OCtober 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

well, according to the Manhattan Transfer, I see my question is a big fat negatory, but that makes me wonder how far the Virginia 66 goes. Rand McNally time! But what a great song! Breath of fresh air from the Mammas&Pappas!!!

 

there it is, all right! I do think it deserves another chance from me.

 

OCtober Focus on Course

Colonel Konk glycerine Lime & B-400 Tuxedo
Fatip Piccolo / Family Dollar (Personna Red)
Alum block & some AS I've lost the label for



Local casino has a "Barber Shop" where an attractive young lady will give you a shave with a disposable cartridge razor for an over inflated price. I didn't take the service, but paid too much for a puck of soap I used today. My lathering skills have improved so I got that going for me. Swapped in a fresh blade, three passes for a SAS. Nothing special, but less irritation that previous forays into this aggressive OC DE. Alum was near silent, and the first AS I recall purchasing goes well with the soap. Sun's shining, I ought to be working.
Good Day Y'all!

 

The brush I have been using this month has a 24 mm Envy White knot. I thought I didn't like badgers until I got this one. It's a great knot with as much backbone as my boat, but less flop.

 

Welcome! Give us a month, we'll give you the skills...

 

The actual historic old Route 66 tan from Chicago, Illinois to Barstow, California. Large portions of it still exist. I have a bucket list trip that I will do with a friend some day, starting at Sturgis, then to Chicago, then every bit of Route 66 that is left, with both of us on Indian Motorcycles. This will probably be a month long trip. Picture below is from a stretch of Route 66 between Kingman, Arizona and Laughlin, Nevada in 2008.

 

If someone wants a badger brush with tons of backbone, this would be my first recomendation.

 

Razor: Gillette OC w/Hempel Handle
Blade: Feather Platinum (2)
Brush: Elite Razor "Tres Amigos" Desert Ironwood Beehive w/Envy White
Soap: Route 66 Perfect Storm
Aftershave: Floid After Shave.
Close comfortable 3 pass shave this afternoon. The Elite Razor brush is an amazing brush along with the Route 66 soap it whips up a great lather in no time.

 

Thanks very much! I really like the Vigoroso after shave. I would put it my top 10 for sure. I'll have to think about that, maybe top 5.

 

Razor: Geo W. Korn The Real with OC guard
Strop: Drygulch Leatherworks Chromexcel Horse/ Linen
Brush: Troth handle with Envy White 24mm
Soap: Route 66 Twisted Tweed
Post: Cold Water, Alum, Thayer’s Lavender
Aftershave: Lucky Tiger Aspen with Menthol Crystals

I planned this shave for Friday, but didn’t get to it until today. I touched up this edge on my Welsh slates, and really worked at it. Did a little bit on Chromium Oxide, and a lot of laps on linen and leather. I have used this razor several times, but it has been a little tuggy. Nailed it on the touch up this time! Getting much more comfortable using these stones for finishers. I haven’t used the guard for the razor before, so didn’t know how that would go. I just wanted to be one of the cool kids, and join OC October. This counts, right? Honestly, once the edge was dialed in, and the angle sorted out, the only time I noticed the guard was when I wanted to switch hands. I did one pass S/N, one pass N/S. I couldn’t figure out how to use the razor with the guard under my right ear and on the right edge of my neck, so I took the guard off to finish that up, and to do an XTG pass. Result was BBS everywhere but the neck, and DFS on the neck. Very little feedback from the alum. I might have put too much menthol in this aftershave, it was almost painfully cold. I washed my hands carefully after applying it.

 

No....

Well if you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way
Take the highway that's the best
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it winds from Chicago
To LA
More than two thousand miles
All the way
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it goes to St. Louis
Down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty
You'll see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

If you get hip to this kind of trip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it goes to St. Louis
Down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty
You'll see Amarillo
Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona
Don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

If you get hip to this kind of trip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

 

Great looking razor and picture Adam. The razor looks dangerous.

 

Thanks-I had a chance to listen to The Manhattan Transfer do the song-someone here sent it to me. Now I remember, it was @wristwatchb

 

Speaking of Rte 66, as some of you know I am considering a move out west in the future-perhaps to Colorado. As any Coloradoans must be aware, Rte 6 goes right through the city of Lakewood, just west of Denver. It's tops on my list of cities to consider. It's THE SAME ROUTE 6 THAT I CAN PICK UP DRIVING JUST AN HOUR OR SO SOUTH OF ME, HERE IN METROWEST MASSACHUSETTS. Probably a "Long And Winding Road", but I'm glad to know this.

 

True! Sixth is a main road in the Denver Metro.

 

It begins at the edge of Cape Cod and ends I think in northern California. I may study this route seriously when the time approaches for me to make my decision.

 

Thanks Doug. It's actually one of my most fun razors to use.

 

I'm glad you picked up on "dangerous" as having a positive meaning, too .

 

Someone on here a few months ago said that a 4 oz. bottle of aftershave can last quite a long time. I think I had just told the person that I could never manage with a bulk size aftershave, given that I like to rotate(as I know many of us do). I am indeed finding out how right the person was about the 4's.

 

Oh it could always be scarier...... I feel pretty