July 13
The Emperor Strikes Back--
”The 30DC and the Extra Mile”
Okay. I forgot where I was a couple weeks ago, and made the mistake of mentioning that I was impressed with the Gillette News that I’d been seeing over the last month or so. I even went so far as to say they were on my radar. Naturally, not more than a day or two later, I got a message in my inbox from Jim
@jluc, saying that I could have one that he won in a TSD raffle if I wanted it…
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Yup! That’s a Jayaruh handle. Shortly thereafter, he informed me that he found the handle to be slippery, so he was including another handle just in case. Awesome! So this is what I was picturing in my head…
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Jim sees the world differently--
this is what came in the mail today…
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It literally looks like a treasure chest! And yes, that’s a Jayaruh brush…
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And that’s just how it is here. I don’t mean embarrass Jim, or dismiss the generosity that countless others have shown on this forum. I have had much the same experience with many people here, and have heard of countless others who have had the same experiences. The generosity and selflessness that I see at TSD on a regular basis is humbling.
Okay, maybe I do want to embarrass Jim just a bit: when I thanked him for his generous offer, he tried to play it off like I was doing
him a favor helping him clear room in his den. But this, once again, is not atypical behavior here either.
On with the shave!
Gear
- Razor: LUCky LC New
- Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium (2)--pulled this out of the Slim Jim because I wanted the 1st New LC shave to be with a blade that I know is awesome!
- Brush: JR 151 boar--So tiny! After the Stirling Kong and Omega 48, my sons’ regular synthetics seem small. This brush looked positively microscopic. How could it possibly work? I still don’t know the answer to that question, but it does!
- Soap: Stirling Iced Pineapple with just a hint of Glastonbury
- Menthol: Stirling Frost Drops
- AS: Pinaud Citrus Musk (2 Frost Drops)
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The Shave
Took the JR 151 to the bowl today in order to polish off the leftover Iced Pineapple from yesterday’s shave. I’ll admit, when I first saw this brush I figured I’d just use it for travelling--it’s perfectly suited for it. But the copious amount of lather it kicked up, and (this is the part that surprised me) the ease with which I applied the lather… I’ll probably be using the JR 151 more regularly than just for road trips.
I could have stopped at 2 passes and been plenty fine, but I wanted to see what the New LC could do. Wow! Very close shave. One small weeper on my jaw during the first pass because I was getting far too confident with a new razor. I slowed it down (slightly), and was rewarded with a BBS and no irritation.
I decided to forego the balm today, and stuck with the decision this time. A smooth shave.
Very smooth. I’m really liking the New LC a lot, and will probably finish my July focus with it even though the learning curve felt almost non-existent.
Hope your Monday has been the stuff dreams are made of!
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