November 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Thanks, Gary!

 

Not an interest per se, Gary. Just an acknowledgement that they are beautiful razors. I had a 40s US Crat on loan a few years ago, and liked it, but didn’t find it different enough to want to buy. Now, one of the TTO OC ‘Crats are a definite want, for sure.

 

Thank you for that and for being one of the regulars who make this place what it is.

 

Thank you. I hope your day was good.

 

very cool.the 3rd gen brit is a smooth but very efficient razor,and the heaviest of the bunch.do you have an aristocrat jr?

 

Early start as usual. Great shave. If you have not tried the Clubman Shave Lather I do think you should. It works great with a brush.


Video from this morning if you want to check the non butter cream lather out.

 

cool shave,video and pic..have a fine day..

 

Thank you, Gary.

 

November 29th
Razor: Gem Micromatic
Blade: CVS SE (1)
Brush: 30DC LE V2/Maggards SHD bulb
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: Hemingway Accoutrements
PAA Galactic witch hazel
HA Relief Balsam
AS: HA Aftershave Tonic

No Repeat November

Good morning!

Terrific shave to start the day! Three passes for near BBS. Silent alum.

I adore the scent and performance of the Hemingway Accoutrements cream but I do seem to struggle getting the consistency and quantity of lather I'm looking for. I just don't start with enough. I have very little experience with shave creams.

First use of a CVS blade, nice! Very smooth.

Have a great day!

 

Nice shave, Jim! Hope you didn't get hit too hard with the snow.

 

Thanks, Joe!
It wasn't too bad. About 10 inches where I'm at. The plows were able to keep up so all in all uneventful.

 

I hope yours was nice, Gary.

 

I’m liking this razor more and more every time I shave with it. I do use some of my razors for just face shaves (i.e. Rex Ambassador), but my top criterion is versatility. If a razor has a sweet spot that delivers both head and face utility, that ticks all my boxes. Another great two pass BBS shave. I feel cool, clean and refreshed!

SOTD 11/29/19

RAZOR: RazoRock DLC Coated SS Lupo
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by face and dome scrub w/ Glyce Glycerin soap
BRUSH: RazoRock Plisson Synthetic
SOAP: Mike’s Natural Hungarian Lavender Shave Stick
POSTSHAVE: Face and dome wash w/ brush squeezings followed by Fine Snake Bite and finished with L’Occitane Cade AS Balm

 

Nice, Jeff!

 

I finished off my 3-fer(Triple Play, Trifects)of Stoylin's Ramblin Man. Got another great shave. This was one of those "Boy, I need that 2nd pass" shaves. I've had many like that. Solid neck work again.

 

NOvember

Eufros~~Simpson~~Boker~~Floïd
The day after and I can still close my pants...

On such a cloudy day, I really needed a shiny soap, so out came the Eufros.
Once again, using Merkurman's technique, I was rewarded with this super-goopy, shiny mass of unctuousness.

If you have never experienced a CH3, I am here to tell you that this brush holds more soap
than any other brush I have ever wielded. Incredible.
The massively dense knot, combines solidity and softness, with a hint of scrub, and takes face-lathering to new extremes.
One of the great artisans in the shave-soap world is Manuel. He not only produces an exquisite soap,
but his nose for scents is unparalleled. Subtile, yet unmistakable.
This is the kind of product, which puts most other soap-makers to shame.
The razor today was a Boker Red-Injun.
Yes, the name is not particularly PC, but I just shave with it, I didn't name it.
Prepped on the CR-Ox Linen/SRP 3" and finished on the Savin, the Boker shaved the 24 hour
stubble without effort, without irritation and without blood-letting.
A few of my typical lower-neck patches remain, but I have it on good authority, that
I won't be necking with Heidi Klum this afternoon.
Rubbed some Thayer's Medicated WH in and after the dry-down, gave the Floïd Blue
atomizer a good work-out, applying the coveted juice to the freshly shaved face.​

 

Good job, Paul!

 

good morning gents..nice easy 2+ pass near bbs this morning,using the canadian new sc/thin handle,razorock bruce synthetic and t &f /razorock..have a fine friday everyone..

 

Thanks Jim...The usual reason I "need that 2nd pass" pertains to skipping over facial areas. I imagine most shavers here do extra passes only because they have enough soap on their brushes to do so(course that was a factor for me, as well).