No Shaving Purchases 2021 and other suggestions for the year

Tony'schin said:
Jagger (type) January
Floral February
Made in (USA, England etc) March
All Citrus April
Made in (" ") May
Spiced June
GEM July
Travel Kit August
SE September
OC October
New(est) stuff November
DE December
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It's a few weeks to go, but for a theme for the month of February how would something like 'Veganuary' for a month to use your non tallow based shaving soaps? I tend to use tallow based shaving sticks more than most other soaps and I thought it could be a good time to give my non tallow based shaving soaps a bit of use.
 
Boycie83 said:
I'm going for FEather FEbruary and will be documenting my journey with the AS-D2. If I fail to see that through, I'll be using only Feather blades in my other razors.
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I was also thinking of doing Feather Feb. Not sure yet, I am also toying with Four For February.
Maybe 4 items and stick to them - Oh man, that will be hard
or
4 razors, 4 brushes, 4 soaps and 4 blades for the month - a bit easier once you have your picks done
 
pjgh said:
... but my favourite brush to use with the Wickham's 1912 is a massive piggy! Kinda defeats the object of the month. Hmmm, one to ponder.
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On that note, forget about the Vegan themed month for February! I think Tony's suggestion of 4 for February or Chris's Feather February are better ones! Well, I'm less sure about the latter as I don't own a Feather razor and truly despise Feather blades, but I'd be willing to give one a go for academic purposes.
 
donnie_arko said:
On that note, forget about the Vegan themed month for February! I think Tony's suggestion of 4 for February or Chris's Feather February are better ones! Well, I'm less sure about the latter as I don't own a Feather razor and truly despise Feather blades, but I'd be willing to give one a go for academic purposes.
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I'm in the same boat. Featherless currently, but will pick up some to participate if that's the choice. Alternatively, I now have a big enough arsenal of razors and brushes (after being a member here for a month :oops: ) to do the Fourfer challenge :LOL:
 
pjgh said:
I've got a FEATHER Popular and two packs of blades ...

If it's FEATHER February, it has to be Muhle March. I really don't think I could stick to one of anything for a month, but the "four for February" is do-able for me. Declare kit at the beginning and crack on, eh?
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I'm in agreement, I don't think I could stick to one thing for a whole month and I like the idea of using 4 Items for the month.

I think it should be up to the user to decide which 4 items they would want to use be it razors, soaps, brushes, post shave products be it one category or all.
 
pjgh said:
Well, I blew "no purchase 2021" by around 10:00 this morning ... so, it'll have to be one of the other ones. I did manage to get a sale in before making my first purchase though, so technically still up on the deal.

One thing I quite like to do is honour patent dates. Here's a few:

26/12/1911 Durham Duplex 1012728 Patent (Stropping Attachment)
10/12/1929 GEM Micromatic 1739280 Patent (1912 Patent Expiration)
01/12/1925 Christy Safety Razor w/Massage Bar 1563724 Patent (Massage Bar)
21/11/1902 Wilkinson Sword Patent Roller Shaver (British Patent 11526)
16/11/1925 Rolls Razor 242718 Patent (Handle)
15/11/1904 Gillette Original Patent (expired 1921)
13/11/1924 Rolls Razor 224578 Patent (Blade)
07/11/1911 Durham Duplex 1007898 Patent (2nd Patent)
06/11/1925 Wilkinson Sword 235024 Patent (Adjustable Guard)
05/11/1901 GEM 686143 Patent (GEM Junior Bar)
27/10/1936 Schick 2058633 Patent (Injector FH)
06/10/1931 Gillette Goodwill 1826600 Patent
06/10/1925 Gillette Tech 1555961 Patent (â„¢ 05/08/1938)
05/10/1920 Gillette Big Fellow (â„¢ 05/11/1919)
23/09/1908 Wilkinson Sword Self-Adjusting Safety Shaver (British Patent 20006)
06/09/1928 Wardonia 296597 British Patent (also German 483501 & French 651570)
31/08/1965 Schick 3203093 Patent (Adjustable M)
28/08/1900 GEM 657010 Patent (Lather Catcher Clips)
26/08/1958 Gillette Super/Adjustable 2848807 Patent
19/08/1930 GEM 1773614 Patent (Micromatic)
16/08/1927 AutoStrop Valet 1639335 Patent (Blade Holder VC2)
14/08/1934 Schick 1969945 Patent (Injector DEG)
27/07/1909 Weck Sextoblade 929058 Patent (â„¢27/07/1908 & 26/04/1930)
23/07/1935 Gillette Aristocrat 2009272 Patent
22/07/1924 Christy Safety Razor w/Massage Bar 1502615 Patent (Razor)
06/07/1909 Burham Safety Razor 927349 Patent
15/06/1880 Kampfe Bros
07/06/1966 Gillette Techmatic 3254971 Patent
28/05/1907 Durham Duplex 854839 Patent
12/05/1958 Schick 2911713 Patent (Injector IJKLNO)
05/05/1925 Ever Ready Wall Cabinet 67209 Design Patent
01/05/1909 Leslie 908470 Patent (Standard Model)
29/04/1924 AutoStrop 1492246 Patent (Safety Razor VC Series)
17/04/1951 Olaf Rasmussen 2549130 Patent (Surgical Prep Razor)
13/09/1915? Ever Ready New "1909" 531199 British Patent
09/04/1912 AutoStrop Valet "Model C" Special
05/04/1910 Durham Domino 953898 Patent
01/04/1924 Ever Ready 1924
24/03/1914 Ever Ready 1914
06/03/1951 Gillette Super Speed
27/02/1912 GEM 1018783 Patent ("1912")
17/02/1914 AutoStrop 7 O'Clock 1087544 Patent
15/02/1916 AutoStrop Valet 1171604 (Safety Razor A/B Series)
26/01/1937 AutoStrop Valet 206817 (Runner Guard VC4)
22/01/1918 PENN 1254037 Patent
13/01/1920 Gillette New Standard 1328024 Patent
12/01/1932 Gillette 'New' 1841223 Patent [â„¢ 29/06/1921]
02/01/1894 Rapide 512125 Patent

Heads up for tomorrow @Tony'schin and your Henckels Rapide ;) ... one for the vintage thread.
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razors.page - Patent calendar

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I think I'm going to make February a bit of a hybrid ...

Taking @Tony'schin 's concept of Four for February I'm going to stick to the Muhle Rocca, the RazoRock German Slant, the Yaqi Katana and the Gillette Tech but I'm then going to stick to one soap (brand) and reflect on @donnie_arko 's vegan soap month with Wickham's 1912 ... but I'll be using my new Semogue SOC Butterscotch for the month to really break it in good and proper (something I've never done) and really want to run through a collection of Treet blades that I have amassed, completing my appreciation of the one brand.

So, it's a 4111, sorta.
 
Satanfriendly said:
WIMHSWT thread. 'What I Might Have Shaved With Today' where we can all just make it up
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I'd sign up to this: posting daily pictures with my different trendy software and shiny hardware (meanwhile shaving with Tabac, a boar brush and just one razor).


Boycie83 said:
I'm going for FEather FEbruary and will be documenting my journey with the AS-D2. If I fail to see that through, I'll be using only Feather blades in my other razors.
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Good idea. I have Feather AC blades for my Hawk and also a Feather AC DX razor. I'd make a month with this hardware no worries.


pjgh said:
If it's FEATHER February, it has to be Muhle March.
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Hmmm.... A whole month with just R41? I'd be in!
 
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