OCtober 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Thanks. I might take you up on the offer. I'm always searching. New at DEs. I probably will have a stockpile shortly but getting my BILs into wet shaving as well.


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Shave 11

Back to the straight that bit me yesterday.
I had a nice 3 pass shave with no blood.

I am experimenting with my neck area. It cleaned up pretty good. I can feel stubble in my neck creases. But all in all a nice smooth shave.

Tom


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Better late than never. This morning's shave was fantastic. I touched up this razor on my new Naniwa 12K yesterday and it's a completely different shave.
SOTD
Mystic Waters Lime Soap
B-400 Brush by Tom
Faultless Razor
Alum
Lucky Tiger
Florida Water AS
Have a great week!

 

OCtober Fine Focus

Cremo Cooling & B-400 Tuxedo
B-V3.1 & Chinese Schick blade
Alum, OsageRub, AV Ice Blue



Being on the West Coast Bunny Pass Around was an experience. Shaving with a B-V3.1 any time is a blessing. Don't tell my Fatboy, but I prefer her to him. I still have have a Rubberset 400 that will get a board knot, but it may take a while to break in because I'm not in a hurry to set down the Tuxedo knot. (¡Get one!) Lathering like a king in a Suribachi bowl, settled into the NOTSO open comb, three passes for my new standard of what a shave should be. I'm thinking about a slight modification; altering the grip on the Bunny. Maybe adding a plastic dip coat to the slim handle. Being a lather everywhere style shaver I don't want to drop her. Alum gave a smooth light heat, cooled easily by Osage Rub. It clashes a bit with the Aqua Velva so next Menthol Monday I won't layer them.
Good Shaves to Y'all!

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OCtober-een!

October 17

Grand Blade Trials - Pause for OCtober

Razor - Feather SS
Blade - (1)
Soap - Mitchell's Wool Fat
Brush - Semogue 620
Post - Witch Hazel

I decided after @Marverel had put in such great work with the AC razor I'd join in for a day. Haven't used a pain stick in awhile so I'm overdue. Spent the day mulling over which to use, the Greager or Feather SS and finally settled on the Feather with a Feather Pro blade.

The 620 and Fat were amazing together as always. I can whip up a brush load and lather start in about 45 seconds with this brush off of the Fat puck. Took a couple of extra seconds to remind myself of grips, angles, set downs and all of that good stuff, lathered it up and took off on the first pass. Ahhhh nice. Love that feel when the angle is right from the start. Apparently it's a bit like riding a bike....once you've done it and all that. Spent some extra time working around the goatee line which usually results in blood. Hey, @Heisenberg 93 I'm trying to make your day here. However, none appeared and I rinsed for the second pass.

Nice lather still and I worked at a bit of an angle but nut necessarily XTG. Something I've done before with the AC razors. Did some touch up work at the end and had a very nice DFS so called it good. Two passes with no blood and the alum.....well it's always a bit hot after the pain stick so it just made it all perfect like that.

I've missed this razor and the Greager which hasn't really had a lot of time to prove itself. It's really nearly identical to the original CJB but I feel like I need to pay more attention to it. I'm sure I'll get to it.

Tomorrow the Trials resume with the Gillette Silver Blue. Looking forward to three fine shaves in a row and don't think the changing blade gap can stop that. Hope you all had a great Monday!

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Is this thing on?

Kidding...

17 October 2016




Long Day, recycled photo. Smooth shave! Other than that...all is quiet in Colorado!!!

Have a terrific Tuesday!

 

It's nice to see that I have such a positive influence In return I will use my 620 and the MWF soap for today's shave - I have neglected those two for far too long.

 

Lovely fall picture, Douglas

 

So here's yesterday's shave - #11 of my October focus:




- RazoRock Mudder Focker
- The Tuxedo
- Feather Artist Club SS
- Feather Professional (#1)
- Tüff sensitiv Rasierwasser

Pretty uneventful shave actually - just one quick, accident-free pass for a presentable look Haven't used the RazoRock soap for quite a while, almost forgot how good it is. It's right on par with some of the more expensive representatives of its kind - and I still love the scent.

