March 2024 Gentlemanly Restraint Until Month End (GRUME)

[ChriWilson]

Shave #29
- Still In -

• Declaration Grooming's Sunrise on La Salle* - SOTM, FFFMM, GRUYERE
• Semogue's Spanish Shaver's Limited Mistura #15/50*
• RR GC.84P*
• Lord Super Chrome - #5*
• Speick Splash

And that’s a wrap for March
Hoppy Easter All !!

* - Denotes FFFMM elements

 

[Jayson74]

3-28 Thursday 9am 3-31 Sunday2pm
Shave 47&48/366.
FFFMM: 14&15
2 pass DFS

Razor: Overlander alu
Blade: Perma-sharp (1&2)
Soap: Sheep
Brush: APshave/Semogue Mistura
Post: Mudder Focker

Lazy week. Only 2 shaves, but my Fixed Four cleaned up with only 2 passes both shaves!

Impressed
Jay

 

[Guido75]

31.03.2024

• Guido75
• Mar 31, 2024

Gillette Aristocrats OC • Shark Chrome (7) • Omega 10108 • Mike’s Natural Barbershop

Date	31.03.2024
366 daily shaves	091/366

Razor	Blade	Brush
Gillette UK Aristocrat OC	Shark Chrome (7)	Omega 10108
Preshave	Soap	Postshave
Cold splash KCG Face Wash	Mike’s Natural Soaps Barbershop (72+73)	Cold splash Proraso Green Balm

Passes	WTG XTG ATG and touch up
Process Quality (details here)	Blade Sharpness
9/10 (Minor redness)	5/10 (Sharp)
Effectiveness	Shave Comfort
8.75/10 (DFS+++)	9/10 (Butterysmooth)

Notes:

Summary. A superb Easter Sunday shave! The pairing of this blade and this razor is phenomenal and makes the OC turn up a notch in performance. Happy Easter everyone!

For extended shave notes click here.

Enjoy your Easter Sunday! And congrats to all who made it!!

 

[La Malice]

Today's shave, 3 days of growth

Razor : Merkur 34 HD C
Blade : GSB (4)
Pre Shave : NA
Soap (SOTM) : Gillette Pure
Brush : Semogue 1305
Aftershave: Osma Alum block, Nivea calm moisturizer

 

[Bsamps]

Last one for the month. A great one at that.

Razor: Karve CB
Blade: BIC Chrome Platimum (3)
Brush: Simpsons Commodore X3
Bowl: Captains Choice Copper Bowl
Preshave: GLYCE
Soap: Tabac Original
Aftershave: Tabac

Make it a great day!

 

[JKaboom]

#14 in 2024 GRUYERE shave sebaticle

#22 GRUME March 2024 FINISHED THE MONTH STRONG!!

FFFMM



Date: 03.31.24

Days growth: 7

Head and face shave

Razor: Gillette Slim

Blade: Gillette Silver Blue

Brush: Simpson 57 in best badger



Pre-shave: Hot shower using Johnson and Johnson on face and head with facial scrubber

Lather: Proraso Red soap

Passes: 2 WTG on setting 7 and ATG on setting 5



Post Shave Routine and products:

1 - Hot rinse with microfiber towel X2

2 - Cold rinse

3 - Alum block

4 - Cold rinse with microfiber towel X1

5 - Aftershave: Leu d Temp? by Issai Miake

6 - Balm: LEA 3in1



Notes: This was a great CCS for Easter. The last of fixed four for March madness. I learned some lessons about technique and consistency instead of switching things up all the time. I’m going to have to ponder that for a while but I’m going back to switching things up again for now.



Quality: 9

Comfort: 10

Enjoyment:10

Overall: 9.6

 

[Roedeer]

Day 31, 100% complete ✓

Preshave: Hot washcloth
Soap: Palmolive Stick, made into a puck
Brush: Yaqi 24mm synthetic cashmere
Razor: Rockwell 6S R5, Ti Handle, Boots #3
Bowl: Turkish copper
Post-shave: Nivea Balm

Sunday is Palmolive day, and I got the usual fine bowl-lather out of it. I'm glad I had "backup disorder" several years ago, and still have nine sticks left! A comfortable near-BBS.

Another month completed successfully.

I hope to see some of you over on the April GRUME.

 

[LJBraaten]

In to the end! After sharpening the Feather I got two excellent shaves, 9.9 yesterday and a 9.85 today!

John (@tjsgarden) how has the bowl lathering been going? Tempted to stick with it?

 

[Doti B]

No shave today but another GRUME bites ye dust. Onto April GRUME we go

 

[MondoJ]

HSOTD 3.31.24

Shield ACSE
Noble Otter brush
Razorock One X

 

[tjsgarden]

March GRUMEing is in the books.
Congrats to ALL participants and a special shout-out to our GRUME-Master Brandon, @FoolishMortal.
Onward to April.

In to the end! After sharpening the Feather I got two excellent shaves, 9.9 yesterday and a 9.85 today!

John (@tjsgarden) how has the bowl lathering been going? Tempted to stick with it?

LJB
It was enjoyable and interesting using a bowl. In my experience, I had to squeeze the lather out of the core of the brush back into the bowl and then use mostly paint brush strokes. Once upon a time I was a confirmed bowl user but for most of the past year I switched to lathering on my face.
For this week I am back to face lathering and currently that is my preferred method.

 

[FoolishMortal]

Brandon that's a great story! Thank you for sharing!

Here is a photo of what we're planning on opening in a few years.

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That's one of the three Balvenie bottles that I have "in stock" at the moment. I'm quite sure that you'll really enjoy it.

 

[FoolishMortal]

Done - made it through another one. To be honest, I'm happy to see the back of March. It's been quite a challenging month.

Onward!

 

[cajunrph]

Made it till the end. Two’fer

3/30/24

March GRUME 2024 28/31
Military Issue Tech• Shark (3)• MdC Rose• Zenith 507-BC​

3/31/2024

March GRUME 2024 29/31
1967 Slim Adjustable• Shark(4)• Yaqi Cavern Lake 24mm• Details for both here.​

 

[FL shaver]

3/3 in ‘24 and no purchase since Porto Feb ‘23!

 

[MondoJ]

HSOTD 4.1.24
YAQI Excalibu/Maggards Handle
Kai guard blade
ApShaveCo Dark Abalone
Speick Shave Cream

SOTD 4.2.24
Rockwell 6C
ApShaveCo Dark Abolone
Proraso

 

[MondoJ]

HSOTD 4.3.24

Parker Variant
Merkur platinum blade
Boti Dwarf Ebony brush
Gentlemen’s Club Sea Salt & Grapefruit soap

 

[MondoJ]

HSOTD 4.3.24

YAQI Katana
PAA Doppler
The Goodfellas Smile Shibusa 2

 

[MondoJ]

SOTD 4.4.24

YAQI Ultima Slant & Everhopeful. platinum blade lol-left over lather Shibusa 2

 

[MondoJ]

SOTD 4.18.24

Mühle Rocca
Razolution blade
Vulfix The Grosvenor G7 knot
Speick shave cream