My wife has told me we'll be going to Ikea sometime in the next two weeks. The best part of that is Atlanta Barber & Beauty Supply is a short drive away and I'm thinking to try and stop in and pick up one or two after shaves. Their prices are super reasonable. They carry a large selection of Clubman Pinaud/Jeris, Coachman, Lustray, Barber by Marmara, Lucky Tiger and Master After Shaves.

I love the three classic after shaves that I already have, but wanted to hear any recommendations you might have. I've seen a number of folks use the Lustray Spice and am considering that. Clubman Citrus Musk is also on my mind, but not sure if there is enough difference between that and the modern Aqua Velva musk that I have. Maybe a bay rum. And, all I know about The Veg is that "the veg picks you, you don't pick the veg." Can someone explain what's up with the veg?

I thought there was a thread around on these but I can not find it.

I used this very nice kinda strange very good shaving razor again. It is easy to load with an injector blade, as long as nothing is bent out of shape. If the bottom holds the blade tight then you are good to go. It is a very easy razor to use and can be picked up for very little ching,

I recently acquired this beautiful 1887 Kampfe Brothers Star from twhite. Tom honed the 3 blades for me before sending it out. He did a fantastic job. I'm glad I was able to add this beauty to my collection. It was my first shave with a wedge blade safety razor. I do believe I have another blade to add to the set. I'll have to search.

                   

In my opinion the Shave of the Day is the bedrock of TOST3 member engagement. My intention with this post is to recognize those that take the time and effort to post their SotDs, particularly images. These SotD posts inspire me to stay current with TOST3 activity and also shave and post daily. Thank you to everyone highlighted below!

Admin Note: This is a first effort of something that I'd be willing to continue doing. I reviewed all posts in the November SotD thread. It was a challenge to decide which images to select! I don't think I missed anyone, but if I did holler at me for an edit. Please let me know if you like a highlight reel thread or not; PM me if appropriate. I'm also open to any suggestions on how to improve/modify. Wchnu gave me the thumbs up to post everyone's images via a third party site. This allows visitors to see everyone's images and hopefully lead to more folks signing up. If in the future you would not like your images to be used in this manner, please let me know and I will adjust accordingly. I'm keeping my commentary below to a minimum to allow the images to shine!

I want to kick off the highlight reel by giving a tip of my cap to Jayaruh for his month of 3D printed razor posts. I appreciate a good theme, thanks Jim! Username alphabetical order used for the remaining highlights. Please remember, as recently pointed out by GAW9576, you can click on the green arrow at the top of each quote to take you back to the original post as I'm choosing to not quote much if any text.

Additional Admin Note: I had to split this post into two, as the system only allows for 10 images and 2 videos, while I had 16 images and 3 videos. When finishing this post, please continue on to Part II!

(11-01-2021, 01:26 AM)Jayaruh Wrote: November is here, and I have designated it as 3D Printed Razor Month. I will be using all of my printed razors this month. I have 14, so most will get used at least twice. Here we go.

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Well, December is almost here. I will be using my 1905 Unmentionable this week. It has been a while since it has gotten some love, so I will be showing it love this week.

Here's the setup.

Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Soap
Jayaruh 414 Silvertip
1905 Unmentionable
Unmentionable blade
Granddad's Blend AS



The Williams Mug Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh 414 Silvertip Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the 1905 Unmentionable Razor with an Unmentionable blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Granddad's Blend AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

I've really come to enjoy the witch hazel part of my post shave quite a bit. I started using Thayers first, as I got one unscented and one lavender for a good price on sale at a local grocery store. I've got the lavender stashed for the future. Later on I picked up the T. N. Dickinson's on sale at the same store. Initially, I wasn't to sure about the scent of the Dickinson's. However, over time, I've come to enjoy the Dickinson's over the Thayers and fully embrace the scent. I'm not sure why, but the Dickinson's feels better on the face...almost thicker. Not sure how to describe the sensation. I enjoy it so much that I've started to go for a second splash after the first dries off. While the Thayers almost feels watered down.

