Greetings, Iain.Sotd - yesterday - Saturday 14/07/18
Razor - Gem MicroMatic Open Comb brass
blade - ER Corrux (1)
brush - Yaqi High Mountain White 24mm
soap - Vreto Cigars & Cognac
post - witch hazel
a/s - Williams Aqua Velva
balm - Floid
scent - Creed Bois de Portugal parfum.
Result - just lovely.
There has been a lot of ER/Gem love about here in the last week or so - it seemed churlish not to join in - I hadn't picked up this razor for a while - no idea why. It is faultless - gorgeous to look at - heavy in the hand - perfectly balanced and beautifully engineered. When you have mounted the blade and you screw the lid down - it closes over and at the last gasp the top plate retracts a couple of millimeters to optimum position. Sweet. I have found - with this type of razor - the ones I own or have used - a progression of assertiveness - I prefer to not use the description aggressive - it just puts people off for no readily apparent reason - starting off with the American 1912 - thence to the British version - next the MM Open comb - finally the Streamline - the last station before the terminus at Cobra Junction - where you change trains. The brass MMOC gives me an incredibly close shave - over 24 hours later I am still visually clean shaven. I do - always pay attention when using it - this is no Schick O Type - that you can gaily toss around your face without thinking. @Palmolive fox - you should put the MMOC on your shopping list. The Yaqi High Mountain White just gets better and better - face lathering with a cloud on a stick - have me lowered nose first into a wall of the softest badger I have yet experienced. Nice big chunky handle - there is nothing I could fault this brush on - not lost a single hair in use. Astonishingly good value for money. So job done - enjoy yours one and all - yours - I.
Oh - careful what you wish for. I remember bitching about the heat quite a lot recently - tonight the weather broke in Glasgow - it was pissing down. Warm rain granted - but still hootering down none the less. I was on my way to meet my other half for cocktails and walked through the park - the smell was incredible - parched soil and vegetation getting wet for the first time in weeks - it was intoxicating - I don't know how to desribe it adequately - earthy - fecund - organic - the smell of soil underneath your finger nails when you were a kid? Do you get shaving soap that is similarly scented? The only thing I could think of was Barrister and Mann - Roam. Not that I have used it - just going on the description of it. Either way - I will enjoy the change in the weather - shortly I will be in Malaga - where it was 40 in the shade today. Fear not - I know how to deal with this sort of situation - keep your fluid levels up with ice cold beer.
Thanks for the tag. I shall consider adding a MMOC to my SE razor collection in the near future,at the moment though, i'm getting sheer enjoyment out of my ER 1912 (USA),1914 (Brass) and soon to be added a 1912(British) bought for me yesterday by a mate ,at my local car boot sale for £4.00.Sotd - yesterday - Saturday 14/07/18
Razor - Gem MicroMatic Open Comb brass
blade - ER Corrux (1)
brush - Yaqi High Mountain White 24mm
soap - Vreto Cigars & Cognac
post - witch hazel
a/s - Williams Aqua Velva
balm - Floid
scent - Creed Bois de Portugal parfum.
Result - just lovely.
There has been a lot of ER/Gem love about here in the last week or so - it seemed churlish not to join in - I hadn't picked up this razor for a while - no idea why. It is faultless - gorgeous to look at - heavy in the hand - perfectly balanced and beautifully engineered. When you have mounted the blade and you screw the lid down - it closes over and at the last gasp the top plate retracts a couple of millimeters to optimum position. Sweet. I have found - with this type of razor - the ones I own or have used - a progression of assertiveness - I prefer to not use the description aggressive - it just puts people off for no readily apparent reason - starting off with the American 1912 - thence to the British version - next the MM Open comb - finally the Streamline - the last station before the terminus at Cobra Junction - where you change trains. The brass MMOC gives me an incredibly close shave - over 24 hours later I am still visually clean shaven. I do - always pay attention when using it - this is no Schick O Type - that you can gaily toss around your face without thinking. @Palmolive fox - you should put the MMOC on your shopping list. The Yaqi High Mountain White just gets better and better - face lathering with a cloud on a stick - have me lowered nose first into a wall of the softest badger I have yet experienced. Nice big chunky handle - there is nothing I could fault this brush on - not lost a single hair in use. Astonishingly good value for money. So job done - enjoy yours one and all - yours - I.
Oh - careful what you wish for. I remember bitching about the heat quite a lot recently - tonight the weather broke in Glasgow - it was pissing down. Warm rain granted - but still hootering down none the less. I was on my way to meet my other half for cocktails and walked through the park - the smell was incredible - parched soil and vegetation getting wet for the first time in weeks - it was intoxicating - I don't know how to desribe it adequately - earthy - fecund - organic - the smell of soil underneath your finger nails when you were a kid? Do you get shaving soap that is similarly scented? The only thing I could think of was Barrister and Mann - Roam. Not that I have used it - just going on the description of it. Either way - I will enjoy the change in the weather - shortly I will be in Malaga - where it was 40 in the shade today. Fear not - I know how to deal with this sort of situation - keep your fluid levels up with ice cold beer.
I love that earthy smell after the rain on soil or grassland, it's very hard for me to discribe it but it's wonderful. Enjoy your trip to Malaga.Sotd - yesterday - Saturday 14/07/18
Razor - Gem MicroMatic Open Comb brass
blade - ER Corrux (1)
brush - Yaqi High Mountain White 24mm
soap - Vreto Cigars & Cognac
post - witch hazel
a/s - Williams Aqua Velva
balm - Floid
scent - Creed Bois de Portugal parfum.
Result - just lovely.
There has been a lot of ER/Gem love about here in the last week or so - it seemed churlish not to join in - I hadn't picked up this razor for a while - no idea why. It is faultless - gorgeous to look at - heavy in the hand - perfectly balanced and beautifully engineered. When you have mounted the blade and you screw the lid down - it closes over and at the last gasp the top plate retracts a couple of millimeters to optimum position. Sweet. I have found - with this type of razor - the ones I own or have used - a progression of assertiveness - I prefer to not use the description aggressive - it just puts people off for no readily apparent reason - starting off with the American 1912 - thence to the British version - next the MM Open comb - finally the Streamline - the last station before the terminus at Cobra Junction - where you change trains. The brass MMOC gives me an incredibly close shave - over 24 hours later I am still visually clean shaven. I do - always pay attention when using it - this is no Schick O Type - that you can gaily toss around your face without thinking. @Palmolive fox - you should put the MMOC on your shopping list. The Yaqi High Mountain White just gets better and better - face lathering with a cloud on a stick - have me lowered nose first into a wall of the softest badger I have yet experienced. Nice big chunky handle - there is nothing I could fault this brush on - not lost a single hair in use. Astonishingly good value for money. So job done - enjoy yours one and all - yours - I.
Oh - careful what you wish for. I remember bitching about the heat quite a lot recently - tonight the weather broke in Glasgow - it was pissing down. Warm rain granted - but still hootering down none the less. I was on my way to meet my other half for cocktails and walked through the park - the smell was incredible - parched soil and vegetation getting wet for the first time in weeks - it was intoxicating - I don't know how to desribe it adequately - earthy - fecund - organic - the smell of soil underneath your finger nails when you were a kid? Do you get shaving soap that is similarly scented? The only thing I could think of was Barrister and Mann - Roam. Not that I have used it - just going on the description of it. Either way - I will enjoy the change in the weather - shortly I will be in Malaga - where it was 40 in the shade today. Fear not - I know how to deal with this sort of situation - keep your fluid levels up with ice cold beer.
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