June 2020 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Awesome photo, line up, and report, Perry--love all the citrus-y menthol you've got going on, and that Jayaruh brush is fantastic!

 

I'm sure we'll hear from one or two others as well

I'm not one of them, though--I love it

 

Beautiful photo and great report, Jason! The more NEW Gillettes I see, the more impressed I get. The Palmolive cream is a great Menthol Monday candidate, and as for the scents matching--if it smells nice, it matches

 

Thank you, Tim! I traded an older JR brush back to Jim and had him make me #377. It was actually a brush that Andrew @Droo78 had that inspired the tall handle design. Anyway, thank you for the kind words!

 

Count me out on Clubman!

 

Great photo, shave, and report, Joe! Glad to see you're willing to give the Cryogen another go--hope the hypothesis is correct and that you get the results out of it that you would like

 

There we go!

 

Beautiful photo and sweet gear, Keith! That Osiris never fails to impress

 

Great report, Paul! Bummer about Lumberjack not making the summer cut, but still... plenty more winter soaps to try!

 

Man! Has June really gone by that quickly?

 

Thanks Tim! I probably will order it this week.

 

Terrific shave, Jason! That brush!!!

 

Nice face freezer, Joe! Good work around for the soap. I hope it works.

 

You win the phrase of the day award, Clint!

 

June 29
DE Day

You know how it is... early shave, late post, Those days happen

Gear

• Razor: Linuxguile Lupo
• Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium (1)--great blade, no haiku.
• Brush: The JOmegan Boar
• Soap: Stirling Iced Pineapple, prepared and chilled with ice water
• Menthol: Stirling Frost Drops
• AS: Avon Wild Country (2 Frost Drops 'cause... Menthol Monday!!!)
• Balm: Stirling Glacial Unscented

The Shave
I really took my time lathering today. Pressed in an almond sized bit of soap in the neon green salsa bowl, started with a very dry brush and went at it till I had a dense, sticky paste that had not yet reached the lather stage. A bit of water, a bit more paste. A bit more water, a bit more paste. Kept doing this till the paste started to turn into a very dense lather. A bit more water, a bit more dense lather. Kept that up till I had enough lather, and at no time did it fluff up.

Applied the thick, well-hydrated lather to my face, and thought, “Let’s push ‘good enough’ and see what we get.” Dunked the tip of my brush into some water and started face lathering what was already there. The resulting lather was slicker, thinner, and no fluff--just how I like it.

An interesting side note: the menthol in the Iced Pineapple really stepped up today. My best guess is that the less fluffy the lather is, the more potent the menthol feels. Yet another argument for yogurt instead of fluff.

I decided to go super simple with 2 passes: WTG and XTG. One thing I’ve noticed about shaving with the aluminum Lupo: the adage, “Let the weight of the razor do all the work” does not apply to extremely light razors. That’s a potential problem for a pressure-fiend like me, but I got it right today. I was shooting for DFS and got that, too--perhaps even slightly better. I’ll take it.

Hope you had a happy Monday!

 

Wonderful shave and report, Tim! Iced Pineapple is always a good choice.

 

Thank you, Perry! I've been burning through it pretty quickly... and not just to kill the puck off

 

What a beautiful razor, Keith!


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