OCT 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

Love these guys!

 

I've already seen this movie.

 

Scarface. He leads a cartel, remember?

 

Say hello to my little friend.

 

It is one of my favorites. Oh, wait......

 

Just contemplating the amount of lather left over from my last BoSFAT shave. The world is MINE!

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October 24 Focus Shave 15

I just got a shipment in from Queen Charlottes Soaps which included a tub their Green Irish Tweed Type shaving cream. It's Saturday so I broke out the scuttle and went to work. I am not sure why Dovo does have a better reputation, I only have one a Bismarck 2 and it shaves great. The first three passes were good and once again I got through just 2/3 of the 4th pass but I did get farther down my neck. One tiny weeper but when I applied the alum on the slightest reaction. Almost BBS, so close I can taste it.

Irritation A-, closeness A-, a good shave to start the weekend.

Proraso Sensitive pre-shave
Thater 2band fan silver tip
QCS Green Irish Tweed Type shaving cream
Woodhead Scuttle
Dove Bismark 2
SRD strop followed Dry Gulch horsehide paddle strop
Razorock Tight Buns AS
Edwin Jagger ASB
Creed Green Irish Tweed

 

10/24/15

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

Shave #2 with the Rapira Super Stainless in my New LC.

Face lather and 2 full passes: Pass 1 XTG. Great reduction. Nicked a mole, but it was out of bounds, so operator error. Pass 2: ATG. On my neck, I tried a 45% angle towards the chin in an effort to reduce touch up. I was rewarded with a very nice DFS at this point. A cold water rinse followed by much more touch up than yesterday. The baby seemed just out of reach for a while, but I ended up catching him. Aqua Velva screamed again today, but quieted down in a few seconds. Part of that extra touch up was due to a change in my ATG pass. Since my beard on my neck grows in all different directions, ATG can be from the bottom up, side to side (ears toward the chin) or an angle between the two. I tried the 45% angle today. The result was a nice DFS, but more cleanup effort to get the BBS. That's because much of what was left was hard to find until I had rinsed with cold water and searched for it.

A nice BBS from the Rapira Super Stainless in my New LC. Once again, I ended up going over some areas several times pursuing the baby, and the Aqua Velva let me know it. I could have stopped with a DFS++, but I really wanted to see if I could catch the baby today. This was the 11th shave with a Rapira Super Stainless. I've tried it in four razors: my Fat Boy, gold Tech, Old Type, and the New LC. The first shave was a near BBS, but the rest have all been BBS. 10 in a row! I didn't want to break that streak through operator error. I only have one more of these blades in my Den, so yesterday I ordered 100 from the Bay. Coming from Turkey, it may take a couple of weeks. I also ordered 25 GSB since I was out of them. These are my first non-sampler pack blade buys.

Have a Super Saturday!

 

30 day focus - Day 24
Fat Boy set to 9
Ladas Blade
MDC Face Lathered
3 passes

 

SOTD
October 24, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: Gillette Aristocrat
Blade: Personna Lab Blue
Lather: KnockOut Shave Cotton
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Folsom & Co. Shambala
I thought yesterday's shave was great, today's shave was outstanding. KO Shave Cotton is fresh, crisp, clean smelling. I really like the RR Plissoft brush, I will admit my first couple of uses weren't that positive. Shamabala!!
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE

 

10/24/2015
Razor – Gillette Red & Black New Deluxe
Blade – Feather (2)
Brush –Olivewood with TGN Finest Fan
Lather – B&M Latha
Post - Witch Hazel & Captain’s Choice Bay Rum



Not quite a BBS shave this morning but very close. With the bar end handle the New Deluxe is much lighter than the Wolfman so it took me a while to get used to the weight difference. I might use a different handle for tomorrow's shave. Only about 3 more shaves left for the Latha. Finished with a splash of CC Bay Rum with Menthol added. Hope everyone has a great Saturday.

 

You guys are tempting me to join you. I pulled my Feather AC out today. Me, a spandex wearing, non drinking, bicyclist.

 

All this talk of using a Feather AC NOvember got me thinking. My October focus has been on DE blades and has started to get boring. I have a Feather AC SS that I have used five times prior to today. Always with a DE touch up. I decided to shave with it today without using a DE at all. I did a two pass shave, one WTG, one ATG. I got a decent shave that I would call DFS. I had three small weepers, but no open wounds which is progress for me. I am thinking that this thing would not get boring and it might be fun chasing BBS with it.
SOTD
TOBS Grapefruit cream
Rubberset 400
Feather AC SS
Feather Pro (6)
Florida Water
Back to my DE blade focus tomorrow.
Have a great weekend!

 

<wanders back out>

 

Something like this?

 

Eye bleach...hurry.

 

Is that a 2000 model?

 

I rather like how you dressed it up with the bow tie, even if it's a clip on. Enjoy the weekend!

 

Go easy on this stuff, stocks are running low all of a sudden.

 

October 24, 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
Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery G12
Soap: Nancy Boy - Signature Shave Cream
Brush: Brush: Omega Pro 48
Razor: Gillette New LC
Blade: Feather (1)
TSD Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Old Spice



Gearing up for No Variation November so I decided to do some experimentation with new products and get that out of my system for now.

Extremely surprised - one of the smoothest, efficient and automatic shaves that I’ve had in my 6 months of wetshaving.

Two-pass shave.
Observations:

• Damp, cold weather has started to move into Seattle. I’ll appreciate using the scuttle for the next 5 - 6 months! Warm lather…mmmmmm.
• Never thought I’d use a product called Nancy Boy. (“Not that there’s anything wrong with that.”) OMG - exquisite lather!
• Along that same line…I don’t know if it’s because of his influential songwriting skills or what, but I pulled out a Feather blade for my very first time. Oh my, oh my! @wristwatchb

With my favorite razor to date, I just slipped right into the sweet spot and more than once, checked to see if I even had a blade in the razor. That smooth. Good reduction on the 1st pass (XTG) and a clean pass (ATG) with nary a touch-up.

The word came to mind immediately after my shave - Effortless!
Cheers!
RT