March '16 - 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix and Discussion Thread

Razor: Gillette President Y 1, 1953
Blade: Gillette Platinum (6)
Brush: WDC-6, The Bear, Brass Handle, TGN Silvertip Premium Badger. 24/65
Soap: Route 66 Retro Spice
Decanter: Old Spice Scrimshaw Whale Tooth Decanter (Full and Bye) Product ID #3835 or #3838 There were six styles of Scrimshaw Decanters sold from 1974-1976. The bottles sported simulated scrimshaw depicting whaling or sailing imagery. Packaging was a clear plastic with the decanter on a silver plastic base. Each decanter held 6 ounces of Cologne. This item is full of Old Spice Cologne.A/S: Old Spice Deluxe Cologne

I got such an outstanding lather with the Route 66 Retro Spice and this shave brush I had to hit it again. I'm very happy I did. The Old Spice Decanter is one of my favorites, not to mention the Vintage Old Spice Cologne.

 

That decanter is amazing.

 

I know first hand that service dogs have worked very well with Vietnam Veterans who suffer from PTSD. It is also my under standing that service dogs have also worked well for Veterans of other wars. I wish your Fiancee all the best and God Bless. .

 

We still need the doctor to send everyone the letter. We went to see Lilo today and she is a very sweet quiet 8 year old dog. Very snuggly with a low activity level. She is exactly what we were looking for. I'm hoping to pick her up for good Mon or Tues.

 

Outstanding, good luck. Looks like a good dog.

 

I'm glad you are happy with the Futur it really is a great razor.

 

Entertaining guests this weekend so I will be short and sweet. Loaded a Gillette silver blue yesterday and today, without a doubt the worst blade I've ever used it was unpleasant from the get go. I had high hopes. Tomorrow will be treet trial.

 

Second shave with this amazing Case Brothers razor. Two and a half passes, and a BBS. I'm going to give part credit to the lather. I win a PIF from @gmaugie007 and got a tub of Rt. 66 soap. Having heard everybody on this thread rave about it, I had pretty high expectations. The Sweeny Todd scent was not what I was expecting, it was better. I tend to like subtle botanical scents as opposed to slap-you-in-the-face overpowering scents. This was it. A hint of sweet, and just a nice fresh scent. Performance was great. I keep trying to get my soaps pared down, then I find another outstanding one. I am up to a top five list of soap makers, because I can't pick a favorite. This bumped out Sterling, and is easier to lather with. Good stuff, great shave!

 

I'm happy you enjoyed Route 66 Adam... Great performance and bonus it looks awesome in your SOTD!

 

Good post Adam. I like your picture also.

 

It was made less than five miles from the High School I went to, and I have ridden every mile of Rt. 66 that still exists in Arizona on the Harley I used to have. Good memories to think of while I'm shaving.

 

3/18 & 3/19/16

Gillette Birth Quarter Super Speed (Y3)
Vulfix Super Badger (660)
Chiseled Face Sherlock
Georgetown G12 Scuttle
Pinaud Clubman Original



This shave report covers both yesterday and today. I'm behind but will catch up sometime this weekend.
Yesterday was my last shave with the Gillette Platinum Plus in my Birth Quarter Super Speed. Today was my first shave with the Wilkinson Sword in the same razor. The only other difference is that today I did not use the alum. The reason is that yesterday's shave was very uncomfortable and stayed that way for a few hours. I rubbed the alum on my face after shaving and it really lit up my neck. I let it set there while I cleaned out my brush. Afterwards, I found it hard to rinse the alum off my neck. Water didn't seem to do much. I splashed on Witch Hazel and rinsed that off, patted it dry, and then applied my Clubman which burned like fire too. My neck was warm and uncomfortable for hours afterwards.

So today, I decided I'd skip the alum altogether and not chase the baby as much as I did yesterday. I ended up with a much nicer shave, and closer too. Actually, I shaved a little too close in the center of my neck and picked up a tiny nick that needed the styptic pencil to close. The Clubman complained a lot, but not nearly as much as yesterday. And the discomfort was short lived. To top it all off, I got my first BBS since March 8. That was the only BBS I got with the Wilkinson in the Birth Quarter Tech.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

 

Your comments about Silver Blue are way outside the normal experience. What razor? Sounds like if you had a rough shave it was either a defective blade or improper angle. What happened that made it so rough? Scraped?

 

Planned Day 79 - 90 Day Intro to SR
19 March 2016





Frederick Reynolds 5/8
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Route 66 - Lumberjack
Alum
TSD ISZ AS Splash
Pinaud Clubman

Have a wonderful Saturday evening!
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great to hear about the route 66 soap and the sweeney todd scent. you mentioned route66 bumped stirling out of your top five.

who are the other four? any particular order?

 

March into Artist Club Blades

March 19

Razor - Feather SS
Blade - (5)
Brush - Vie Long 12601 The Pony
Soap - Tabac
Post - Cold water, Alum, Nivea, The Veg

Fifth day on the Pro blade and it's still as sharp as ever from what I can tell. However, as it has in the past, it seems to be mellowing out just a bit. It's still producing the same reduction and it's still ready to create irritation and blood if mishandled, but it feels a bit smoother each day. No major issues today. One close call when I set down wrong but I actually caught it just as I touched down and avoided a cut. I saw the angle out of alignment and probably pulled up about 1/100th of a second in time to avoid a nice one. This blade is absolutely unforgiving on mistakes like that, mellow or not.

My plan is to go one more shave with this blade and then change gears for a few shaves. Still using the pain stick but.......Ivan and Yuri arrived at my door screaming with joy (and after a lot of vodka) and carrying the package from South Korea I've been waiting for. Monday I'll face a new challenge with the pain stick and these.........



You are not hallucinating. Those are indeed AC blades from none other than Dorco. According to @Keithmax they are somewhat of a, well, let's say challenge. And, he asked if I'd be willing to try them as long as I promise to share pictures of the bloodbath BBS shaves that they will no doubt totally fail to produce. I've never backed down from a challenge yet, so why start now? After all, (say it with me now).......what's the worst that could happen?

 

March 19, 2016

The month of March with my two Schick E razors.

Road trips are causing havoc with my reports this month. So to recap:
Schick Canadian E
- 3 shaves w/Chinese Schick blade (sharpest so far)
- 3 shaves w/ Platinum Plus. (not as sharp, equally or more smooth)

Schick E2
- 3 shaves w/Chick blade (marginally my overall fave combo so far)
- 1 shave w/ Platinum Plus

Hot Shower
Razor: Schick E2
Blade: Schick Platinum Plus (2)
Soap: Flannel in the Rain (PAA)
Brush: Ever-Ready ICS Badger Black/Lucite
TSD Witch Hazel
Myrsol Blue



Two-day growth. Two-pass shave - XTG, ATG

Another fine shave. Though it has a very good 1st pass reduction, my sense is that this blade is not as sharp as the Chick. But I'm nitpicking here - both razors are performing very well regardless of the blade.

Cheers!
RT

 

Looks great.

 

Wow, parallel universe MrC - a Rubberset and the Bunny!

Now stop copying me!!!

 

I prefer the term emulate.