OCT 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

Ok I finally shaved again. Schick type B OC, MWF, 20mm WhippedDog synthetic brush, 3 pass BBS. turns out it was the personna blade that ripped me up. I loaded a schick brand blade in it today and the shave was amazing. The whipped dog synthetic had a good backbone and some good softness too. I enjoy it as much as the boar brush I have, maybe more. I love the smaller 20mm size and only time will tell me if I enjoy it more then my semogue. The MWF was amazing, I couldn't imagine that anyone has trouble lathering it. I had amazing lather that just overflowed my oldspice mug. If I had known it smelled so good I would have gotten some a long time ago. I'll have to get a full size puck in the ceramic dish to enter into my rotation. All in all an informative day for me. I have a few amazing products that I am looking forward to using again.

 

October 4, 2015

OC OCtober - Shave Den Sunday

Morning Shave
Hot Shower
Soap: TSD Unscented
TSD Witch Hazel
TSD Aftershave Milk
TSD Iced Subzero
Brush: Omega Pro 48
Razor: Gillette New LC OC
Blade: 7 o'clock Blue (4)

2-day growth, 3-pass shave.
1st pass - good reduction on the WTG pass.
2nd pass - XTG sets up 3rd pass well.
3rd pass - ATG pass leaves me clean and smooth.

6 hours later, no stubble, still smooth. The New LC, paired with the 7 O'Clock blade (just 4 shaves) is one of the most effortless, consistent, top shaves that I've had in my short journey.

Cheers!
RT

 

Razor: Gillette SS 1947 NDC (Birth Razor)
Blade: Personna Prep Blade Blue (6)
Brush: Fendrihen Silver Tip Black Faux Handle 22/49
Soap: TSD Iced Barber Shoppe
A/S: TSD Iced Barber Shoppe

Day 4
Another outstanding DFS this evening. Followed the same procedure adding a little menthol crystals in a table spoon of hot water mixing and adding it to my TSD soap. Made it a little cooler and made for an excellent lather. Stepper angle of attack with the Gillette SS made it a more aggressive razor. The 3 passes made for a great shave, followed by TSD Iced Barber Shoppe A/S.

 

No.

 

So I have my shave of the day planned out, and I will let everyone know how it goes.
Pre-Shave- Warm towel
Razor- 52 Gillette black tip
Blade- PX Brand (Personna Red)
Soap- Classic Brand Sandalwood
Post-shave- Cold water rinse followed by WH, allowing to dry then applying dove ASB

Hoping for a great shave. This will be my first time trying a new blade.

 

Doug, you make a good point that I've thought about lately. One difference between carts and DE/SE is that by adjusting the blade angle on a DE/SE, you can create your own kind of razor to suit you. With carts, I find that's already been done for me and it's not to my liking.

 

The survey is beginning to look like the 1989 Preakness, as Sunday Silence and Easy Goer ran neck to neck for almost the whole thing, leaving the rest looking like they were just out for practice runs.

 

I have been using a Feather AC once a week as a learning tool. I have one straight that doesn't appear to be shave ready as it doesn't shave very well.
I'm sure I will eventually graduate to straights but want to wait until I've mastered more of what I already have.
We will see

 

10/4/15

Gillette Old Type
Frank Shaving Pur-tech Synthetic
Proraso Sandalwood cream
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Shave #1 with the Gillette Silver Blue in my Old Type.
Did face lather and 2 full passes: Pass 1 XTG on my face and XTG on my neck (top to bottom today). Great reduction, almost DFS but went a little too fast on my neck. Picked up a couple of weepers. Pass 2: ATG. Almost a BBS at this point. A cold water rinse followed by a minor touch up and had the BBS The Aqua Velva was mild.

A solid BBS shave from the Gillette Silver Blue in my Old Type. Rushed a bit this morning and paid for it with a couple of minor weepers. My wife and I are on vacation, in Las Vegas this morning, St. George Utah this evening. Off to Salt Lake tomorrow. Hope everyone had a nice weekend.

