And for the start of this new shaving week my chosen theme was 'My familiar and other animals'
Roger the dog - Ikon B SB
Dr. Theodore Stephanides - Polsilver Lodz
Spiro Hakiaopulos - Razorock 24mm Plissoft
Widdle and Puke - Gentlemen's Tonic
Old Plop - Nivea for men moisturiser
Gerald Durrell's 'My family and other animals' was one of the books which I had to study for my O'level English literature. Unfortunately I was never much of a reader outside of 'Whizzer and Chips' and a few other similar select publications of the era. I finally failed my exam after managing to answer all 8 questions on the paper, despite it stating 'answer 5 out of the 8'. Which further went to prove my reading takes some consideration and secondly why I had problems writing exam essays on books I'd never read. Not much has changed and who is this Shakespeare chap anyway?
Anyhow more to shaving matters. Today's shave was more about familiarity after a long night at work. I really couldn't be bothered with too much complication and yearned for that 'feel good' shave factor. The Ikon does exactly that for me.
Quite the polar opposite in use to the One blade (as
@GordyC recently found out) and yet every bit the equal on delivery. The difference being one is mundane and the other is fun and rewarding. The OB manages to deliver a wonderful shave with little or no chance of blood being drawn whereas the Ikon would be perfectly at home taking chunks of skin from ones face and sending you to A&E. Treat with respect though and the finest close shave razor I have found to date. Bleeding just happens to be a prerequisite.
Familiar to me? Yes. Used with respect? As always
The blade to be honest is the only DE blade I use outside of the occasional Feather or Kai, so again familiarity rules.
Always a great fall back cream, Gentlemen's Tonic produces one brilliant lather and again ticks my familiar box.
In consideration I don't use any other brush the Razorock is about as familiar as it gets. And the great thing is the black version works exactly the same as the natural aluminium finished brush. As in it works efficiently and works wonderfully.
End result was that familiar superb shave with that familiar dolphin's bottom smooth feeling. I am being a bit presumptuous here and assuming dolphins have smooth bottoms as apparently baby's do. Judging by my granddaughter diapers I don't really wish to find out.
I wish you all a most wonderful week ahead and the most smoothen shaven faces on the planet. Enjoy one and all