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Gotta be a record for the fastest and most obscure and off-point hijack of all times. I'm laughing now! It's a good day to be here among you fellows. Anyway, since we've lost control, now that nobody's mentioned it, I picked up a Torrey 11/16 half hollow ground spike point smiling razor yesterday at...

A word of warning about the 30"s version of the Tech with the triangular slots, the first version I believe. It is aggressive. It will bite. The Tech changed from aggressive to mild with the change to the rectangular slots.

This is the shavegeekery that Gordon referenced in another thread. Don't you just love all this experimentation and fiddling around! The guys are having fun with the hobby part of it, and all's right with the world.

I just want to say a few words about my most recently acquired DE. I got a new handle from cooncat Bob, and as an afterthought I asked Bob if he had any Tech heads he could sell me along with the handle. It so happened that he had just received a Made in England Tech head. As near as I can determine...

You are a lucky guy! Rum, sun, beaches, and shopping --- aaahhhh, the good life. When you return, be sure to bring us some pictures, if you can remember.

I'm trying to decide between the Gilinghey and the Gillehe. Hopefully I can make a decision before all of my Gillettes wear out, and need to be replaced.

Funny! Thanks Chris, and thanks to Scott. I enjoyed the comments to the linked strip!

4-9-10

3 Claveles HH
Irisch Moos Shaving Cream
Torrey
TBS Hemp HD Protective Lotion
COB Blue Elixer ASB

Evidently...apparently.... How sure are you of that, Gary? The Bath & Body Works store near me had both the tube and the can of Bigelow a month ago. More importantly, how good is the aerosol stuff, and how different from the cream? If it's the same product in a new dispenser - if it can be work...

Evidently it's gone. They've apparently replaced it with Proraso foam in an aerosol can, branded COBigelow. No big surprise that it costs about ten times what you can buy shaving foam for. John Meyer's endless crybaby song has come to pass, no more "waitin' for the world to change". Good l...

The lid on my Proraso (COBigelow) broke so I squirted the whole tube into an empty Yardley bowl. It's dried completely out now, resembles a big hard wax candle without a wick. I use it exactly like any other hard soap. It works well, and I expect it to be around for years.

I Coloniali Mango
BK4
English Tech/CCBob
Iridium

I've only got one Arko stick, and with all of the others that share my shaving work equally among themselves, that one stick is probably going to be around for several years. Having said that, twenty bucks for 15 sticks is tempting! Seriously, I wonder how many shaves there are in a stick of Arko? A...

When I bought my new Slim at the drug store, I was a stubborn youngster who knew everything. I got home and was disgusted that anybody'd be so sissified that they'd have to "adjust" their razor, so the first time I used it, I cussed and drilled that thing up to 9 and that's where it stayed...

I Coloniali Mango
MadeRite Finest
Iridium
'38 Sheraton

That's it, just keepin' it simple.
BBS, as good or better'n yesterday's.

Chris, I've read a few of your earlier posts, and was impressed by your observation that the edge you obtained (at that time, a couple of years ago) was better than a Shapton 30K IIRC. I may work my way around to a set of Naniwas at some point, but right now I am more impressed by the availability a...

Tuesday I Coloniali Mango 3 Claveles HH English Tech head/Cooncat Bob's BM XL Deluxe Iridium Super No post shave needed. The I Coloniali is superb at post shave skin conditioning Happened to be a bbs experience, I keep forgetting that the I Coloniali has a smooth menthol kick that money can't buy. D...

On my Noah's ark of shaving there would be 2 of: Brushes --- 3 Claveles Professional Horsehair and Big Rooney UK Silvertip or maybe I should keep the Kent BK4, I need some time to think here --- Cream --- Castle Forbes --- or, wait a minute --- Oh SHOOT! I don't like this game, it's too hard --- I g...

I've got a special razor that is on the way to becoming a good shaver, if I can be patient and use my head. I might eventually identify and show photos of it, but not before I'm convinced that it actually cuts hair (ie: whiskers). Yes, an oddity, but true. An artist and craftsman made it, It was not...

Recently right after I'd browsed the new range of changeable strops available exclusively through Straight Razor Design, and was thinking very hard about ordering the standard setup, I was googling around looking for hard wool felt strops, and there I discovered a gentleman who lives in my state, wh...