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Sotd - Monday the 30th of March - I know - this is true - I have just checked my phone.
Prep - facial scrub
razor - ATT Calypso - M
blade - Gillette 7 o'clock - yellow (2)
brush - Semogue - 2012 LE - badger and boar
soap - OSP - Bay Rum - tallow
post - witch hazel
a/s - Mundus Bay Rum - witch hazel based
balm - none needed
scent - A&E - St Barts.
Result - superb. I could write a thousand words on how good this shave was - I have a lot of time on my hands - but I will not test your patience.
the razor - only my second use of the Calypso - this is a keeper - mild? - certainly - but that does not mean that it isn't incredibly good at taking my beard off - five days in this case - abundantly safe in use - I could let my mind drift and rely on muscle memory alone - without concern - I think the only way you could hurt yourself with the ATT - would be to poke the handle in your eye.
the soap - first use of the OSP Bay Rum won recently on a PIF - as ever the superb OSP tallow soap base - a lovely take on a bay rum scent - rich, strong, complex and not too heavy on the cloves - ideal. Face feel - during and after - pretty much faultless. Slickness - in my opinion - among the best.
the brush - my first mixed knot - third use - I suspected that the combination of soft tips and all the backbone you need to face lather - which is the only way I shave - would really be ideal for a hard soap - lightly bloomed - brush soaked in an espresso coffee glass while I showered - and I think I was right - the brush takes up the soap with alacrity - almost took the embossed OSP logo off it at the first go! See above. The soap sits nice and high up in the knot - accidentally loaded enough for four passes - I'll know better the next time. Incidentally - if you have not tried it - I find real benefit - particularly with a soap this good - to squeeze out the remaining excess lather from the brush - and apply it to my face - for a few minutes - as I do the initial tidy up - then rinse it off - warm then cold water. See what you think?
So - job done - I can't explain how much I enjoyed that - a truly good shave is better than the sum of its parts - it lifted my mood - in these harsh times - small things matter all the more - look after you and yours - enjoy your shaving ritual - yours - I.
Oh - today's shave enabled by
@Blademonkey and
@RussellR5555 - thank you both.
Arguments that Time Is Not Real
'We can see a clock, but we cannot see time, so how do we know whether time is real—that it exists? Someone might think that time is real because it is what clocks are designed to measure, and because there certainly are clocks. The trouble with this reasoning is that it is analogous to saying that unicorns are real because unicorn hunters intend to find unicorns, and because there certainly are unicorn hunters.
The logical positivist Rudolf Carnap said, “The external questions of the reality of physical space and physical time are pseudo-questions.†He meant these two questions are meaningless because there is no way to empirically verify their answers one way or the other. Subsequent philosophers have generally disagreed with Carnap and have taken these metaphysical questions seriously.
Some philosophers and physicists claim there are other reasons to believe time itself is not real. These reasons are that time is unreal because (i) it is emergent, or (ii) it is subjective, or (iii) it is merely conventional, or (iv) it is defined by an inconsistent concept, or (v) its scientific image deviates too much from its commonsense image. If time is not real, it may follow that there are no real events, no real change.'
I had not shaved since Thursday, whih was deliberate as I wanted to see how the Blackbird would plough through 2 -3 days of stubble; loaded with a Personna Platinum; - this was the first time I have used that blade and figured that Shane (Blackland) must have decided that that Blade was a decent march for his razor.
