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We have a fast learner here!
We have a fast learner here!Yea this must be how it works.
Buy loads of DE razors
Discover SE razors.
Get rid of most of the DE razors
Regret getting rid, buy more DE to replace
Go back to SE
ETC ETC
Pre Dawn Service Shave:
Prep: Valobra Glycerlanolina soap, Myrsol Emulsion
Brush: Tony Forsyth P&C LE 2017 Platypus
Soap: Valobra Cologne
Razor: Parker Variant
Blade: NOS Polsilver (1)
Post: Myrsol Emulsion
Scent: Acqua Di Parma Colonia
Pre-Dawn Service ANZAC Day shave. Dedicated to my Father - a Grenadier Guard and a great man. He proudly marched on ANZAC day parades for many decades.
On ANZAC Day and Father's Day, I polish his Grenadier cap band. He told me many times that a Guardsman must polish his cap band and other metal fittings twice a day - being found by a superior with anything less than flawless gleaming metal resulted in a mandatory charge. The Queen's Guard are not toy soldiers - they are crack troops with a rich and hard-earned battle history.
Honi soit qui mal y pense
Lest we forget
+1.Shaving with vintage SE razors has been a real eye opener for me, especially the Gem bladed ones. It's a great path to be on.P.
A very poignant piece of prose. My great uncle left Ireland for New Zealand at a very early age When WWI started he joined the Otago Regiment and was shipped to France to die at the Somme at the age of 25Tom -
'When I was a young man I carried my pack
And I lived the free life of a rover
From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback
I waltzed my matilda all over
Then in nineteen fifteen my country said son
It's time to stop rambling 'cause there's work to be
Done
So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun
And they sent me away to the war
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As we sailed away from the quay
And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the
Cheers
We sailed off to Gallipoli.'
Eric Bogle - 'And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda.'
Yours - I.
Sotd - Monday 23/4/18
Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Polsilver SI (3)
brush - Chubby 1 best
soap - Wickham Soap Smooth - 'Imperial Trevor'
post - witch hazel
a/s - Old Spice modern
balm - BBA.
Result - a nice evening shave.
Shaving off - not sure - four or five day's growth. A lot more than has been the norm recently - I had been doing well - shaving more often but I have been a bit under the weather - not really getting it together. Which is the opposite of what is required - time spent shaving always helps me feel more like the thing. I ration the use of my tub of the old formula Wickham - I was fortunate to get no.13 from a run of 20 - I'm not sure if the scent has made it into the modern versions? The performance is top end in use, looks a bit odd granted but the way it smells - essentially a dead ringer for Imperial Leather bath soap - is a strong memory trigger for me - I'm instantly transported back to the Sunday night bath - before school on Monday. As with the Old Spice after shave - that was the smell of my maternal grandfather - who I was close to. He died in the late nineteen eighties but never gave up proper shaving - he was always immaculate in his appearance - I know now - Gillette Tech, Wilkinson Sword blades, Palmolive stick, badger brush and Old Spice. Still using the Mergress in comparison to the Rockwell - half way through the experiment - one thing that the 6C has taught me is choosing a level of aggressiveness appropriate to the job. I left the Merkur on 1.5 despite having a fairly healthy regrowth to be dealt with - the razor was effortless in taking it off. In the past I have kind of gone for the 'Spinal Tap' approach with adjustables - 'this one goes up to eleven,' - must be a better shave? Nope. The result tonight was a shade less comfortable than the Rockwell - but only just. At the half way point in the experiment - I suspect the 6C will just edge it in the comfort stakes but the Mergress is nicer in the hand and prettier. We'll see - it'll be head to head. Job done - enjoy your shaves gentlemen - yours - I.
They are outstanding. A good English 1912 is one of the best SEs out there, imo.+1.
I couldn't agree more. It was your fault to begin with.
The vintage SE must be tried by everyone.
Awesome razors available at reasonable prices.
Yea this must be how it works.
Buy loads of DE razors
Discover SE razors.
Get rid of most of the DE razors
Regret getting rid, buy more DE to replace
Go back to SE
ETC ETC
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