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Is Arko the greatest value in all of shaving?

Poll closed Apr 30, 2020.
  1. Yes

    16 vote(s)
    72.7%
  2. Yes

    6 vote(s)
    27.3%
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  1. Thank you, Clint and Joe!
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  2. You forgot cuff links.
  3. Awesome.

    I think the mostest MAYhem thing was the Fusion Scrub.
  4. Don't even mention glue dots in posts like this. Especially those on those so-called sharpest of the sharp blades! :angry019:

    Edit: I do appreciate the effort and applaud the alphabet'-isation' of the list!
  5. Excellent shave report and photos Jeff. Thanks for taking the time to explain the blade modifications required to use the razor.


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  7. Now Paul, do you really think that 'I', 'me', 'moi' would be pulling your chain?







    Yup!

    Really though I'm not sure keeping menthol solutions in the fridge produces any benefits either.
  8. :happy096:
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  9. Beautiful picture, Jim!
    timabababaluka, brit, jtface and 4 others like this.
  10. Thanks, Jim!
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  11. Didn;t the Beatles do a song with that title? I ME MINE.? But back to the Frost Drops.....I mean, I just put them in there as a case of logic. Some I left out, and they're reduced to water now. Perhaps we should let @Trigger break the tie on this one(which is not to say I disrespect your comment on the matter).
    timabababaluka, brit, Terry and 7 others like this.
  12. Excellent picture and shave, Jeff!
    timabababaluka, brit, jtface and 3 others like this.
  13. Just for Charlie Danger...... Just to settle him a bit and cool his jets.

    20200403_120938.jpeg

    Guy at work brought them in for Show 'n Tell after I commented a 'like' on the timepiece he was wearing.
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  14. Sometimes you just gotta eat around the bones on those BBQ'd ribs.
  15. April Focus
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    Chiseled Face Groomatorium Midnight Stag~~Simpson PJ3~~Heijestrand MK 32
    As I am lathering the CF MS, I am thinking to myself:
    "What if this soap burns my face and I just didn't notice it before?"
    Could the Slippery Elm Bark NOT be the culprit?
    Crisis averted. No burn.
    :happy093::happy093::happy093::happy093::happy093::happy093::happy093::happy093:
    Now that we're past the Slippery Elm section of my post, I will now postulate on
    glue dots and how they can lead to depression, followed by an in-depth study of
    granules and the dulling of razor blades and...adult-onset acne.
    At the end of my lecture, we will begin part one of:
    "How adjustable razors can have a
    negative effect on the cerebral cortex of the brain".
    Course AR101

    (Seating is limited, so I suggest registering early)
    The gap below my Swedish steel was approximately...:signs002:
    After face-lathering the soap, I took the freshly-stropped Heijestrand, and using the

    @Slash McCoy method of finding the correct angle, started my shave.
    Actually, I already used this technique, but he explains it very well on his website.

    I would recommend you check it out.
    The NON-silk formula of Chiseled Face is very slick. IMO the "upgrade" of the
    formula
    (and I use the term "upgrade" very loosely) was absolutely unnecessary.
    Three passes and I was left with a DFS+++ shave.
    Nice splash of the matching aftershave and three spritzes of the just-acquired
    Midnight Stag cologne.
    I think I will go tear down an engine.
  16. Thanks, Jim! It was a great shave!
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  17. That is a Thäter 2 band and my favorite knot.
  18. Good morning all.
    Someone ;) described a razor, that I by chance have, as a meat grinder.
    So......
    I loaded up my rarely used PAL Injectomatic with a new Schick B-20 blade.
    I noticed that my lather is better around the end of the shave, huh?
    So this morning I whipped up the soap into lather before I took my shower.
    That made the lather nicer and slicker right from the beginning.
    Interesting!
    No!, I did not bloom it, I just whipped it up ready to go, then let it set.
    Well, maybe I did bloom, a little.
    Nothing wrong with blooming the soap, or not.
    20200404_100232.jpg

    Now the shave was great, it is just slightly more efficient than my PAL adjustable.
    Wins out by a lenth.
    Both head and face shaved clean with little effort, 2 passes, no issues.
    It's light, easily maneuvered around ears and chin areas.
    That means that It needs to go into a rotation with some other razors.

    Meat grinder??
    Well, maybe? maybe not?
    But a great shaver!
    Especially when paired with a B-20 blade.
    Glade I have it, glad I used it today!


    I'm clean, smooth and ready fo the day.

    All
    be safe!
    ENJOY!
    tp
  19. Wonderful photo and shave report Joseph.


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  20. ;)
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