Do I have a problem? 

To everyone that celebrates this one have a great day!! I hope the time with family, for those why find that a good thing, goes well. Happy shaves to all.

OK not sure how many people need this tip but I told Twelvefret I'd post it.

So how I post a picture is. 

I use an app on my phone  aled image size to adjust the size of the picture to about 400KB a little over a little under doesn't seem to matter. I'm not sure what the max size is here but another forum I'm on its 400KB so the images work here and there at that size. You an use whatever program you want to size the images. Some go by pixel width. Sorry I don't know what the numbers are for that. 

Next we are ready to start a post. I greatly prefer to click on NEW REPLY in the little black box we're the red arrow is pointing. If you click were the green arrow is pointing and start typing then remember you want to post a picture you can click Preview post we're the yellow arrow is pointing and it will load a new screen with what you have already typed and allow you to post pictures too. It's kind of a hassle so I've made it a habit to just always try to remember to click on New reply.

   

Next You should be on a screen like this.  Click in the area we're the red oval I drew is we're it say click or drop files here to upload. ( I'm on a cell phone 100% of the time on this site so I  an only click on it.) I ASSUME since it say OR DROP 
You most be able to drag and drop a picture into the box on a PC also. 

   

Another window will open and you can find the photos you want to upload. Once you select them you should see the files pop up below were I had the red oval drawn. They have a big red rectangle around them in the next picture. After the file name to the right there is the option to remove or insert into post. Just click insert into post and if you have multiple images you can just click the next one and let them line up in the text area like were I highlighted in yellow. They will stack one on top of the other in the actual post. And not be side by side. ( at least that's the way they view on my Cell phone)

   

You can now click Post Thread, Preview Post or Save as draft.

I have been not so secretly admiring the 3D printed razors I see here and elsewhere so I set about finding someone to print them for me. Fortunately, a kind gentleman on another forum has agreed to take on the project. It's a bit of a learning experience for him since he hasn't printed any of these before. I think he's doing a great job. I don't have them in hand yet so I have to admire them from afar until he ships them to me. It looks like maybe they need some trimming and sanding but otherwise, they are ready to shave.

On a side note, I've had some exchanges with Roger Quintero, the person who created these designs. He's been using a different one recently that he hasn't released the files for so I keep teasing him that he's got to release them eventually. He teased back that he's thinking of making an AC razor so that might be on the horizon. How cool is it that someone creative can release their work for others to enjoy? I definitely owe that guy a beer or three.

   

I have lived in my current house for about 15 years and have never owned a full-sized grill because for most of that time I wasn't a meat eater and there's really no great place to put one. I started eating meat again after developing a serious illness and needing to greatly increase my protein intake. I've been using the range to either pan fry or the oven to broil meats but it's not the same as grilling. I have a little Coleman camping grill but it's such a hassle to use and the grill is literally an inch from the flame so it is forever flaming up. It's definitely not worth pulling out just to grill a pork chop. Another thing is I have serious lung issues so I have a really hard time with any kind of smoke. All signs point toward no grilling for me.

The other day my wife was at a thrift store and found one of these infrared grills for $35. They are pretty expensive new so I had to try it. Believe it or not, it actually works really well. It heats the grill to somewhere just north of 400 degrees but, because the heat sources aren't under the grill, there's virtually no smoke. The juice drips into a tray that never gets very hot so there are no flare-ups or anything like you'd get on a gas or electric grill. It's definitely not as hot as a gas grill but I prefer slow cooking anyway. It's essentially the adult version of an easy-bake oven only with much more powerful bulbs. It does get hot enough to have a grilling effect though as you can see from the finished steak.

So now I'm on a grilling spree. Anything that can be grilled is going on that baby. Last night I cooked some shrimp and veggie skewers and a couple of filets of fish. Everything turned out fine but I should have gone a bit longer on the veggies. It takes a little longer the higher the food is off the grate itself. I'm just happy I have a way to grill that works for me!