September 30 Day/Rule Focus Pix & Discussion

I took driver's ed and passed my road test the very first time. It was the morning of Dec 13, 1972.

 

Great shave Jason!

 

Although the brush knot isn't your favorite, the handle looks terrific!
Nice shave lineup and photo, Jason!

 

That smoke is something else! Was the pier fire set intentionally?
Great looking shave lineup and cool photo, Gary!

 

G7DC
The Adventures of Max Headroom Day 4

Same stuff, new blade, new flavor.



Not being of an Excaliburistic nature, today's shave further convinces me that I like fresh sharp steel.

3 'blade aware' passes and the menthol grapefruit aftershave is refreshing.

No pursuit of that BBS Level 5 either. Just pure comfort, pure enjoyment.

While I was loading up that fresh Astra, that new low cost 'Aggressive' DE head was staring me down.

Unlike certain TR6 aficionados, Max Headroom stayed strong and true to focus, and didn't jump the fence for just any old shine & glittering thing.

I did out of curiosity see how much 'blade feel' my sampling of my 3 piece DE's by laying them on my arm. Here is my ratings most to least.
Stirling Aggressive
Merkur 20c
Gillette New Short Comb
Edwin Jagger DE89

This was a bit enlightening because many writings proclaim the Merkur (20c is supposed to be common geometry in brand) offerings to be the same as the EJ DE89.

I've long thought the DE89, to be a very challenging tool to use with a very narrow window for hitting optimum shave angle.

Can it be said that a 'mild' razor requires more skill than an 'aggressive' one? Is the bragging of experienced wetshavers, like me, using adjustables 'opened up' an easier way to better shaves and not much-mo-badass shaving? I'll find out as I move through other 30DC style focuses with this gear.

 

Quite welcome!

 

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Tanks Jeff!

 

lol thank you Joe!

 

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Thank you Gary!

 

thank you Andrew.base pic for tuesday.not sure how the fire started yet..still burning at present i think..watching for updates..

 

Thank you Bruce!

 

Awesome menthol shave Gary!

 

awesome day 4 shave and pic Bill..

 

I'd

say you have to have some real skill at it!

 

thank you Myles,but no menthol today..wanted a "smokey" scent..

 

We'll let that slide this Monday

 

Great citrus shave!

 

Thanks, Joe!

I'm with you, Bill. 'Mild' razors require better angle control. If I find and maintain the angle that allows the blade to contact skin and maintain that angle throughout each stroke I'll get the same result regardless of which razor I'm using.

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Extremely entertaining post, Bill.