Agreed. Total enjoyment for a shorter time far outstrips moderate satisfaction for a longer time.DEF wrote:I wouldn't try to stretch the old stuff; just enjoy it until it's gone.
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- Wed May 04, 2011 4:31 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: English Fern fix
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3839
- Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:15 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Forgot How Good the Swede Is
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7442
- Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:50 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Forgot How Good the Swede Is
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7442
So we shall agree to disagree, which is part of the beauty of the Swede debate since Gillette has been famously tight lipped about where these blades were originally produced. I find that there are too many similarities and too many differences to sway my opinion that Surrey Swedes came from the sam...
- Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:55 pm
- Forum: ShaveMyFace University
- Topic: Strange Backwards Devolution With The Neck
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8256
Wendell, Although I have nothing to suggest, I just wanted to say that, as someone who has read the posts here on SMF for several years now, it is always heartening to find that I am not alone in experiencing these small challenges that flout my perceived experience. I hate these episodes of minor i...
- Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:45 pm
- Forum: ShaveMyFace University
- Topic: how long should a shave last?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17847
Pity that I can only really shave every 3-4 days or so (3 being the earliest as I have very sensitive skin). Also, I'm incredibly hairy so I'll have full-on five o-clock shadow after 7 hours or so. I guess I rock the bum/beard look for a few days to keep my skin from breaking out! :) Same here, and...
- Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:34 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Forgot How Good the Swede Is
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7442
- Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:21 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Forgot How Good the Swede Is
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7442
- Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:51 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Forgot How Good the Swede Is
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7442
- Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:45 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Penhaligon's English Fern
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2054
Phil, I am three shaves into my first puck of tallow first Pen's EF and so far it hasn't been the best for me either, but I don't think it is the soap that is giving me problems so much as the learning curve. I just don't get the level of protection that I expect from the lather. I am a one razor - ...
- Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:41 am
- Forum: SOTD - Shave of the Day
- Topic: SOTD: April 4 thru April 10 2011
- Replies: 159
- Views: 25453
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:32 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Forgot How Good the Swede Is
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7442
Nothing I have tried even comes close to performing as well as a Swede. Everyone's face is different but, I tried Derby, Bic, Dorco, and Merkur before Swedes came up in the rotation from my first blade sampler pack. By that time I was confident in my technique and I knew when a blade was the likely ...
- Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:08 am
- Forum: ShaveMyFace University
- Topic: Redisccovering The Wonder of the 2-Pass Shave
- Replies: 41
- Views: 23076
I, too have found that two passes gives me a DFS almost every time now where I was once a three-pass minimum shaver. Today I tried using cold water to prep and rinse between the passes and came close to a BBS with zero irritation. What I love about DE shaving is that it only takes a day or two to be...
- Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:22 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Another Good Shaving Forum.......
- Replies: 43
- Views: 9513
I frequent both major shaving forums pretty much on a daily basis. I generally stay away from comparison threads because the two are so completely different. I also stay out of any sub-forums that are not related to shaving in any way. There are members exclusive to each group whose opinions I respe...
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:23 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Fix an EJ Merkur head?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2847
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:11 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mantic59 mother passed away
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6694
- Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:04 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Finally a bad Swede
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6212
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:14 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: EJ Chrome Barley Chatsworth
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6434
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:08 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Finally a bad Swede
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6212
Thanks for adding to my peace of mind. Squire, I have read and saved pretty much every thread about Swedes here. I find the ones that were started when word first began to spread that they were being discontinued make particularly good reading. I respectfully point out that your objective reviews pu...
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:32 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: EJ Chrome Barley Chatsworth
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6434
I took up DE shaving about two years ago after wearing a full beard for all but a few widely scattered weeks over a thirty year period. When I decided to give the consistently clean shaven look a final try I went all in and bought an EJ bulbous lined razor with the old Merkur head. As this was my fi...
- Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:13 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Finally a bad Swede
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6212
I was glad to read that my initial theory was proven out as the cause of NewYorkBuck's Swede's sub-par performance. However I am now a bit dismayed since I have a sizable cache of Surrey Swedes that I purchased in a state of near panic when they were discontinued. I keep them all in a dresser drawer...