 

Update on the shave, went ahead with the planned setup from my previous post. I don't even know what happened but lather was literally flying out of the brush. I had a substantial, lasting, and very slick lather. So much so the lather got on my hands from my brush and I could hardly hold my razor. I LOVE these blades. They are much more comfortable than the Astras. But that also could've been the outstanding lather! I plan to visit the blue Astras at some point in this focus so I will pay close attention then. The Black tip Gillette seemed to float along my face, the best way I know to describe it would be a canoe on calm waters. Or at least in my mind. (Not good at describing the shave yet. My cheeks and moustache are BBS after a WTG/XTG/XTG 3 pass shave. My neck, or my trouble area, is borderline DFS, other than a couple spots. All in all I'm extremely pleased, other than a few weepers it was an incredible shave.

 

@wmbjr
Hey, William are you still above water? Things are looking bad in SC.

 

Ask a pharmacist for an Alum deodorant block or stick. If it's potassium alum you are all set.

 

Hi guys! No shave today... I am officially lazy. I hope everyone has a great Monday!

 

10/05/2015
Razor – New LC with Triad Helix SS
Blade – Feather (2)
Brush – Olivewood with TGN Finest Fan
Lather – Strop Shoppe Baker Street
Post - Witch Hazel & Floid Black sample



A very good 3 pass shave this morning. Not a BBS shave but about as good as most work mornings. Finished off with a splash of Floid Black from my sampler and I am ready for the day. Hope everyone has a great Monday.

 

I can't seem to get 4+ shaves out of the 7 O'clock Blue. 4th is noticeably rougher. Must be me...

 

SOTD
October 5, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Ladas
Lather: Italian Barber Rosa di Bossolasco
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Folsom & Co. Capri
Wow! New soap. IB Rosa di Bossolasco is off the charts good! A light rose and citrus scent. Outstanding performance! The Aristocrat again was flawless. Finished with Capri. Smelling great!
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE

 

Put a couple bucks on black for me! Have fun on your trip!

 

30 day focus - Day 5
Fat Boy set to 6
Sputnik Blade
MDC
3 passes

With Fat Boy set to 6, I seem to be getting slightly better shaves than with it set to 5. I will keep it at 6 for another day or two before I try it at 7. As usual, face lathering MDC makes a wonderful lather.

 

October 5th SOTD (Shave 3 of this focus)
One and a half days’ growth
Preshave: Hot Shower
Razor: unrestored J. Wostenholm EBRO, from around 1865
Strop: Drygulch Leatherworks Oiled Latigo (20 laps linen/ 20 laps leather pre, 10 /10 post)
Brush: Handturned Tulip Poplar Badger
Soap: The Shave Den Iced Yin Yang (Lavender, Lime, Menthol)
Postshave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block, Thayer’s Witch Hazel
Aftershave: The Shave Den Iced Yin Yang (Lavender, Lime, Menthol) Splash

Great shave this morning. I was on the fence on if I was going to shave, because my whiskers were at the sandpaper face stage where they can be very hard to cut. Usually, I get a lot of irritation if I shave at that point. Decided to risk it, as today will be a big day at work for one of my contracts. Instead of my normal WTG N/S pass to start, I did an XTG nose to ear pass. Focused on skin stretching, and this big ole wedge just slid through the whiskers. I ended up with two cuts, mainly beacause I am not used to doing an XTG pass. Finished up with a S/N ATG pass, and got a great shave. DFS plus in two passes.

The lather was great this morning. I am still trying to remember how much water needs to be left in this brush, so I started out too dry. I added water to the bowl several times as I worked the lather, but it still seemed kind of dry. Used the brush to work the lather into my face, and the lather exploded! Enough in the brush to do two passes, and still wash the Jeep. Good stuff. Happy Monday, all!

 

OCtober Focus Day 5:

Stirling Synthetic Brush
La Toja Shave Stick
Schick Type C3
Stirling Unscented PSB
Wholly Kaw Fougere Bouquet

So I know this isn't an open comb, but I am on travel for work, so I brought my travel razor. I figured that I could extend last month's focus a but since I only got one shave in with this razor. I did a quick one pass and am sitting here with a CCS+. I am not sure, but I would almost call this a Grail Shave. It is an amazing razor.