable weekend!
Cheers!
RT

 

Day 3 - DEcember 2015

Planned Day 3 - 4 December 2015



DeFitch Closed Comb DE
Gillette Silver Blue (4)
La Toja Shave Stick
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Alum
TSD ISZ AS Splash under Barbus ​

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Have a great Friday afternoon!
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No shave today. I just woke back up from my nap? I'm not sure if it was a nap...well, I'm going back to bed. Still have a horrific cough.

 

Feel better soon, Kerry.

 

Get well soon.

 

The Mongoose and Feather Pro blade positively changed my perception of Feather DE blades. I now prefer them in all my razors.

 

I hope you feel better soon!

 

Hope your feeling better soon.

 

Razor: Merkur 38C Barber Pole
Blade: Wilkinson (5)
Brush: Omega 10066 Boar
Soap: Route 66 Barbershop Hop
A/S: TSD Iced Barber Shoppe

Great shave tonight. Getting great shaves with the 38C but still don't like how it feels to the hand.

 

Hope you get to feeling better soon.