"I'm in"Greetings Open-Comb Shavers --
We're getting a bit of a late start this year, but when it comes to shaving: better late than never. This has been an annual tradition for many years -- last thread I found was in 2013, but it may go back even further than that -- and I hope everyone with an open comb razor will join in. Here is a link to last year's event (OCtober 2018)...and here is a quick summary of the "rules":
So whether you have 1 or considerably more
- There really are no "rules".....all it takes is an OC razor. Even though this thread is housed in the "DE" area, all OC razors are welcome: DE, SE, even those weird (but highly regarded) Wecks!!!
. If it uses a blade and has an open toothed comb, then it's "in".
- We've been taking a "head count" for years, so if you're going to participate (even for a single shave), just let us know with a "I'm in!!!" -- explanation points are optional.
- You don't have to shave the whole month with an OC (although it is highly encouraged and respected
)....some will show for one shave and others for 31. When you do use your OC, please post your shave. It's doesn't have to have a pic (although we REALLY like pictures), just tell us something about your shave....most folks at least mention the razor, the blade (always looking for good razor-blade combos), the soap (always looking for good soaps/creams), the brush (always....well, you get the picture). Most of us are still learning about different razors, and these events are always great for learning about different razors and how they shave.
- See rule #1.
, come join in the fun. I will be this year's facilitator/statistician. I reached out to @Shutterbug57, and work is keeping him very busy, so I offered to carry the torch this year.
For those veterans, if I've left something out, please chime in. This is only my 2nd OCtober, and I want to do it proud.
Okay, who's in???
Sorry I'm late, I was busy getting my backwards professor's journal up to date and have been on a MWF month when I finally got through using all of my vintage razors. My only vintage OC was an NSC, which I was very fond of. But the NSC was a PIF from a friend, so I gave it another PIF to a happy new wet shaver.......
The NSC, however, did spoil me. Now my daily rotation includes a Piccolo SE, a Schone, a Merkur15C, and a SLOC.
For today's shave I will start with
MWF OCtober
Sunday, October 13
Piccolo Super
Nacet(3)
Omega S
MWF
I wasn't in a hurry today, but my hands were tired from moving engines around and I didn't want to spend half my shave making lather.
The synthetic brush did it's job, I got a nice lather and a pretty nice shave. 1st pass normal WTG, I can still feel the blade under my nose and around my lips. 2nd pass lather was nice, just took it easy mostly XTG. The Whitch hazel felt OK, and the AV made itself pronounced but felt great afterwards.
DFS
Let me say that Mitchell's Wool Fat is a great product, I have used it everyday for 2 weeks. For me I usually change soaps from day to day, and MWF takes me a significantly longer time to build a great lather as the rest of my soaps. Yes, I have found that if I get a bit of a light lather, a few swirls on the puck gets it going just fine.
But I can hit a stick of Arko for 5 seconds and build a great lather on my face in another 20 seconds, and I never have to go back to the stick...
