Still out, but still shaving!
December 2022 Gentlemanly Restraint Until Month End (GRUME)
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Such a lovely setup and now to jump over the 1,000
If GRUME were not on B&B, I probably wouldn't be here.
This is my HOME thread.
Some months are better than others but we are all getting there at our own pace...even if we sometimes mess up on the last day (you know who you are
), but (you know who you are) we are 
and 
for you this month!
This is my HOME thread.
Some months are better than others but we are all getting there at our own pace...even if we sometimes mess up on the last day (you know who you are
), but (you know who you are) we are and for you this month!
You want me to hold up?POST #1000!
Congrats Hannes for being my #1,000
@Guido75 joined in March and is already over 3,000!
The journey continues...
Guido
| Date | 27.12.2022 |
| 365 days of shaving | 364/360 (100%) |
| GRUME December | 26/30 (97%) |
| Discovery Blade Adventure | Bolzano 3/3 Timor 3/3 Eddison 2/3 |
| Passes | 3 |
| WXTG | first pass cheeks: CB Curve (NW-SE curving midway to NE-SW) second pass cheeks: Gillette Slide (NW-SE) first pass neck: Gillette Slant (NE-SW) second pass neck: Gillette Slant (S-N) |
| ATG | Straight & Slanted (SW-NE | cheeks) (SW-NE | neck) |
| Razor | Blade | Brush |
| Gillette Tech | Timor (2) | Omega Roma Capitolina |
| Pre-shave | Soap & Bowl | Post-shave |
| Cold splash Proraso Green pre-shave | Haslinger Sandelholz Face lathered | Cold splash Nivea (Balm) |
| Efficiency | Quality |
| 9/10 (~20 minutes) | 7/10 (neck weepers) |
| Effectiveness | Comfort |
| 8.5/10 (DFS+) | 7.5/10 (Smooth) |
| Notes to today’s shave: |
Still out. Got easily dismissed by some shaver for potentially enabling him into specific gear he was looking for last month. No enablement for myself whatsoever. I find it less and less necessary to get new razors. I am looking for additional ways to enjoy the ones I currently have.
Anyway, a fine shave using the flat Bottom Tech. The blade still isn’t great for me, but it behaved better than yesterday. The result today was a quite long lasting BBS-ish level.
But more importantly my son has his first DE shave! And got great first time results.
The Roma performed wonderfully today and I can only tell it apart from the T3 by their backbones. Very glad with both brushes!
Enjoy your shave today!
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Day 27, 87.1% complete.
Preshave: Hot washcloth
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Brush: Yaqi 24mm synthetic cashmere
Razor: GC.84 SB, Ti Handle, KCG #4
Enhancement: 0.1mm shim
Bowl: Turkish copper
Post-shave: Nivea 2-in-1 Aftershave
I left the Game Changer shimmed, and tried a mostly-autopilot shave, with a bit of selective tidying up. Still comfortable, and got a DFS.
Preshave: Hot washcloth
Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Brush: Yaqi 24mm synthetic cashmere
Razor: GC.84 SB, Ti Handle, KCG #4
Enhancement: 0.1mm shim
Bowl: Turkish copper
Post-shave: Nivea 2-in-1 Aftershave
I left the Game Changer shimmed, and tried a mostly-autopilot shave, with a bit of selective tidying up. Still comfortable, and got a DFS.
Guido, you are doing fine just the way you are.You want me to hold up?
Guido
Congrats to you for teaching your son the "proper" way to shave.
Oh, uh, thats #1002
Things are good but I am missing LJ, @LJBraaten !
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Still out
I'm back, but haven't been able to use my Laptop since last week.
Went back home thursday.
Departure from Bangkok was delayed 90 minutes so I almost missed the connecting flight from Vienna to Stockholm.
Well I made it just in time but my checked in bag didn't, it was scheduled on a later flight on Friday instead.
Unfortunately the carrier company that were supposed to deliver it to my work Friday evening managed to misplace it.
On monday morning I managed to get help from the luggage service at the airport to locate the bag.
It finally arrived at my work yesterday evening.
Lesson learned: Don't pack charging cable for the Laptop in checked in luggage.
The razor that put me out of GRUME arrived on Sunday and I picked up the blades from the Post Office yesterday on my way to work. I will clean it and try it out later today. I haven't shaved since I came home so it will be a good test.
Hope your'e all doing well
I'm back, but haven't been able to use my Laptop since last week.
Went back home thursday.
Departure from Bangkok was delayed 90 minutes so I almost missed the connecting flight from Vienna to Stockholm.
Well I made it just in time but my checked in bag didn't, it was scheduled on a later flight on Friday instead.
Unfortunately the carrier company that were supposed to deliver it to my work Friday evening managed to misplace it.
On monday morning I managed to get help from the luggage service at the airport to locate the bag.
It finally arrived at my work yesterday evening.
Lesson learned: Don't pack charging cable for the Laptop in checked in luggage.
The razor that put me out of GRUME arrived on Sunday and I picked up the blades from the Post Office yesterday on my way to work. I will clean it and try it out later today. I haven't shaved since I came home so it will be a good test.
