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Agree with you about the Tech.SOTD: 31/12/2022
Razor: Gillette 1940's English Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Yellow Sharp Edge, 1st use
Brush: Semogue 1305
Bowl: Face Lather
Soap: Derby Shaving Soap Stick
Aftershave: Razorock Irish Countryside Aftershave
Balm: Wickham 1912 Irish Fern Balm
Additional Care: Shave Music Courtesy Of A 1940's Jazz Playlist To Match The Age Of The Razor
Additional Care: Wife Sniff Test = Not Too Bad At All
Nice old school shave today to see the year out. Who doesn't like an old Gillette Tech. Pound for pound (weight and price) probably the best razor ever made.
*BRUSH DOWN - BRUSH DOWN*. Unfortunately my nearly new Semogue 1305 has fingernail sized chunks of paint coming away. Having said that it is a piggie with attitude and performed valiantly and so henceforth will be known as the rabid warthog rather than a plain old boar brush as it now has attitude and war wounds/scars to prove it. Not sure what to do with it, I'm defjnately keeping it. I'm wondering about taking all the paint off, sanding it and varnishing it. Any ideas? As brushes go it's a cheapie but I still want to save it.
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Good to see a man who appreciates the ubiquitous Tele, however it needs the Keef touch so, remove the low E string, tune to G and then blast out Brown Sugar please at max volume.Why, hello people. My first entry for this new week of SOTD's while at the same time my final entry for this year of SOTD's. You never got the usual 'My final entry for this week of SOTD's' yesterday as I was just too damn busy being ill. A hardous business is this sick person thing.
Get on with it will you you boring old fart. Okay, okay. Ahem, this shave comes complete with the theme, 'SODiT'. Thank you.
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DepOSiT - Muhle R89
DoriTOS - Feather
TOsSeD - Yaqi Dandelion
DomeSTOs - Yorkshire Swirling Soapery Arabian Dreams
mOiSTeneD - Pure moisturiser
https://giphy.com/7UtwB9jujxyQU 'A fever you say Mr Friendly? Not to worry we are still going to cut your cock off'
After the best part of a week of being ill I find myself over in Yorkshire where I am hoping a bit of 'me time' and a change of air might drag me through what remains.
After a couple of days without a shave I find myself once again reaching for that 'just can't go wrong' bit of kit the R89. In this case an 89 head which lives on the end of an ATT Colossus. A great example of 316 grade marine standard Stainless Steel which.........is going rusty. Just remind me not to sail on bloody ships. Also as luck would have it, I find myself with a small stock of Feather blades. I used to rave over Feathers when I first returned to DE shaving but soon realised they had a half life less than Californium, plus @Blademonkey introduced the Polsilver Lodz in to my life and my whole shaving world changed. I never bothered with Feathers again.........but.......it is an 89 where Feather blades really do come to life and prove they are more than worthy.
Throw an R89 head on a heavier handle and then pair with a Feather and what you end up with is a very controllable, extremely comfortable and very secure bit of efficient kit, while still maintaining exactly what the 89 is all about. My return to the Muhle after my recent sensitive skin issues has been an absolute revolution. I gave it my 'Razor Of the year award' for very just reasons. For those about to shave, I salute you.
Another advantage being over Yorkshire way is I have shaving kit here which I do not have over in liverpool. The Swirling Soapery being one. I forgot what a cracking scent this is and it face lathered in to a superb cutting medium. Highly recommended if anyone might want to try something away from the main stream stuff.
Bang it all together in some sort of order and the end result was one wonderfully delivered and wonderfully finished bit of shavingmanship. I couldn't be happier.
Away on my own with no family around, in a part of the world I love and superbly shaved, what more could bring big grin value to my life? Ah yes, going to a local gastro pub (I probably hate that term as much as many others) tonight where I have a ticket for their New Year function. I know enough people in the village so no doubt end the night shit faced in someone's house. Last time I did this we had a great hour long sing song with me playing the piano. They loved it. And not once did anyone recognise the fact, I don't play the piano.
Looking ahead, I wish you forum folk, your families and your friends a most wonderful 2023. And I will still be happy to say 'I love you all'
And I'll finish with those happy girls Pantyhose being, well, happy with a different song...
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