(10-13-2021, 10:45 PM)MaineYooper Wrote: Dave mentioned, in his video today, There Are No Rules. I believe it was about using Aqua Velva that may not have been manufactured in the same time period as the vintage Williams Shave Cream that was used earlier. That statement resonated with me. Now this may be silly, but it is what is going through my cognitive gray matter right now. Well, that and I wonder if cake is good for supper?I consulted the world renowned culinary cake expert (pictured below) and cake IS an appropriate dinner.
Anyway, for some years now I have sort of been using a set up for 7-10 days, varying maybe brushes as the days went on, but keeping razor, blade, and soap the same. The idea was to learn your kit by using it consistently for a week. I stretched to 10, as my DE blades could easily do that, especially if I skipped a day shaving on occasion.
But lately, I have been feeling sort of confined, and, in the words of Freddy Mercury and Queen, I wan to break free!
So this birthday week was to be Razors from the 60s, of which I have a small number of DE and SE options, and seemed kind of fun. Two years ago in July, I did something similar to celebrate 50 years since Apollo 11 went and landed on the Moon, enjoying the idea of using razors that the folks involved in getting to that goal might have been using.
And yesterday I received to packages, a new Semogue SOC boar in cherry wood, gifted to me by a kind gent in another neighborhood, and a Gem Micromatic open comb. The Micromatic is in really nice shape, and after a quick dishsoap scrub with a soft tooth brush, was all shiny. It got a Barbicide dip, and was good to go. I had already planned to do an early afternoon shave with a Type M injector, but now I had this new MMOC (at least I think it is) winking at me.
I switched it up, feeling a bit twitchy somewhere in the back of my mind, but enjoyed the shave. This is the second razor that is an open comb that the teeth of the comb don't bother me at all! The first was the NEW LC that Paul mrdoug gifted me (which is also on deck this week, even though it isn't a 60s era, but I wanted to use it again!). Just a bit ago, I watched Dave's video, and near the end that statement I opened with was said. The clouds parted, angels sang, and I screwed my head on a little tighter! There are no rules, just shaving and enjoying this one-time chore! Thanks Dave in KY for that wisdom!
Edit: forgot the shave details!
GEM Micromatic, most likely from the mid-30s, as it is shiny silver, not gold
Personna GEM (3)
House of Mammoth Z
28mm 2BED in Aurora Borealis (a Trotter Handcrafts handle)
Dig in Eric!
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