June 2021 Gentlemanly Restraint Until Month End (GRUME)

[cryhavoc]

Still in

Schick Injector Type I2 -Hydro-Magic
Schick Injector (20)
Mike's Hungarian Lavender
Yaqi Purple Haze Mew Brown synthetic
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

I great BBS shave this AM, finished it off with a healthy dose of AV Ice Blue on a damp and humid morning.

I can't believe this blade is still shaving this well at 20 shaves, of course tomorrow it may give up it's ghost.

 

[linty1]

Still in.

No shave today, my last shave is still feeling good and no temptations. I finally did toss the nacet blade though and figuring out what I'll use next (this is 100% a 1st world problem).

And on a positive note, I passed the days I lasted in the Grume from last month

 

[Doti B]

Still in
This morning shave
Pre-Shave: Warm face wash
Razor: Rockwell 6C (3)
Blade: Personna Platinum Chrome (first use)
Brush: Omega S-Brush
Soap: Monsavon Bol a Raser
Post shave: Alum Block
Davidoff Cool Water A/S splash
Nivea Protect & Care ASB

Mighty fine BBS with very minimal touch ups using the Personna. Happened to find them in an old blade sample pack. Thought give them a try....why not. Had read contrasting reviews of this blade but on first use was rewarded with a very smooth shave. Dropped the Rockwell plate down to 3 just to be on the safe side but was very impressed.
Even drew comments from the Mrs.
May have to think about adding some of these to the rotation.
Also Monsavon is proving to be a regular now for the moment. Can’t fault it for €1.99.

Now to get ready for the next match of the delayed Euro 2020

 

[hopper_64]

Still in.
No shave today.

 

[Schnitzel52]

Still in
Gillette New SC
Personna Platinum (7)
Colonel X2L
3017d the Proraso Red

 

[La Malice]

Still in

Prep : warm shower / Bulldog original face wash
Pre shave : Proraso green
Brush : Proraso boar by Omega
Cream : Nivea blue tube
Razor : Merkur 34 C
Blade : Voshkod (5)
Post : alum block and then Nivea sensitive after shave balm cooling effect

Temps are rising, still some skin irritation on the throat so a quick two pass shave to make it easier on me. Nice cooling effect with the preshave, 6th and final shave on that blade, she probably has more into her but I’ll change razor on Monday and will pop up a new blade for fair comparaison.

 

[Doti B]

Still in
Gillette New SC
Personna Platinum (7)
Colonel X2L
3017d the Proraso Red

Are these the Personna Platinum Chrome blades that you are using ?

 

[12stones]

Still in. No shave again today. Prolly won’t shave til Monday.

 

[RumpleBearskin]

Still in.

George Wostenholm & Sons
XPEC Original
Maggard's Black and White
Pinaud Clubman

 

[Herrenberg]

I have fallen! I am now 1 for 3. The agony of defeat is with me.

I was so fully confident that I would make it through June, barring some sort of ridiculously improbable event that would upend my shave world, like:

• My roof collapses, burying all of my shave gear
• Mrs Herrenberg uses up all my shave soap washing the dog
• Iwasaki starts making razors out of tamahagane again

Yeah, about that...

 

[SharpieB]

Still in.

Haven’t shaved for a few days and will hit my 4 days of growth tomorrow.

 

[Roedeer]

Day 12, 40% complete.

Preshave: Hot washcloth
Soap: MWF
Brush: Men-U boar
Razor: GC.68 SB + shim, Astra SP #3
Post-shave: Nivea 2-Phase Lotion.

Used the titanium Windrose handle, which looks fantastic, but isn't quite as agile as their aluminium one. Another good result, apart from having an insect bite to avoid.

 

[Tomo]

Still out

Outside the relative safety of the GRUME it didn’t take long for me to compound my defeat with an actual hard dollar purchase. I convinced myself that a Saponificio Varesino after shave to match my nearly full puck of Cubebe would help me see out the rest of the year without any further soap purchases. I made sense to me. Now it’s time to draw a line in the sand.

 

[Timeclo]

Still in.

Have been shaving with my Stirling Hyper Aggressive plate w/ Gillette Nacet for couple days. It's a bit rougher than I'd like so I need to control this beast more. This one needs extra light touch and I've been going at it a bit too nonchalant, resulting in some irritations.

 

[sandorfi]

Still in, today a morning shave.

Muhle Rytmo R89 (shimmed)
Gillette Astor (5)
Muhle rytmo badger
TFS amber fougere

Almost BBS but blade has had it's best time, skin is slightly irritated.
Wishing you all a fine sunday (and it's fathers day here in Belgium )

 

[Schnitzel52]

Still in
Gillette New SC
Personna Platinum (1)
PDP 63

 

[linty1]

Still in. Early baseball game today, will be nice.

 

[hopper_64]

Still in.

Gillette Rocket
Gillette 7 O'Clock Sharp Edge
Yaqi Moka Express 2-Band Badger
TOBS Grapefruit
Stirling Orange Chill

 

[RumpleBearskin]

Still in.

Sailing today. The Wosty, Tabac, and Old Spice Classic for the win. (C'mon! There's a ship on the bottle. You have to use OS for a sailing day.)

 

[SharpieB]

Still in.

Nice shave this morning... Weishi TTO razor with a Bic blade (4), Henri et Victoria Lime soap, Simpson Trafalgar 2 brush and Frye & Co sandalwood balm.

Turns out that my $20 Trafalgar 2 synthetic brush absolutely destroys my $60 Classic synth. I dislike my Classic so much that I brought my T2 to leave at the cottage and the Classic will go back into storage until I sell it or PIF.