September 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

lovely shave and pic sir..

 

lovely shave Clint.

 

fantastic shave Jeff..

 

Can't find pics of similar ones online really. It might be a very accurate soviet knockoff? Just a guess though, as i live only a few hours away from the border.

 

hello and welcome..

 

thank you sir..i had to downgrade the image quality on my phone to use filters on the computer or the file is too large to upload here..

 

thank you Clint..

 

Stirling Sheep Single edge new Stone Straight September Surprise

Wow, didn't expect to wind up with the results I got today.

My first brand new straight is still one of my standard bearers for performance in edge forward shaving devices. It was honed at purchase on a Belgian coticule, made me look in this direction a little. I've read of the search others have gone through looking for 'their edge', now I understand better. For my final decision, it was going to be this one or a Suehiro 20k and my fav vendor didn't have a Suehiro in stock.

Took the Master Wonky Razor YZ for a drive on the new rock. I never thought I'd use a 'thumbpad test' on a razor, but I did. Found it to be useful indicator for me. After honing, I went to my pasted balsa strops... green, red, black, diamond, cBN, then roo.

Like I usually do on shave tool evaluations, Stirling Sheep ... no added scent, but I wouldn't say unscented. The aroma from mutton tallow is so easily overlooked when I think how much better the resultant lather is than 'anything' else I've used. To much cheering from the 'bloomaphobes', I didn't bother to ask for any help from the Exulted Blue Ming. I got by just fine with the Stirling badger on my own.

This crummy Chinese razor delivered a more comfortable shave than I ever thought I would get by my own hand on anything I honed. Quite rewarding, I must say. Now, because I failed to isolate my individual changes, I really can't totally credit the honing OR the stropping...... but I do like the result.

Splashed on the Stirling mentholated lime aftershave.... because I like the menthol, candy lime, alcohol and witch hazel.



Great shave, great fun.
Be Well!

 

The VDH is a rebranded Weishi, however I am not certain that it is a Weishi 9306 model. With that said, the VDH is poorly constructed and should be sold for less than 10 dollars than the 15 retail price. It is a mild razor and I mainly use it as a touchup razor. However, since my focus is Safety September, I am using this razor in a 3 shave cycle before I move to my next razor. I have one more shave with it and then I have 3 razors that still haven't been picked.

 

Thanks Gary!

 

The ZY is just a tiny step above a Gold Dollar. You can hone it to give yourself a nice shave. Glad you had success with your new ZY, Bill!

 

Thanks Gary
tp

 

Wow, that's close. I have a few Soluna Open Comb razors. They are great shavers,especially loaded with a Feather blade.
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I've decided to forget the PAA deal I was recently thinking about. Wm. Neumann is a bit of a savings(compared to PAA)for twice the amount of soap. (P.S., I did the Math).

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Fantastic Bill!
I knew you would get there.
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Just fantastic Bill. Congrats on a superb honing job.

 

From here it's around 250 miles to the PPI plant.
I haven't seen an open comb one, but there is a closed comb version for sale now on a finnish website.

 

Thank you, Terry!

 

Thank you, Gary!