March 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic-Discussion Thread

Thus ends the 10 blade focus ...

http://theshaveden.com/forums/threa...ermining-time-length.42857/page-6#post-813678

 

And another begins...

 

March injector Focus



Automatic!

Have a great week!
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A very rushed shave tonight. (Sunday Night) I would only rate the shave a CCS. Okay for work in a jail, I guess, but I usually enjoy a better result, when I allow myself more time to concentrate. I won't blame the razor or the blade today.... all the nut holding the razor, as Clint said!

 

03/30/2015
Prep – MR GLO
Razor – Schick Type I
Blade –Chinese Schick (5)
Brush –Rudy Vey with Shavemac Finest
Lather – MdC
Post - Witch Hazel and Dove AS Balm

 

March Focus- Be modern, Learn to use my Feather Artist Club razor. Any touch ups with a modern DE. (Nope, done with the VDH.)

March 30th, SOTD (Shave 17 of the focus, and last one.)
Two days’ growth
Prep: Hot Shower
Razor Feather Artist Club SS non-folding with Pro-Guard Blade (1st shave on blade)
Razor Finish: Prewar Fat Handled Tech.
DE Blade: Big Ben- Stropped 30 times per edge (2nd shave on blade)
Soap: The Shave Den Barber Shoppe Scent, bowl lathered plus four drops of M-Bomb
Brush: Omega 10066 Boar
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block,
Aftershave: The Shave Den Iced Barber Shoppe Splash

I am attempting to get my facial hair back to where it should be, and was in a hurry this morning, so I didn’t use the Feather AC. It really made me think about how revolutionary the Double Edge razors must have been when they were introduced. Two pass on face, three on neck. DFS with only a little roughness. No cuts or weepers, and the alum was the quietest it has been all month.
What I learned this month:

With Feather Artist Club:

1. Holy crap the blades are sharp.
2. No pressure. Not even on my chin.
3. Angle is very important, and very difficult to get right.
4. Can endanger facial hair that you mean to keep.
5. Three pass with this razor gives DFS, but takes 30 min including shower.

DE razors:

1. Maggard Razors can be aggressive.
2. It is possible to cross thread a pot metal head bad enough that the head isn’t usable anymore. (Especially likely while traveling.)
3. Target’s Van Der Hagen razor is a very, very, very mild razor.
4. If a razor is too mild, I end up using too much pressure on it.
5. Pre-War Tech with the fat handle is an awesome razor.

Soaps and Aftershaves:

1. I like The Shave Den Soaps, aftershave splash, and the M-Bomb. All work well.

 

Groan. Are we going to have an entire month of these shenanigans?

 

March 30, 2015: Last nights shave

Pre- Face wash with warm water, Mickey Lee Pre Shave Butter
Brush Soak- Sriracha Mug of Doom™
Razor- Ikon 102 Slant
Blade- Personna (4)
Soap- Mickey Lee "Le Belle Du Sud"
Brush- Omega boar
Post- Cold water rinse
Aftershave- The Cool Fix balm

Two and a half passes :WTG , XTG, cleanup w/ a little ATG

So I can comfortably get 4 shaves out of a Med Prep blade. Got a bit dull feeling on the clean up, so it'll be changed out
before the next shave. Probably just start using the Russian blades that I won for the next couple.

Really like the Pre Shave Butter. The scent is awesome, and it makes my face so slick it's crazy.

The soap performs amazing, just like the other ML soaps I have. It's an interesting scent for sure. To my nose, the peach
and pistachio are equal in strength, and I just don't pick up any of the lavender that's in it. I have to applaud Samantha for
thinking out of the box for her scent combos though, very imaginative.

Skipped the alum and the witch hazel, and only used the Cool Fix after shave. I wanted to see how well the PSB and the
soap protected my skin after the shave. They did great for me, no redness, no bloodletting, nothing. Couldn't be happier.

So this is the last of my 30 day focus shaves, and I learned how to use my razor much better than I had before. Settling on
the blade/razor combo really helped me work on my technique. And now I'm getting consistently irritation free shaves.
I'll have a so-so one sneak in there every so often, but it's leaps and bounds over where I started. Now I'm going to attempt
to get the BBS happening on the weekend shaves, wish me luck!

 

03/31/2015
Prep – MR GLO
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti
Blade –Feather Pro (1)
Brush –Rudy Vey with TGNFinest
Lather – MdC
Post - Witch Hazel, Dove AS Balm and CC Bay Rum AS



Fantastic 3 pass shave this morning. I have really enjoyed using the MdC for the month of March. I have found it very easy to lather and for me provides plenty of slickness and cushion. The soap does not really add anything for post shave feel so I've used the AS Balm each day. As much as I've enjoyed the MdC, I'm looking forward to using some of my other soaps.

Learned several things this month. As mentioned above I really like the MdC for a soap. Through the generosity of a good friend, I discovered that ATT slant razors just don't work for me. Found my travel razor, Schick Injector, for some upcoming motorcycle trips. All and all a very productive month.

For April, I will be focusing on the Mongoose with Feather Pro blades. I want to see how long these blades will actually last. I will be taking some days off from the Goose to finishing test driving some GEM razors that JR loaned me.

 

March Injector Focus

Late post for 30 March



Still automatic!​

 

Congrats to all on another great month!

I am ending my March Focus as of yesterday. Gonna have a random fun shave today! Will post later...

Remember - the party moves >>here for the month of April<<<!

Arko!!!

 

What a great month! I learned that the one-pass is indeed the style for me. I also learned a little touch-up is fine. I ended up using three razors, mostly the Schick E2 Injector. The other two are the Gillette Tech and Gillette Fatboy (1960). The DE's feel good to use again, so I have been taking them out more times than usual. Aces!

 

Managed to sneak one more shave into March. Some of the gear will be part of my April focus as well.

March 31th, SOTD (Shave 18 of the focus)
One and a half days’ growth
Prep: Hot Shower
Razor Feather Artist Club SS non-folding with Pro-Guard Blade (2nd shave on blade)
Razor Finish: Gillete Red Tip- B2 (1956)
DE Blade: Big Ben- Stropped 30 times per edge (3rd shave on blade)
Cream: Local Gent Shaving Co Bay Rum (Sample)
Brush: Tulip Wood Brush- Best Badger Knot 22mm x 54mm loft
Post Shave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block,
Aftershave: Thayers Witch Hazel Cucumber scent

Did a N/S and a S/N pass with the Feather Artist Club razor. Also did an XTG pass on my chin. Did a little bit of touch up with the red tip. I think the Artist Club may have wrecked my definition of what mild is, because I wasn't happy with this razor. Had a few nicks on the chin, but very little alum burn on the face or neck. Wasn't too impressed with the cream, won't be using it again. Overall, DFS with just a couple of rough spots. Onward to April. Cracked open the stick of Arko today. Didn't use it, but let me tell you, my wife was almost as impressed by that as she was by the Clubman I picked up.

 

YUP.

 

On March 31, I got a little sidetracked.....

But I managed an automatic two pass with the same injector setup, will recap March later today!

See you guys on the April thread!

 

We don't deserve this level of punishment.

 

Where is the fun without the shenanigans?

 

He is the hero we deserve, not the one we want...