Hope your'e all doing well
Nice one Jocke @hopper_64 - head shave or regular face shave?
And glad you are ok again after your travel ordeals.
Guido
And glad you are ok again after your travel ordeals.
Guido
| Date | 28.12.2022 |
| 365 days of shaving | 365/361 (100%) |
| GRUME December | 27/30 (97%) |
| Discovery Blade Adventure | Bolzano 3/3 Timor 3/3 Eddison 2/3 |
| Passes | 3 |
| WXTG | first pass cheeks: CB Curve (NW-SE curving midway to NE-SW) second pass cheeks: Gillette Slide (NW-SE) first pass neck: Gillette Slant (NE-SW) second pass neck: Gillette Slant (S-N) |
| ATG | Straight & Slanted (SW-NE | cheeks) (SW-NE | neck) |
| Razor | Blade | Brush |
| Timeless Ti95 SCB | Timor (3) | Omega Super Badger 632 |
| Pre-shave | Soap & Bowl | Post-shave |
| Cold splash Proraso Green pre-shave | Haslinger Sandelholz Face lathered | Cold splash Nivea (Balm) |
| Efficiency | Quality |
| 9/10 (~20 minutes) | 10/10 (Clean) |
| Effectiveness | Comfort |
| 9.5/10 (BBS and near Marble) | 7.5/10 (Smooth yet harsh) |
| Notes to today’s shave: |
Still out and piece of mind.
Another amazing shave with my Timeless. Even throwing in a bad blade such as the Timor it still performs. Never uncomfortable, never irritated, but it was a harsher shave than usual with the Ti95. I subsequently retired the blade. I am into longevity, but not at the expense of comfort. The Timor blade did the job though: near marble in places and a very close shave. Maybe too close in places as even the cold splash post shave stung in places.
The Omega was fun to use again. My first brush and is as floppy as paper at the moment, but lathers great and has great face feel.
Haslinger keeps performing and no sign of me 3017-ing it.
Enjoy you shave today!
Still in, last 2 shaves:
Gillette old style
Wizamet SI (1&2)
Anbbas synth brush
TFS Dracaris (SOTM)
Floid vigoroso AS
Tabac craftsmen EDT
Gillette old style
Wizamet SI (1&2)
Anbbas synth brush
TFS Dracaris (SOTM)
Floid vigoroso AS
Tabac craftsmen EDT
Thanks Guido!
First shave will be a regular face shave.
I will shave my head with some familiar razor today.
Jocke
Still in
Razor: GEM MMOC
Blade: GEM SS PTFE (12)
Soap: PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum
Brush: Omega 40033 Boar
AS: PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum
Razor: GEM MMOC
Blade: GEM SS PTFE (12)
Soap: PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum
Brush: Omega 40033 Boar
AS: PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum
Still in - head and face today
DFS+
Green Cult 1.0, Rapira Super Stainless (4&retired), CC Italia, Shavemac D01-2Band 22/46 Fan, Nivea splash
The brush performs like a dream, good scrub, no scritch and very maneuverable!
DFS+
Green Cult 1.0, Rapira Super Stainless (4&retired), CC Italia, Shavemac D01-2Band 22/46 Fan, Nivea splash
The brush performs like a dream, good scrub, no scritch and very maneuverable!
Still in
Green Cult V1.1 razor in Copper
Gillette 365 blade
Shavologist Brut soap
Semogue Galahad C3 Banded boar
Shavologist Brut aftershave Balm and Splash
I was going to put off shave till New Year's Eve but couldn't ignore the Galahad C3!
I misplaced the SOC and Galahad C3 in the festive season clean-up and when I couldn't find them, I was worried that the alley cat may have grabbed it somehow.
Thankfully that wasn't the case, Galahad performed very well- a small brush with a big heart.
Edit:
I may drop out of this month's GRUME due to various purchases for friends and family. It might not put me out directly but to make the gifts purchase sensible option, I may have to get something for me as well.
So, I'll try my best to only get things for gifting but I may be out by the end of the GRUME this month.
I'd rather start afresh next year than to start with 1st month out of GRUME.
The stuff being ordered may take months to get delivered but the payment will be done by this month.
Green Cult V1.1 razor in Copper
Gillette 365 blade
Shavologist Brut soap
Semogue Galahad C3 Banded boar
Shavologist Brut aftershave Balm and Splash
I was going to put off shave till New Year's Eve but couldn't ignore the Galahad C3!
I misplaced the SOC and Galahad C3 in the festive season clean-up and when I couldn't find them, I was worried that the alley cat may have grabbed it somehow.
Thankfully that wasn't the case, Galahad performed very well- a small brush with a big heart.
Edit:
I may drop out of this month's GRUME due to various purchases for friends and family. It might not put me out directly but to make the gifts purchase sensible option, I may have to get something for me as well.
So, I'll try my best to only get things for gifting but I may be out by the end of the GRUME this month.
I'd rather start afresh next year than to start with 1st month out of GRUME.
