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I haven't had a haircut for about three months and with an entire weekend oncall, I hadn't shaved for a few days either.
@RyX and
@wchnu talking about the Man-bun Manager's scruffiness inspired me to clean up at least part of my act. (The haircut will probably wait until the weather warms up a bit more later this month.)
My vintage shaving collection is stored in cookie tins stacked in half a dozen copier paper cartons shelved in a storage closet upstairs. I still haven't dug through enough to find my old Kampfe/Star lathercatcher so I did SE Sunday tonight with my EverReady 1912 in its original configuration, unadulterated by either modern wooden handles or blade shims.
Soap is my Italian soft almond frankensoap. That tub originally held a pound of Vaseline and is 3 1/2 " diameter x 3" high; I am not going to be emptying it anytime soon. When I made the frankensoap by mixing tubs of Vitos Red, Vitos Green and Cella Red Tub with a bar of Valobra soft almond and scraps of 3P, I ended up with about a pound and a half of soap filling both the Vaseline tub and a regular-sized TOBS cream tub. I figure it would take six months to a year of daily use just to finish off my frankensoap. I will not be winning the Soap Killing Contest this year.
The boar brush did a good job Super Gooping the frankensoap. I face lathered three solid passes with it and then squeezed another good handful of heavy cream out of the knot afterwards. Whenever I am frustrated with this boar brush, I use it with my frankensoap and it works its way back into my good graces.
Three passes with the SE razor and I no longer look like a poster for scruffy would-be manliness. Instead I am aneat and tidy gentleman once more.
Hope you all have a great week coming up!
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