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

Ouch, get well quickly.

 

Thanks, Keith! I was just thinking about you about 15 minutes ago. I was reading an article about the Lunar New Year and celebration that happens in Korea.

 

Day 12 - Schick Repeater focus

Managed a near perfect shave this morning with the B2 on a 4 shave old blade. I was commenting early this week that I was ready to give up on this razor but all of a sudden, three days in a row Ive pulled off really decent shaves. Seems like get the angle right, then slow complete north/south strokes. I manage to keep the angle correct this way I guess. Schick blades seem to get each day with day four as good as any day before.

 

Lovely brush, great cologne!

 

It is one of the two biggies. It fell perfectly, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday so I had 5 days off. It is great to be in Seoul, there is no traffic.

 

Thanks, Kouros isn't for everyone but I love it.

 

Who made the brush? Butterscotch beehive, nice

 

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Soap: MDC Fougere
Brush: Elite Razor Onyx & Gold Silvertip
Razor: AlumiGoosewith Triad Ti Helix Hex
Blade: Kai Captain Mild #2
Post: Folsom and Co. Capri

 

Its made by Rudy Vey.

 

February Focus - German blades

February 12

Razor - Merkur 23c
Blade - (3)
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Soap - Tabac
Post - Cold rinse, Alum, The Veg

Happy Friday and welcome to Valentine's weekend and President's Day Weekend. Holidays are just raining down on us over the next few days! Today, however, is special because it's the third and final shave on the Bolzano. The blade started a bit slow on day one but hit its stride yesterday. Hopefully it continues today. I went into the shave optimistic but guarded.

The boar and Tabac produced a great lather. I did order more MWF today so hopefully that will arrive before I run out of that. The Tabac, however, seems to be regenerating so I'll never be out of a great soap. First pass, WTG and it was smooth as silk again. Really nice. No drag, no pull, nothing. Just a great feeling and a great reduction on that pass. Second pass, XTG produced an equal result. Smooth and near BBS. A few spots left but I did a full third pass, mostly because I had the lather and just felt like it. Went ATG and G-Slide as is my custom and the baby was on display again. Fantastic feel and result and I'm sure there are more shaves in this blade. As I had hoped it picked up steam after day one and is rolling right along. At some point I'll revisit this blade and the Wilkinson to see how they compare in longevity.

Today's score, nothing but the baby, no blood and alum was as quiet as can be. Five steins to finish. That puts the Bolzano and Wilkinson Sword in a tie for first on stein count.

Tomorrow we move to a blade with a not so stellar reputation. It's the Merkur Super Platinum. They make great razors but the blades don't get the love in most cases. We shall see. Have a great weekend!

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Shaves of the week
All with cream. All with gem star custom sheffield 5/8 square point.

Trufiet and hill 1805 was nice.

Great shaves unfortunately the sheffield bit me near the corner in my mouth. First blood drawn in a while.

Finished with TSD lemon grass post shave milk.

Shave den Sunday coming up!
Cheers,
Eric

 

2/13/16

Gillette Old Type
Wilkinson sword (2)
Vulfix Super Badger (660)
The Strop Shoppe Baker Street
Georgetown G12 Scuttle
Pinaud Clubman Original



Second shave with the Wilkinson Sword in the Gillette Old Type.
2 passes, touch up with what lather remained on the face, a cool water rinse followed by some moderate touch up to capture the baby. Clubman was relatively mild and there was enough slick creamy lather left over for another pass if I'd needed it.

A nice BBS from the Wilkinson sword in my Old Type with lather provided by The Strop Shoppe Baker Street courtesy of @clint64. It seems that it took a little more touch up today than yesterday, but it still ended nice.

I hope everyone has a nice Saturday.

 

Thank you Charlie. I enjoy restoring and working on brushes.

 

Second Week Update: Gillette 7 o’clock Sharp Edge (Yellow)

I have completed my second week of shaves with the Gillette 7 o'clock Sharp Edge (yellow). I evaluate these blades as most do, in terms of sharpness and smoothness. I also tend to evaluate a blade in comparison to the Astra SP, since I am so familiar with this blade. I won't evaluate these blades in terms of cost, because as far as I am concerned they are roughly in the same ballpark, i.e. pennies per blade. In the grand scheme of things...very inexpensive.

After one week of shaving with the Gillette 7 o'clock Sharp Edge I found it to be a top quality blade. The blade is very sharp, especially on the first three or four shaves. I found it retained its sharpness for the full 7 day trial. Indeed, I could easily have continued shaving with this blade for several more days. It was a bit edgy for the first three shaves, and then it very noticeably got smoother for the remaining shaves. The 6th and 7th shaves were an absolute delight.

No complaints with this blade. No nicks, cuts or weepers from this little charmer. And I didn’t experience any post shave irritation from this blade. Overall: this blade provided a nice clean shave and provided a good post shave feel.
Sharpness: 8/10
Smoothness: 7/10
Comparison to Astra SP in terms of overall performance and comfort: The Yellow is slightly sharper than the Astra SP, but the Astra SP is slightly smoother. Astra may have a slight edge in terms of comfort perhaps because it is not quite as sharp or edgy for the first few shaves. A very close race. I could see myself switching to this blade.

This coming week I load up the Heavy Tech with a Derby Extra blade. This is one of those “love it/hate it” blades, so I am anxious to give this a whirl on the dance floor. I will report again next week after my 7 days!

 

Sorry NB crew but my early birthday gift to myself just arrived!

 

Very good write up.

 

Nice haul. Enjoy.

 

Thanks Clint I think I will take the wool fat for a spin first any advice for lathering? it's my first hard soap

 

Go ahead and put the puck in the ceramic container and cover it with warm water now. It will fully hydrate and expand to fill the container better. This will make it easier to load the soap also. Just load the soap and add water slowly as you lather. It really not much different than other soaps.

 

Thanks Clint it smells beautiful I can't wait