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just to let you guys know, in case you dont go there. the wetshavers is about to merge with wetshavers, and the moderators are going to be more proactive so that disputes are kept off the forum. i hate to take sides and hope that most things can be resolved. thank you, gentlemen

sam

gordon: i have tried to educate my wife about the spanish leather and she does not like it. too barbershop she says. i say what is wrong with that??? today: trumpers violet shave cream, using my feather straight. touch up on the neck with the QED lavendar shave soap and a merkur slant bar (btw guys,...

sir, i dont know about no swingin.............. just recognize the name from the radio station. actually, i have heard it is an all inclusive resort and that there is a naked beach, and naked pool areas, and that pretty much anything goes. if i were younger and single, id have hit it. but now, it'll...

i got the professionals too. ray told me that he could discern no difference. i like ray. he told me that he could pick up damn near any razor he carries and that on more than half the occassions,he uses the feather with professional blades. he also suggested to go with the wire-guarded blades for l...

clark: you make rio sound decadent, lol.

hedonist: i would have figured you would have said HEDONISM say in jamiaca

sam

ron, the training wheels advice is very good. i just went full bore into the vision and tried to take the training wheels off too fast

sam

well, heck, if you are gonna use the plastic thing, get me one. its not like you are using real money, lol

sam

third day with the feather. #1: guys, if you contemplate getting this, just let it barely glide the surface. results: this razor removes more stubble in one north to south pass and then a south to north pass than any razor i have used, even the mach 3 turbo that tore my neck up. this is the only raz...

gordon is correct. i had a steep learning curve with the DE. #1 problem was i was pushing the head of the razor into my beard. i did not learn what using no pressure meant until i used straights, and then when i went to a DE, i realized that i was using pressure on the beard. the mach 3 turbo would ...

all right dude, you got u a memphis lawyer. if you guys know jay from the straight razors forum, he is gonna visit me tomorrow and drove in from north of chicago. ill take him around the city and he is gonna show me ways to hone and to get those tough spots on my neck with the straight. yeah, lots o...

wow, kinda like asking who is the prettiest girl!!!!!!!!! ribs, lemme see. we have corky's but it is going commercial. very dependable, but they have not pushed the envelope as much anymore. consistency is great though. i love a place called cozy corner. really smoky, not too much sauce and very mea...

i am not all that familiar with lavendar. i got that lavendar water from TJ Maxx to spritz on the bed. smells allright. that lavendar shave stick did not smell all that much like it. i ordered a root english lavendar candle and will burn it tonight, but in the bottle, it smells more floral then clea...

i am using the rose thayers now. will get more. works for me and since i have the coral skin food, and taylors rose, it is cool

sam

it is neat to read of the regional differences in bbq, from carolinas ( i read where they differ even) to memphis (at least we do something right) to texas (beef, it's what's for dinner) to KC. slaw or no slaw. vinegar vs. tomato pork vs. beef shoulder vs. ribs dry rub vs. sauce hey, it makes for go...

well i shaved tonight with the entry level feather razor from classicshaving and professional blades. very, very nice shave this evening overall. if i had to, i could leave the house and not touch up with a DE. you may have remembered my earlier posts about opening weepholes when i tried it once bef...

i used the lavendar stick tonight. with a feather straight. it was different rubbing it over the face and then generating lather. it petered out after the third pass, but it was a good shave. does the lavendar smell to you like lemon? i was thinking more floral but i got more of a citrus/acidic smel...

hey, i am suppossed to moderate here. ok, you pass

sam

got my feather today and the professional blades. ray is so quick and professional. i am hoping that i will use this to touch up with a regular straight rather then my slant bar. i know i will be taking this on trips.

sam

my thought was that it was the glycerin, just a higher concentration of it. it is slick, and i guess that is why charles roberts like it as a base, so to speak. i have a bar of caswell massey #6 i am gonna hit in hot summer

sam

DA CUBE. charles roberts cube, though i did not get it from him. it is a soap made from like 72% vegtable oil, chock full of glycerin. lots of discussions were had in wetshavers about it. some guys load up their brush with the cube and then use a dollop of cream. it never did anything for me. so the...