OCT 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

I hear ya!

 

Gillette NEW LC
Vulfix Super Badger (660)
Proraso Sandalwood cream
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

Shave #3 with the Gillette Silver Blue in my New LC.
Face lather and 2 full passes: Pass 1 XTG. Great reduction. Pass 2: ATG. Very nice, a DFS. A cold water rinse followed by some minor touch up and I was pretty sure I had a BBS. Aqua Velva had some bite today, but settled down soon enough.

A very comfortable BBS from the Gillette Silver Blue in my New LC. The area I went over a bit more than my skin liked yesterday was a little sensitive, but didn't really complain. I treated it lightly and it feels OK now that the Aqua Velva has dried.

 

In honor of @clint64 ...Looks like you probably getting deadly with the stick...I remember discovering shave sticks...
I was spending the Summer in South-Side Turkey on the Med. And my wife picked up an Arko Stick at the store and left it on the sink in my shave cave...I immediately upon finding it, ripped the end off and discovered how much I loved it...
Also I found, the first time I soaked my whiskers in hot water, and soaked the stick in hot water and started applying it in tight little circles on my whiskers, That......for the first time....I could really see the direction my whiskers grew in...What an eye opener....Wasn't what I thought, and armed with that info really Rocked my shaving World...

A couple weeks later I went to get a hair cut and watched the Turkish Barbers lathering technique....Coooool...
Those cats, do the hot whisker rinse and hot steamy towel, and then hit your face with a hot wet Arko stick and apply it in tight little circles all over your beard like I was doing, while they chat....and then I realied, they kept applying the stick for over a minute...I mean, they seriously put some soap product onto your beard...Every hair not only has a ball of soap hanging, but they keep applying....then when they hit that with a hot wet brush....BOOM!!! Lather Explosion!!! News worthy Lather Bomba!....

No wonder those guys are famous for their shaving prowess...with that thick and rich a lather, you can't get cut by those Shavettes...your face is so protected and slippery.....its blade proof....lol

Of course in the following years I watched many Turkish Barbers and they all seem to have the same Mad Dog Arko approach....I dig it....I implemented it into my regime aswell...One day I invision someone opening the door to my shave cave and I come flowing out on an ocean of lather like something from a Chaplin movie....roflol!

 

I haven't had a chance to hang in the last couple days or shave....
So in the wee hours of Thursday morning, I just saw my face in the Shave Cave mirror...I had a Robinson Crusoe thing happening...Immediately cranked the hot water and got to business,!

Hot Whisker Rinse
Arko/Omega 10029
1955 Schick-Eversharp Hydro-magic
Longs Drugs/Personna d1
Kroger Witch Hazel
Clubman Original/Aqua Velva Ice Blue

this has been my reputed Favorite Razor...my Highlander razor if you will for many, many years... for many different reasons on many different levels...Some of which we will talk about another time....

Test Question: now this razor is my favorite of the "mild" type razors...Now why is it....that when I have missed a few days shaves, and am sporting wiry whiskers that this famous milder incarnation of the injector breed can give me such a great one pass BBS....?

 

Very cool story. I have had shaves from a barber but they used the soap and mug not a shave stick.

 

10/22/2015
Razor – Wolfman OC with Triad Helix SS
Blade – Feather (1)
Brush – Romera Olivewood Synthetic
Lather – MdC Fougere
Post - Witch Hazel & Fine Platinum



I have been running behind all morning so this mornings shave was a little rushed. I just went with a 2 pass shave, XTG & ATG, followed by a small touch up and I ended up with about my normal work day results. Finished up with a splash of Fine Platinum. Hope everyone has a great Thursday.

 

Congrats on reaching 2,000! And remember, shenanigans are good!

 

Does that mean you can stop shaving in the woods?

 

But who is who?

 

30 day focus - Day 22
Fat Boy set to 9
Sputnik Blade
MDC Face Lathered with a touch of TOBS ALMOND
3 passes

 

I'm the good looking one. Duh!

 

New blade?

 

SOTD
October 22, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: Gillette British Rocket
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Lather: Dr. Jon's Aphrodite
Brush: CK Switchback 400 24mm Suave #1 Synthetic Knot
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Myrsol F./Extra
Smooth shave. The Gillette British Rocket is an aggressive razor, I really enjoy this razor. Dr. Jon's has a nice product, check it out. I added teflon tape to the threads of my Switchback 400, I got rid of that o-ring..
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE

 

Great photo. How would compare the British Rocket to your Aristocrat?

 

October 22, 2015

OC October - This month I'll introduce myself to OC razors.
Gillette New LC
Schick Type C1 OC
Standard Safety Razor OC
Gillette Goodwill

Morning shave
Hot Shower
Soap: Saponificio Varesino Manna
Brush: Brush: Omega 31025 Scarlatti Boar
Razor: Standard Safety Razor OC (Germany)
Blade: Voskhod (1)
TSD Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Manna



Two-pass shave.

I’ve had very nice shaves this week with this razor and my 7 o’clock Blues. The Voskod blade today was no different. Good reduction on the 1st pass (XTG) and a clean sweep on the 2nd pass (ATG).

Cheers!
RT

 

No shave this morning because my daughter had to be at school extra early, so no report. I will shave tonight.

I do have a question though. I have seen several people comment on buying from vendors who support this site, including @RaZorBurn123 and others. Is there a list somewhere of all the supporting vendors? I have looked and just am not finding it for some reason. I am planning to venture out into other soaps that I have not tried and would love it if at the same time I can support this site. Thanks!

 

You might try looking through the Vendors Corner here to start. http://theshaveden.com/forums/forums/vendors-corner.45/

Maybe someone can get you a consolidated list.

 

Looks like you are getting into more different soaps. What do you think about the Saponificio Varesino Manna?