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How are you going to make AUgust your gold medal month?

  1. I am going to choose only the gear that gives me my best shaves.

    4 vote(s)
    20.0%
  2. I am going to experiment with different gear to discover my gold medal shaves.

    4 vote(s)
    20.0%
  3. I am going to use any gear I want, because I can get a gold medal shave from anything.

    14 vote(s)
    70.0%
  4. I am actually allergic to gold, so I am going to go for platinum medal shaves.

    1 vote(s)
    5.0%
  5. I am going to use Gold Medal flour and bake cookies, which have been noticeably absent recently.

    7 vote(s)
    35.0%
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  1. Fantastic way to kick off the August thread, Joseph! Well done, sir. Thank you.
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  2. Starting off the month with a great photo, and some fine gear, Pierpaolo!
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  3. Awesome photo, Jim!
    Congrats on another new razor...kinda. What a shame about the fit and finish. With all the competition these days in the shaving market, and the level of quality that many are putting out, you'd think they'd do better.
    Sorry about having the extra hours put on you with work. Hope it's only for a short period. Stay safe.
  4. Thenk You, Gents.
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  5. Fantastic opening post and great kickoff Joseph.


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  6. Excellent shave and photo Pierpaolo


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  7. Wow Jim. That’s a stunning photo to start the month. Congrats on the new razor.


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  8. Let me understand this, James. Phil (Bullgoose) won't stand behind the product he sold you? You have to go directly to the manufacturer? Did Phil disclose the shoddy finish to you when he took your money?
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  9. Thank you, Bruce. It's a pleasure to be so involved with the thread and TSD.
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  10. Thanks, Bruce!
    The razor shaves wonderfully. Should I decide to keep it I will go after the top cap and handle with some Flitz. The baseplate is laser engraved so I'll leave that alone.

    We're short handed which makes the extra hours necessary. The last thing we need is fuel shortages on top of everything else.

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  11. Thank you, Clint!
    Sorry I wasn't clear. The razor would be going back to Bullgoose and no, the condition of the finish was not part of the product description.

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  12. I am relieved to hear that. The question about finish discloser was a bit sarcastic, sorry...even though I already knew the answer.
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  13. Great shave to kick things off with, PierPaolo! Love the blue handle!
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  14. Sorry to hear about the finish on the razor! I can understand how you’d be particularly attuned to shine after the last few weeks with the HC&C razors. I’m not a fan of Phil at Bullgoose Shaving after the way he treated Joe at Italian Barber, who helped him get started in the business. Great photo of the razor.
  15. Thanks, Jeff.

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  16. Greetings from Sunny Florida. Today we are deciding whether or not to spend the afternoon battening down the hatches ahead of another storm. Thankfully this one looks reasonably benign as long as it doesn’t wobble West a little bit in the next 12 hours.

    As usual, I’ll be conducting voyeuristic surveillance on the 30 DC this month. Tag me if anything exciting happens. As for the months theme, I spent a lot of time with my gold plated aristocrat last month, so maybe I’ll mix it up this morning and use the custom Bismarck that has some gold plating today. For some reason I am in the hankering for iced pineapple. If anything worth commenting on happens I’ll let you know. Otherwise I will see you sporadically as I deal with the challenges of running an ice cream plant during the coroapocalypse.

    Cheers!
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  17. Great to see you, Randy! Hope the storm passes you by! I’ll look forward to your post!
  18. awesome Pierpaolo..
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  19. awesome Jim..
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  20. Great image and setup Pierpaolo! Checked out Taryn Harbridge...very nice.

    Nice image and setup Jim! Interesting concept on the blade clamping. Tough decision on the razor finish....IMO, if it's supposed to the polished, it should be pretty impeccable, otherwise a finish in nice matte/brushed with no machine marks. You've got a good number of impeccable of both accounts.....
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