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    Problem with Gillette Black Beauty

    Both Black Beauty handles are coated aluminum so before using CLR, or any kind of solvent, make certain that it won't destroy aluminum. Purple...
    Post by: gorgo2, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:25 AM in forum: Safety Razors
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    Problem with Gillette Black Beauty

    I've noticed Hickok45 has a can conspicuously sitting at the back of his loading table, but I can't find the stuff in my local gun shops (or...
    Post by: gorgo2, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:24 AM in forum: Safety Razors
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    SoS July 2020.

    •Black Beauty/Feather •Old Spice bar soap, face lathered 2 pass BBS
    Post by: gorgo2, Jul 5, 2020 at 6:26 AM in forum: Shower or Shave of the Day
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    Cleaning a safety razor

    I run 'em through the dishwasher along with the nickel-plated forks and spoons. That's only when I just found one in the wild in which case it's...
    Post by: gorgo2, Jul 4, 2020 at 6:38 PM in forum: General Shaving Talk
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    Unique Old Spice, and Avon Bottles/Decanters, And Finds

    Tribute is (was) kind of a lavendar-ish barbershop scent, if I recall correctly. It's one of the love or hate it frags. I was never crazy about...
    Post by: gorgo2, Jul 3, 2020 at 3:25 PM in forum: Preshave and Aftershave
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    Newbie automated message

    Welcome to the Den. We're not perfect, but we are the best. Humble, too.
    Post by: gorgo2, Jul 3, 2020 at 11:48 AM in forum: Welcome Center
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    Which sandwich are you

    Aye!
    Post by: gorgo2, Jul 2, 2020 at 9:48 PM in forum: The Chatterbox
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    Help Me Stop Butchering My Face

    The following is just a joke, riffing off of the title asking for help to stop it. [MEDIA]
    Post by: gorgo2, Jun 30, 2020 in forum: Safety Razors
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    How's Your Day? June 2020

    Heard back from the doc. The phrasing of the CT report wasn't clear -- apparently the nodules are in each lung, not the heart, and showed up on...
    Post by: gorgo2, Jun 30, 2020 in forum: The Chatterbox
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    What's for dinner tonight?

    Lunch: grilled brats with butter bean & cabbage soup.
    Post by: gorgo2, Jun 30, 2020 in forum: The Good Life
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    Which sandwich are you

    Having trouble picturing how the jam fits in.
    Post by: gorgo2, Jun 30, 2020 in forum: The Chatterbox
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    Unique Old Spice, and Avon Bottles/Decanters, And Finds

    Just won a full bottle of "Captain's Choice," supposedly from 1964. This is one I don't think I ever heard of, anyone know it?
    Post by: gorgo2, Jun 29, 2020 in forum: Preshave and Aftershave
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    Show off your watch

    This must be it... https://shop.eaglemoss.com/die-cast-club/military-watches Also... [MEDIA]
    Post by: gorgo2, Jun 29, 2020 in forum: The Chatterbox
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    Show off your watch

    Appears to be from a now-discontinued series of replica military watches that from what I read were fairly done for basic (cheap) quartz watches....
    Post by: gorgo2, Jun 29, 2020 in forum: The Chatterbox
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    Blade longevity: misconceptions vs reality.

    My old rule o' thumb, TSD: when it tugs, drags or scrapes, pitch it.
    Post by: gorgo2, Jun 29, 2020 in forum: General Shaving Talk