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

Thanks Doug.

 

10-4

 

Planned Day 38 - 90 Day Intro to SR

Shave Den Sunday!
Barber Shoppe



www.theshavedenshop.com

Have a Super Sunday!
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Great products!

 

@RaZorBurn123

I am loving the Super Bowl Turkey! Great idea!

 

Mongoose Focus
I'm having a little trouble figuring this razor out. I can't seem to clean up my neck without irritation. I don't know if it's angle or pressure. I'm glad I am going this focus and will figure it out. Any Mongoose pointers?
Shave Den Sunday
SOTD
TSD Bourbon Vanilla
Mongoose
Feather Pro (4)
Alum
TSD Iced Egyptian Spice
Have a great Sunday!

 

mmmmmnnn...Bitburger.

 

It's in the oven right now Turkey sandwich for me, the leg for me oldest son. Youngest will eat whatever he can get 16 lb bird. Mac & Cheese and a ton of other goodies.

 

February 7, 2016

SHAVE DEN SUNDAY

February Focus on my Schick Type D - The first Schick Injector Razor circa 1935

Shave 4
Hot Shower
Razor: Schick Type D
Blade: Schick (China) (4)
Soap: TSD Unscented
Brush: Rubberset 400-4
TSD Witch Hazel
TSD Aftershave Milk
TSD Acqua Di Gio



I'm loving my Sunday shaves...great products, relaxing day and an opportunity to really take time and focus on the shave. It's nice to have these moments to remind me of my first impressions back when I decided to take on this type of shaving.

Cheers!
RT

 

Enjoy!

 

It's a great idea. We are doing pork tacos and all that jazz buffet style. Just me, Mrs. Samurai, our son and some of his friends.

 

Quick Shave Report for shave 38:

Two passes on a test with the Aust. It was a little tricky, had to dial in the lather, but once it got right I was able to easily chase the baby for a near bbs. The Alum verified that I had a good day, face feels good two hours later. The Aust is holding its edge perfectly, and the strop is feeling natural now. I am gonna declare today a success!

 

Congratulations!

 

SOTD February 8, 2016
Menthol Monday!

Prep: Warm shower
Blade: Personna lab blue (2)
Razor: Maggard MR1
Brush: Satin Tip 'The Purest' synthetic
Lather: Proraso Green
Post: Witch hazel splash, TSD SubZero, Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, touch-up

I really enjoyed this shave and the CCS results. The Proraso Green lathers up very nicely. The Satin Tip brush has been a great addition to the arsenal after I determined to use more pressure when loading and face lathering. It's a good brush. The MR1 razor has been working wonderfully. I've really enjoyed using it so far this month.

The TSD SubZero splash cooled everything off quite well! I had one little weeper just below my jaw line but that was taken care of with the cold rinse and witch hazel. This combination of products is a great way to start off the week!

I wish everyone a great day!

 

Neat picture.

 

Thanks Doug!

 

February Focus - German blades

February 7

Razor - Merkur 23c
Blade - (1)
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Post - Cold rinse, Alum, Nivea, The Veg

Welcome to Sunday, my Friday. After two German blades I've had a bit of mixed results. The Timor was quite excellent, the Elios not so much. So, onward we go to the Wilkinson Sword, German edition. This blade is made by the American Safety Razor Co. and listed as having no coating on one site. However, I've also found information that states they are made by Gillette and are either a carbon blade, or have a chromium and PTFE coating. Gillette does make a Wilkinson in India so I lean toward the Gillette ownership as being more valid. A bit of confusion on this brand name. I'm trying to sort through all of the info available to figure out the truth. What I do know is that it is an older brand, having been first introduced to the U.S. in the 1950's. A lot of us grew up with Wilkinson commercials. And, of course, Wilkinson went the way of the cart like everyone else in the American market. Having this classic DE blade still available is due to international sales more than anything. However, the cart days did produce one of the all time great shaving commercials.

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Alright, enough fooling around. Let's shave.

BoSFat for the lather today. Getting low on The Fat. Definitely need to remember to order some more. While I would be fine using only Tabac, Arko, and Proraso, life without the Fat just isn't a life I want to live. Still using the German Merkur 23c and away we go.

First pass was quite nice. In fact, it reminded me of the Timor. Extremely smooth and comfortable and effective. Hard to beat a WTG pass that reduces that much. Lathered again and went XTG. I deliberately slowed down the pass a bit working each stroke to maximum effect and adjusting to my face as I went. I am a huge believer that using the straight for the time I did in addition to the AC has made me much better with DE. I think concentrating on that single sharp edge of steel and getting a good result with it forced me to really learn the angles and growth patterns necessary for maximum effect. Finished the second pass and felt my face. And felt it again. Then again. Then one more time. My mind screamed BBS in two with no touch up!! I still kept trying to find something wrong with it and finally just gave up. No need to lather again. I'm done. A no-touch BBS in two passes? Pretty amazing.

Went to the alum figuring I'd find the problem there. Quiet as a Russian passed out on his third bottle of vodka. Not the slightest hint of burn or sting. Wow. Rinsed it, added the Nivea and the Veg.

About a half hour after I got to work I did find two spots, my normal tougher areas, that might make me reconsider the BBS but I'm not going to. If it took that long to discover a problem then it couldn't be an issue. BBS in two. No touch ups. That's a five stein shave if I've ever had one. The Timor produced the same kind of result only with a couple of minor touch ups so the Wilkinson beats it by a tiny bit so far. Really great shave.

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Monday, February 8, 2016


Soap: Strop Shoppe Barbershoppe
Brush: Doug Korn Prototype 2 Band
Razor: King Cobra
Blade: Kai Mild #2
Post: Floid Mentolado Vigoroso

 

Excellent picture, beautiful brush.

 

Thanks Doug!