July 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

I'm just impressed that a Chinese blade factory can make any blade that works, given my experiences with their DE offerings. Although, they do make a very good Gillette Super Thin there. Which leads me to believe that as long as they are manufacturing for an existing company like Gillette or Schick they actually follow their quality guidelines. If it's an internal product like MEM, Cloud or, heaven forbid, Flying Eagle, forget it. Just in case...if you ever see a Chinese injector blade NOT associated with Schick.....I'd recommend walking away quickly. Without turning to give it a parting glance.

 

I'll admit I'm very jealous. I'd squat in a bucket of Osage Rub for a Mastro Livi razor.

 

With extra M-bomb even.

 

Hmmm, how can I top that..... To be continued.

 

Donate it to a worthy group.

 

Excellent setup Adam.

 

I'm curious if you've ever tried the Japanese Schick blades and, if so, how you rate them compared to the Chinese and NOS blades.

 

Ditto on the Chinese Gillette Super Blue Blade assuming you can find a genuine one and not a counterfeit.

I suspect that that is the other issue with Chinese blades- finding the genuine ones. Considering how prolific counterfeiting of razor blades is in China, I wouldn't be shocked to learn that something like Flying Eagle is actually a decent blade, provided you get one directly from some provincial grocery, and that what we get in the West are poorly executed fakes dumped on one or two major exporters.

 

I just snorted coffee out my nose.

Good morning gentlemen.

 

Thank you, Doug.

 

July Focus Day 15:

Stirling Synthetic Brush
Stirling Bay Rum SS
Gillette Fatboy
Stirling Unscented PSB
Stirling Bay Rum AS

A great two pass DFS this morning. It was comfortable, easy, and smooth. The Stirling soap was as great as ever, and this razor just takes care of my whiskers. A little Bay Rum AS to top it off, and I am headed to work to start this great Friday. I hope everyone has a great day!

Also, I don't know why I had Arko in the picture, I take them the night before and must have been tired last night.

 

Hump Day for me, start of the weekend for most of the rest of you. Day two shave with the Dorco ST-300 is in and I'll have all the details this evening as always. Hope your Friday is fast and easy!

 

Let's take up a collection and get him the razor just to see that one

 

Very interesting take on this subject. I have only used the Chinese Schick blades but now I'm curious about the older NOS blades. This rabbit hole just keeps getting deeper and deeper...

 

July 2016 Blade Focus

July 14

Razor: Lord L6
Blade: Feather
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: Stirling MITA
Post: Cold water rinse, Alum block

Final shave with the feather blade for these blade trials. The blade held up and worked well even with some extra growth. It is not as smooth as some blades but it definitely has no problems slicing through even the coarsest areas of my beard.

I went full cold water shave last night. In the past I had used warm water for soaking my brush and for cleaning my razor while shaving. I thoroughly enjoyed the cold water for everything but cleaning the razor. Just does not seem to remove the soap that builds up as well, or I guess I should say I have to work a little harder to get the razor clean. I plan to keep going with the cold water at least for the summer. The cold water plus the Stirling MITA does an excellent job of keeping me feeling cool . . . Not @Bama Samurai cool of course.

 

And wait, there's more!

Nice catch John!

I completely forgot about the Japanese Schicks - another present day injector blade. I actually picked up a pack about a month ago and forgot all about them. Haven't tried them yet.

Perhaps I'll take one for a Sunday drive this weekend and post about them.

They are a bit pricier than the Chinese and as I recall, somewhat similar to some NOS blades.

Thanks for the reminder.

(i can't believe I keep forgetting stuff like this....hmmm, now what was it that I came into the kitchen for? )

 

Photos or it didn't happen

 

I'll chip in towards the razor, but he has to buy his own Osage Rub.

And a videographer with very good editing skills...