March 2017 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Talk about overkill on a warranty pitch. However, there are people who buy it. Some people are so conditioned to the extended warranties they won't even let you pitch it. You mention it and they say yes without even hearing the price. With mattresses, though, an extended warranty would go against marketing. Almost all mattresses have a 10 year warranty and....you can all probably say the famous Mattress Firm marketing slogan in your sleep - Replace every..........what is it? Come on, you know it. Replace every 8! Warranty be damned, we want you to replace your mattress on a cycle.

 

I've been sleeping on a full motion waterbed since 1979. I only replace the mattress when it can't be patched. No warranty on the frame because I built it myself.

 

March Madness & Spring Cleaning!!

March 5

Razor - Steampunk Gillette New LC
Blade - (1)
Soap - Route 66 Sweeney Todd
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Post - Alum, Nivea

Time to back the aggression down a bit after two rough shaves with the Greager. The New LC is the mildest of the OC razors in my collection and does a great job with little irritation compared to some others. Throw in the Voskhod and it's a shave that should give my face some time to heal up before hitting the pain stick again. Route 66 and the Omega produced a perfect lather the first time. Get the brush wet enough, load it hard and it face lathers like a champ.

Two passes with no expectations on the result except to be blood free. I accomplished that plus a very nice DFS shave to boot. Alum was quiet and the Nivea was soothing. Combine that with the lanolin in the Route 66 and my face feels smooth, soft and fantastic. Another night with this razor should let my face resettle and then back to pain sticks on Tuesday. Now that I've spotted the wonky shaving head on the Greager I think I can adjust for it. We'll see.

Hope you had a great weekend. Mine started tonight and it couldn't have come soon enough. Past two days have been among the least enjoyable I can remember. This job would be perfect if it weren't for the customers.

 

I feel you with the 34c. I want it to work for me so badly. It is better with a sharper blade, but I still feel that it's just too mild for my tastes. And TOBS Sandalwood is such a fantastic scent. I rarely use it, but I inevitably enjoy it when I do.

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Love the pic, and I hope that your daughter had a safe journey.

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First Voskhod?

@NCoxSTL

 

Oh my. I love me some Lewis Grizzard.

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I've alerted the Moscow main office and they have a full military parade scheduled for tomorrow. Awaiting the official designation of a holiday in honor of this most momentous event.

 

It takes some of the fun out of using a razor if one has to run through a regimen of skin stretching exercises and buff until the top two layers of skin are sanded from your face, in order to get a BBS shave.

I have only ever found two razors out of the maybe 75 or so I have tried, that I absolutely could not get a BBS shave out of with enough effort. That doesn't mean that's how I want to shave.

 

Besides, wide open and dangerous is just how we roll sometimes.

 

I shaved today, but will just double up tomorrow.

Where did I put those carriage bolts?...

 

When I was a raging forum newbie, and still suffering from out of control ADs, a Merkur Futur and an R41 (2013) were two razors I bought pretty early on. I loved the shaves I got from them, and they taught you very quickly that if you did not have a light touch, you were going to get bit.

Ever since I learned to shave properly with those two razors, I have never really been a fan of any mild DE razors.

Injectors are a whole different story.

 

Once I figured out Schick G, there wasn't much going back for me. The angles achieved with an injector are impossible with 80% of the DE safety razor designs, as they are almost...too safe? I dunno... I can get BBS with DE, but I really enjoy zoning out and pulling off blood and irritation free with an open or nearly open blade.

 

Today was the Rapira Stainless (pink package) vs the mighty Voskhod. I used my RazoRock Plissoft Big Bruce, and the lather came courtesy of Henry Et Victoria Cognac and Cubans. Blades were alternated in a Gillette Slim on 6.

Whatever is in the water lately was in my water as well. My Sunday's are crazy busy, and I was up late as the hooligans that are moving into our neighborhood lately were up to shenanigans with guns in the middle of the night. Woke the kids up, got them on edge, and little sleep was had by all. So I had to rush my shave a bit. In doing so, I rushed my lather and left it a bit dry. Because I was in a hurry, I went ahead with the shave. I usually get a great lather out of this soap and I know that I just didn't get it enough water into it. This stuff smells incredible, by the way.

Anyway, it was a mediocre shave all around and not a fair opportunity for either blade. I have been getting quality shaves from Voskhods and know I can do better. And the Rapira blades have been solid thus far as well. We are talking victory via small increments and focus on minutia. So I am refraining from making a judgement today and giving them a more relaxed shave tomorrow so that I can make a more accurate determination.

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I cut my teeth on a R41 and loved how aggressive it was and the shaves I got from it. Once I tried a SE though it was over, I haven't touched the R41, or any other DE since.

 

I agree you should toss this result, doesn't count. Shaving was a chore today, you weren't set up to do a real experiment.

 

We got cookies, my brother. SR is just old school SE.

 

Modern or vintage that flipped you?

I had pretty much the same response, but it was modern AC bladed razors that ruined me. I tried a several Gem style razors, and just never grooved much on them.

 

Wise choice to issue the blades a pass today. I'm hoping whatever this malaise that has descended upon our shaving is just a temporary passing dark cloud. My shave tonight was a marked improvement so maybe the tide is turning.