February '16 - 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion Thread

Why, the Freedonia National Anthem, of course!

 

As per fridays shave, I thought the absent of ATG would yield a longer mileage on a blade. It didn't. Still around four shaves per blade on a common descent lather. The fifth shave today was a bit rough on my upper lip on the third pass. I usually manage 3-5 shaves per blade on the Swedish Supersteel - this was no different.

The Fatboy, which I've used the past two weeks, has been retired and the Weber reinstated for the following weeks shaves. Going back to something more familiar to see how the lather and blade perform.

 

That is an amazing brush.

 

Great looking combination.

 

SOTD
Super Bowl Sunday
February 7, 2016
Prep: Hot Shower. Noxzema
Razor: iKon Shavecraft Short Comb w/Bulldog handle
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Lather: Route 66-Retro Spice
Brush: Semogue 610
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Chiseled Face Trade Winds
73 and plenty of sunshine at kickoff! I'll be putting a 16 lb turkey in the oven shortly.
Great shave. Retro Spice, easy to lather, slick, protective, beautiful scent and fantastic post shave skincare. I'm digging the iKon Short Comb! The Semogue 610 is really starting to splay nicely. Happy Happy. CF Trade Winds, it's a cucumber, mint old spice scent. Really nice.
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE!

 

02/07/2016
Cobra Classic
Feather Pro (3)
Romera Olivewood Synthetic
TSD Signature Scent
Witch Hazel
Captain’s Choice Bay Rum


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I will be using the Cobra Classic on weekends in an effort to get more comfortable with the razor. With a Feather Pro blade, it's a more aggressive razor than either the AlumiGoose or Mongoose loaded with a Feather Super Pro blade. In all honesty the stylized handle gives me fits when I go ATG. I always feel I am on the verge of dropping it.

Today I went with a 2 pass shave, ATG & XTG followed by a minor touch ups ending in a near BBS. More importantly the shave was smooth and I didn't get bitten by the snake which was a first. Graded out A for closeness and A+ for irritation. Finished off with a splash of CC Bay Rum and I'm ready to go visit my Mom this morning. I hope everyone has a great Sunday.

 

2/7/16

Gillette Old Type
Gillette Silver Blue (2)
Vulfix Super Badger (660)
Mystic Waters Lime
Georgetown G12 Scuttle
Pinaud Clubman Original



At nice comfortable borderline BBS from the Old Type and the Gillette Silver Blues. Mystic Waters Lime was better today, but not that great. The lather was wetter than it should have been but looked fine after some paint brush strokes. Glide was mostly OK, but there were a couple of spots that it felt like the razor was sticking to the lather a bit. Still, a very close shave. An hour after my shave I found one tiny area of stubble on my neck. I checked that area during touch up and just before putting on the Clubman, but I didn't feel it then.

I hope you all have a great Lord's Day, and everyone enjoys the game!

 

Straights Focus February 6:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
TSD Lanolin Iced Sub-zero
Johan Engstrom
Stirling Unscented PSB -- Mentholated
Musco Real Classic AS

Thus was the first Sunday shave I have had in a while, since I rushed yesterday's shave a bit. Today, I got up before everyone else and took my time. I chased the baby a bit, and I was rewarded. I am nice and smooth. I do seem to need to work a but more for the baby than some of the razors I had been using. I will say, though, that if I had chased it this much with a DE, I would have had quite a bit of irritation. As it is, I am irritation free, and the alum provided only a slight tickle. A very relaxing and fun shave before I made a large batch of waffles for the family. Have a great Sunday, and go Broncos!

 

Great photo. What do you think of Musco Real AS? I am trying to come up with a Father's Day wish list.

 

I knew Feathers were a bit more reasonable than in the past. Good to know. And yes, they are certainly a standard of excellence although there is a standard equal to or greater than Feather, such as, oh, I don't know, maybe.........



Trying to rate Voskhod requires more than steins. This is more like it!



Although, if you drank enough beer to fill the Feather steins, or the vodka involved in the Voskhod rating, even a Tiger might seem like a good blade.

 

Nice picture of good gear.

 

Thanks Doug.

 

Razor: Gillette Red Tip C2, 1957
Blade: Gillette Platinum (2)
Brush: Fendrihen Silver Tip
Soap: TSD Irish Spring Type
A/S: Route 66 Sweeney Todd (TEST)

Excellent Super Bowl Sunday. Enjoy the game.

 

The Musco Real is one of, if not the, favorite AS I have. The cream is also very good. It is just a great scent.

 

Day 7 - Schick repeater focus

Schick type B2 razor
Chick blade

I made the switch to my type B2 today as 6 shaves was all I could get out of the Chick blade in the Schick type A I had been using all week. My Feb focus is to use a razor until the blade dulls and then switch to a different Repeater in the collection.
Todays shave was pretty good. 2 passes and a little touch on the jaw line and im ready for the Superbowl with a decent DFS. The type B repeating razor takes a bit to get used to because of the angle it needs to be held at. Once I found that, it was smooth sailing.

 

Excellent picture.

 

Going to dust off the 34c for tonight's shave since I've got toothache and can't really focus. I imagine there will be some sore heads tomorrow with the Super Bowl. This will be the first time in about 5 years me and my mates won't have made an effort to watch. Although it's on till 3am here and we don't understand the rules, we always enjoyed and appreciated such a large scale sporting event, enjoy guys

 

Hope your feeling better. Some alcohol may help that tooth ache.

 

Thanks Douglas. I've been staring at a bottle of brandy all day, unfortunately I have a big days work tomorrow starting with an even bigger drive.

 

You may be wise to stay away from the brandy then. There is always tomorrow.