Something that amazes me though: I get closer shaves from two passes with the pain stick than from three with a "conventional" straight (as performed the day before yesterday). Is it because the Feather blades are that much sharper or do I just have to work on my straight razor technique?

 

October 18, 2016
Wolfman WR-01 OC + Ti with Hempel Ti
Feather (1)
Zenith B02 Boar
Route 66 Twisted Tweed
Witch Hazel
Floid Blue

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Another great shave this morning. Three passes and minimal clean up ending in a near BBS. Finished with a splash of Floid Blue. I hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

 

Okay - just finished today's shave - inspired by @NCoxSTL

Shave #12 of my October Focus:



- Mitchell's Wool Fat Soap
- Semogue 620
- Feather Artist Club SS
- Feather Professional (#2)
- Thayer's Witch Hazel
- Clubman Special Reserve

I have neglected both the soap and the brush for quite a while now. The 620 was my first boar brush - and I still consider it an excellent face lathering brush. Though I might have been spoiled by the softness of my synthetics lately, because the Semogue felt a little prickly today

Anyways - I got a huge amount of lather from my MWF, more than enough for the two passes WTG and XTG. This soap's slickness is fantastic, but on the other hand it turned skin stretching into a real challenge, because there was so much residual slickness left even after I scraped off the lather with my razor blade.

The shave itself went very well, no nicks or irritations. DFS+
The Special Reserve AS matches the soap's scent nicely.

 

SOTD October 18, 2016

Blade: Chinese Schick
Razor: Schick L1 injector
Brush: Satin Tip 'The Purest' synthetic
Lather: Stirling Barbershop
Post: Witch hazel splash, Stirling Barbershop aftershave, Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, touch-up

Good shave today, but I've had better. I think the blade needs changing out. This was shave four on the Chick blade, which is a fairly small number of shaves for me with a Chick. But I'll change it out and hope tomorrow goes better. First pass reduction wasn't as good as usual and I had to do more touch-up to achieve my normal workday shave. But that's okay - there's always tomorrow! The Stirling products are top-notch.

Have a great day!

 

Thank you very much.

 

Good picture beautiful razor.

 

Thank you Doug. I've been playing around with my real camera instead of the iPhone. I'm still on the fence if the change is worth the extra effort.

 

Beautiful high def picture amigo!

 

Tuesday, OCtober 18, 2016

Simpson '58
Nuavia Blu
Gillette New Deluxe with TRIAD Aristocrat Ti
Personna 74 #15
Fine Fresh Vetiver


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October 18, 2016

Razor: Gillette 160 Goodwill / DeFitch DE91 handle
Blade: German Wilkie (1)
Brush: VdH Boar
Soap: VdH Luxury

Yesterday was a bit of a rush so I grabbed the nearest razor that I knew had a good blade in it- the Gem 1912. Excellent DFS and I was surprised I actually needed to shave today.

For today, we stay with the NEW LC-based Goodwill and the heavier DeFitch handle, but move on to the Wilkinson Sword Blade from Germany. I tend to really like this blade and think it is my favorite one which can be locally sourced. The result was a DFS marred only by a weeper on the chin.

 

SOTN OCtober 17th


Bigelo and Parkin Travel Razor
Feather(2)
Stirling 24mm Synthetic
RazoRock XXX
Crown King Scuttle
Lime AS and Nivea Sensitive ASB

Good morning friends. Last night I tool the B&P travel razor out for its maiden voyage. This a a very awkward razor to use as there is no handle and you hold it by griping the tabs between your thumb and index finger. I found it difficult to stay on the cap with this razor and making E-W passes were very cumbersome. Another issue with using the razor was keeping the pressure down as it weighs next to nothing. It took a lot of focus but I was able to walk away from the shave without irritation or bloodletting. After 3 passes I ended with a nice DFS!

Second time using the RR XXX and it does make a very nice smelling lather that is cushiony and slick while it is on your face. But I notice there is practically no residual slickness left by the soap. I have yet to experience this from any of the other soaps that I use. Have you guys noticed this with any of the other RR tallow formula soaps ? On the plus side it rinses off very cleanly although a bit drying as well.

Have a great day my friends!

 

Thank you Mark.

Great photo. What did you think of the New Deluxe compared to the New LC?