SEptember 2016 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

Happy birthday, Mark! Great picture today.

 

SEptember 19 SOTD:

Stirling Synthetic Brush
Stirling Frozen Tundra
Schick Adjustable
Stirling Unscented PSB
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS

Great shave with this razor. I have it set on 2, and I really haven't gone through any other settings to see how they compare. This set really works well for me, though. A little Aqua Velva Ice Blue to finish up a Menthol Monday shave. From the looks of a few emails, it is going to busy at work today. I hope everyone has a great!

 

Happy Birthday!

 

Thank you Jim.

Jim, how do you compare the Adjustable to some of your other Schick Injectors?

 

The handle length makes it different than the E or G. It is similar to the J, in that regard. For some reason, and it may be the length of the handle, it feels a little more hefty than the other razors.

With this current setting, the shave itself feels very similar to the J. I would need to play with the dial a bit more, to see how that would compare to the E and G. On 2 it feels like you would have to almost try to cut yourself. The E definitely isn't like that, and the G has a little more edginess to it that let's you know it will bite if you slip too much.

 

Thank you for the comparison. It helped a lot. I have tried a G, I & J and found all of them pretty tame. Maybe I will get around to try a E at some point.

 

Menthol Monday Shave

Brush- AOS Fine Badger
Razor- PAL InjectoMatic / Schick E3
Blade- Chinese Schick
Soap- TSD Killer Queen
Post Care- Crystal Alum
Thayers Witch Hazel
Avon Spicy

Happy menthol Monday! This was the second round for these injectors. I used my Killer Queen soap for a nice menthol chill. Today I used the Schick on my right and the PAL on the left. Great reduction from both sides in the first pass. Equal feel from the second. After three I'm dolphin smooth. I was hoping the alum would give me the winner today but both sides were completely silent. I'm going to have to wait a few hours to decide the winner. Finished off with Avon Spicy. Have a great day folks!

 

I have a hard time with muting a vintage blade. It just seems a shame to take a spike that has survived so many years and take it off. I have no such worries on a new razor. I plan on keeping this for a while, and want it to be comfortable and simple to use. I still like a square tip over a round, to help line up my facial hair, but taking the very end of the spike off made the razor much better to use. I just did three half inch strokes on the granite countertop to mute each tip. Without a loupe, you can't even see the difference. The lack of blood however, made it easy to spot.

 

Shave 25
Omega 10098
AOS Sandalwood Shaving Soap
Ceramic Suribachi bowl
Gillette New Long Comb
Astra Superior Platinum Blade.
Fine Stantal Absolut Aftershave Splash

Saturday Night Shave. Decided to stick with a good thing for the soap & aftershave combo. Lathered up and spent a little extra time to do 3 passes WTG, XTG, ATG. Solid DFS. I'm liking the New head on the heavier handle.

 

Shave 26
Omega 10098
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill Shaving Soap
Ceramic Suribachi bowl
Gillette New Long Comb
Astra Superior Platinum Blade.
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill Aftershave Splash

I decided to cool it down this morning with a double dose of Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill. Man, that stuff is not for the weak of heart or face. It has got a boat load of menthol. Every time i use it, I'm surprised. If you don't watch it, it will make your eyes water. I loaded up the brush and did a quick Monday morning 2 pass shave WTG & XTG. Jolted myself awake with the AS splash and walked past my wife who commented on the pleasant citrus scent. The shave was a passible DFS.

 

@Boojum1

 

I am liking the Tuxedo knot that I put in this handle. It's a nice soft lathering machine. Back to my favorite straight today.
The Body Shop Maca Root Cream
B-400 Brush by Tom
Wade and Butcher Celebrated 7/8
Alum
Thayers WH
Ogallala Bay Rum
Have a great week!

 

September Focus Deviation; Grand Blade Trial Incidental

C.O. Bigelow & OPAL Nylon Brush
59' Gillette #195 @7, Crystal/Q-Ball blade
Alum, Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue AS



Departed from SE Focus, and didn't follow controls for The Grand Blade Trials. Being Monday I did Menthol. C.O.B. cream is good with a badger brush so I thought I'd try my new-to-me OPAL Nylon brush. After many washes the knot cleaned up enough that I felt comfortable using this vintage brush. It's floppy like my only badger, a Vulfix 660S Super badger. Wet my face and applied cream, set brush to face and found a similar effect. The brush spread the cream and did produce a lather. After a couple moments working it, the knot laid over and worked like an old paint brush. No backbone, all flop. That didn't stop me from getting a great three passes DFS with the Crystal/Q-Ball. Not having used the setting 2/6/9 protocol, I don't have data points to add to Neal's Trials. But it was nice getting the Fat Boy in hand after most of a months SE action. Someone mentioned their Alum gliding like a block of glass. Yeah that! Cool splash of AquaVelva Blue, and another because it smells good.
Good day Y'all!

 

Home sweet home for the week!

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With cell coverage. Impressive. Enjoy your vacation. Go attack a bear to make a new brush, use the fat to make a cream, and find a sharp rock to shave with. I dare you...

 

Razor: ATT Bamboo SE1
Blade: Feather Professional (1)
Brush: Omega Barber Pole w/Silvertip
Soap: Route 66 Frozen Margarita
Aftershave: Booster Iced Lime

 

Double dare!

 

Knowing @NCoxSTL, he would probably take the dare to shave with a sharp rock!