January 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Terrific picture, Jim!

 

Thank you, Jeff.

 

Nice shave, Joe!

 

January 23rd
Barbasol Floating Head
‘17 30DC LE
Fine Platinum combo
Thayers

Took the time for a relaxing 3 passer this morning. Last weekend I grated (a la Joseph) this triple milled puck into a decent sized (from the recently departed Maximo Gomez) container. Much more fun to load from this than from the puny Fine tub and even the label survived the move.
Everything worked as it should, which is a very high standard indeed. I think I’ll get another Fine soap, they really are a favourite.
Have a great day all!

 

Thanks, Patrick.

 

Very nice shave, Jason I tried to score a Barbasol FH a few weeks ago, but got outbid. Are they worth the search?

 

Pretty picture, Clint!

 

Very Nice...

 

Excellent picture, Jason!

 

Thank you, Joseph. Quite frankly, yes, to me they are worth paying a decent penny for.
I feel guilty for singing the praises of a MonoBilt which you didn’t enjoy, though.

 

Thank you, Jim!

 

Thanks, Jim!

 

Awesome shave, Jason!

 

I hope things work out well for you, Jason.

 

Great shave, Terry.

 

Don't feel bad. I got a bad razor. The seller misled me.

 

January 23 SOTD:

Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: PAA Starcraft
Lather: PAA Malbolge
Aftershave: PAA Malbolge

Today's scent is a good reminder to me that sometimes you need to give things a few tries before making up your mind. I never found this scent offensive or anything, but on my first try, this one didn't necessarily wow me either. Today, though, is a different story. On my first use, I couldn't get last the sweetness, but there is so much more to this scent. There is a lovely bergamot on the opening that is definitely paired with the sweetness, and in reality it really balances out nicely. The sweetness is a burnt sugar, almost a caramel type of sweetness, but this moves to the background a bit as some nice tobacco comes out. All the while, there is a woodiness that is getting more prominent and this brings a vanilla scent, just like how a nicely aged bourbon will have some vanilla notes to it. On the dry down, some pepper comes through and that woodiness is ever present, but some patchouli is now coming out. A few hours after application, there is a nice round sweetness to this wonderful mix of woodiness and patchouli. It is actually a much better scent than I initially gave it credit for. Lesson learned: give scents multiple tries before making up my mind. I hope everyone has a great day!

 

This morning, I closed out my set of Lumberjack soap(The Soap Exchange)and AgadirMen A.S......until next go-round that is. I was real pleased with the shave overall, until the very end, when I felt some stubble on my right cheek was missed. Ahhh, since I'm blond no one sees it anyway. But I'll be sure to scoop it off tomorrow. Other than that, as I say, I was real pleased. My main focus going in was to apply more aftershave than yesterday, which I did. Again, as yesterday , the soap felt better and stronger on the 2nd pass. More brush-shaking is needed before pass 1. Today's adjective-"Almost Excellent".

 

good morning gents,thursday shave.swapped in the 53 canadian military tech handle on the new sc for today,this and the new rfb are my "old faithful "favorite shavers.lathered a bowl of the dead sea soap with the wcs synthetic.gt a smooth bbs in 2+ combination passes.awesome..razorock blue splash to finish .have a fine day everyone..

 

awesome shave Paul..