The stuff being ordered may take months to get delivered but the payment will be done by this month.
GRUME 
28th day of DecemBOAR, 2022
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Leaf Twig razor
Wilkinson half DE blade (1)
Zenith 2004
Muhle Sea Buckthorn soap
Finally a warmer day and no freezing temperature tonight!
About this soap-I was gifted a puck and had to google "Sea Buckthorn" and discovered it has vitamin and medicinal properties. The soap (in the small owl cup) is triple milled, slick and holds a lot of water- basically a high quality product.
The Zenith is my smallest boar knot and was the easiest to break in. Per Hannes, @Multum in parvo suggestion, I soaked it about 4 minutes and had excellent results. Lately, my goal has been to get a CCS without irritation. It ended up in the DFS range.
Attention all you piggie fans. I have had a super fun time this month and have a personal hog story to share on our last day this year.
My first "HOME" on B&B was the GRUME community thread. It is really a great bunch of guys and it is still my favorite hangout. If any of you piggie fans are interested, here is a link to GRUME.
28th day of DecemBOAR, 2022
View attachment 1578909
Leaf Twig razor
Wilkinson half DE blade (1)
Zenith 2004
Muhle Sea Buckthorn soap
Finally a warmer day and no freezing temperature tonight!
About this soap-I was gifted a puck and had to google "Sea Buckthorn" and discovered it has vitamin and medicinal properties. The soap (in the small owl cup) is triple milled, slick and holds a lot of water- basically a high quality product.
The Zenith is my smallest boar knot and was the easiest to break in. Per Hannes, @Multum in parvo suggestion, I soaked it about 4 minutes and had excellent results. Lately, my goal has been to get a CCS without irritation. It ended up in the DFS range.
Attention all you piggie fans. I have had a super fun time this month and have a personal hog story to share on our last day this year.
My first "HOME" on B&B was the GRUME community thread. It is really a great bunch of guys and it is still my favorite hangout. If any of you piggie fans are interested, here is a link to GRUME.
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Still in.
I took a deep breath today and placed my name on the GRUYERE list. Thus I changed my avatar...
I have one successful attempt with this annual restraint events and two epic fails. I'll likely will add a third fail, however, I'll give it a try in any case.
The theme of the 2023 GRUYERE is kind of cool... "The year of The Prisoner". Quite a match.
And no doubts, my daily posts will be done in the GRUME threads...
Maybe I can convince anyone to join the list, too?
Here's the obligatory teaser...
This year's GRUYERE storyline will be The Year of The Prisoner. The theme will be based on that classic 1960’s television show The Prisoner. ...
It was a rather different TV show. The concept was a Secret Agent show, but with an entirely different take. Our Hero is, or was, a Secret Agent. In the opening, something has caused him to resign. As he contemplates his newfound freedom, he winds up subjected to sleeping gas and wakes up in a strange place. As a Prisoner. He wasn't allowed to resign, you see. And, the Powers That Be want to know why he resigned. He never does tell us. Secret, indeed, until the end.
...
Our hero has no name, just a Number, which is Six. The boss of The Village is Number Two. Everyone has a Number, no names are used most of the time.
No. 31 will provide you with a link...
www.badgerandblade.com
Enjoy your shaves!
I took a deep breath today and placed my name on the GRUYERE list. Thus I changed my avatar...
I have one successful attempt with this annual restraint events and two epic fails. I'll likely will add a third fail, however, I'll give it a try in any case.
The theme of the 2023 GRUYERE is kind of cool... "The year of The Prisoner". Quite a match.
And no doubts, my daily posts will be done in the GRUME threads...
Maybe I can convince anyone to join the list, too?
Here's the obligatory teaser...
This year's GRUYERE storyline will be The Year of The Prisoner. The theme will be based on that classic 1960’s television show The Prisoner. ...
It was a rather different TV show. The concept was a Secret Agent show, but with an entirely different take. Our Hero is, or was, a Secret Agent. In the opening, something has caused him to resign. As he contemplates his newfound freedom, he winds up subjected to sleeping gas and wakes up in a strange place. As a Prisoner. He wasn't allowed to resign, you see. And, the Powers That Be want to know why he resigned. He never does tell us. Secret, indeed, until the end.
...
Our hero has no name, just a Number, which is Six. The boss of The Village is Number Two. Everyone has a Number, no names are used most of the time.
No. 31 will provide you with a link...
2023 Shave Purchase Sabbatical - The Year of The Prisoner
Introducing the 2023 Gentlemanly Restraint Until Year's End RElief Join the members of the Badger & Blade community for the 14th annual Shave Purchase Sabbatical, held since 2010. Remembering all those who were successful, those who are still toughing it out, those who signed up, and those who...
www.badgerandblade.com
Enjoy your shaves!
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PS: Perhaps someone wants to give it a try, too? Looking in particular at you, John @tjsgarden
Still out!
We are side by each next year!! I am number 30, I just don't have a fancy avatar yet! lolPS: Perhaps someone wants to give it a try, too? Looking in particular at you, John @tjsgarden
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