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Sotd - Tuesday the 12th of May -
Picture the scene - sitting in the kitchen last week - knock at the door - answer - to see the back of the postman receding down the stairs - 'parcel for you mate' - gestures to padded envelope on the door step. First rising waves of terror - Oh God - what manner of drunken internet shopping is this? No memory - but that is often the case - I've been really good - I haven't bought anything for ages. Calm down - relax - it has a hand written label - not the hoof prints of the normal commercial transaction. Bring it in - look at it some more - no idea - I was expecting a couple of packs of blades - but you don't need a parcel that size for blades. Only one way to find out - open it - inside is an Executive Shaving box - the sort they sell brushes in - a strange and beautiful perfume fills the room, I swear I can hear the flittering of tiny wings - a strange glow emanates from under the lid. Open it - the first bars of Carmina Burana thunder forth - the room is filled with divine light - like when they took the lid off the Ark of the Covenant in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' - minus the melting Nazis - of course - I have few hard and fast rules in life - but not sharing my domestic space with National Socialists is one of them. My eyes adjust to the light and I see this -
Most will know - that is a Gillette Slim - 1963 model in this case - in exquisite condition - not a mark on it - looks like it has been reconditioned and or replated recently. I find the beautifully written letter in the parcel - explaining that my correspondent thought this might cheers me up - in these dark days - it did - and also he wasn't getting the best use of it as he just kept sitting staring at it instead of shaving with it. This I can understand - I have done the same for the last four or five days before getting it wet today. The shave -
prep - facial scrub
razor - Gillette Slim (3)
blade - Tiger (1)
brush - Semogue 2015 HD silver tip
soap - PAA - Cad
post - witch hazel
a/s - Epsilon Blue
balm - Alvarez Gomez Barberia.
Result - couldn't have been much better. I have been on the receiving end of much humbling generosity from fellow members - too many to list - you know who you are - but in this case I have to thank @Satanfriendly - as I said to you C. - I am seldom lost for words - but I remain speechless as to how to thank you adequately - other than to say - thank you again - a truly wonderful thing to have done. Oh - any idea how to get rid of the choir angelic from my kitchen? The wee bastards got set in about my whisky last night.
Picture the scene - sitting in the kitchen last week - knock at the door - answer - to see the back of the postman receding down the stairs - 'parcel for you mate' - gestures to padded envelope on the door step. First rising waves of terror - Oh God - what manner of drunken internet shopping is this? No memory - but that is often the case - I've been really good - I haven't bought anything for ages. Calm down - relax - it has a hand written label - not the hoof prints of the normal commercial transaction. Bring it in - look at it some more - no idea - I was expecting a couple of packs of blades - but you don't need a parcel that size for blades. Only one way to find out - open it - inside is an Executive Shaving box - the sort they sell brushes in - a strange and beautiful perfume fills the room, I swear I can hear the flittering of tiny wings - a strange glow emanates from under the lid. Open it - the first bars of Carmina Burana thunder forth - the room is filled with divine light - like when they took the lid off the Ark of the Covenant in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' - minus the melting Nazis - of course - I have few hard and fast rules in life - but not sharing my domestic space with National Socialists is one of them. My eyes adjust to the light and I see this -
Most will know - that is a Gillette Slim - 1963 model in this case - in exquisite condition - not a mark on it - looks like it has been reconditioned and or replated recently. I find the beautifully written letter in the parcel - explaining that my correspondent thought this might cheers me up - in these dark days - it did - and also he wasn't getting the best use of it as he just kept sitting staring at it instead of shaving with it. This I can understand - I have done the same for the last four or five days before getting it wet today. The shave -
prep - facial scrub
razor - Gillette Slim (3)
blade - Tiger (1)
brush - Semogue 2015 HD silver tip
soap - PAA - Cad
post - witch hazel
a/s - Epsilon Blue
balm - Alvarez Gomez Barberia.
Result - couldn't have been much better. I have been on the receiving end of much humbling generosity from fellow members - too many to list - you know who you are - but in this case I have to thank @Satanfriendly - as I said to you C. - I am seldom lost for words - but I remain speechless as to how to thank you adequately - other than to say - thank you again - a truly wonderful thing to have done. Oh - any idea how to get rid of the choir angelic from my kitchen? The wee bastards got set in about my whisky last night.
