For this day the theme of my shave was 'A monochromatic shave'
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With my limited resources for editing photos the best I could dream up was a weak lily livered black and white offering. Please note once again liver being mentioned in my SOTD which is purely coincidental and not due to an obsessive nature.
Monochrome razor - Colonial General
B&W blade - Kai Captain
Paint it black - Razorock 24mm Plissoft
A pale of a whiter shade - PB Trafalgar
Ilford HP5 - Agua De Colonia Barberia EDC
Prior to the invention of colour life must have been quite drab; living in a black and white world as reflected in the early films and photographs. It must have been easy for the decorating business though.
It is also of note that it took until 1927 to invent sound. Before this people lived their lives with dramatic music provided by an orchestra in the background. One can only presume the lower classes struggled in a world of silence being unable to afford the musical accomplishment.
What has all this got to do with shaving? Nothing.
So today's shave was very much like my previous SOTD except for a change of razor and a splash of fragrance.
I seem to have got life down to the few razors which fill my requirements for something to hold sharp wafer thin pieces of steel and remove facial fluff. On this particular occasion my chosen 'something' was the Colonial General.
Where the Ikon wins in the close and accurate stakes the General is a more all round tool. It ticks more boxes and It does so with a speed and efficiency the Ikon can't match.
It is a real shame Colonial appear to have taken a break from producing this mighty fine SE. I do so hope they make a return.
Trafalgar needs water. Lesson learnt from my last outing and a first class show this time around. Well done you PB chaps. And the same to you Razorock people.
Agua Colonia? You deserve to try this EDC whenever you can. What I imagine to be an old school barber shop scent which harks back to the days when we lived in a silent monochromatic world.
An awful lot of piffle and waffle just to arrive at saying, 'one frigging brilliant shave today'.
Clean, smooth and fresh.
An old B&W film clip from those wonderful days past when even ladies enjoyed a good shave and a cigarette at the same time.
May you day be full of colour, sound and enjoyable shaves