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SOTD TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 2021
Today’s shave is in response to some mean-spirited PM’s received on FB messenger from an individual accusing me of being an elitist guerilla marketer based on my use of complete product names in my posts. As a retiree of almost 12 years I have no commercial connections of any sort with any of the products I shave with other than as a happy consumer. As to that individual, I would urge him to seek help with his anger management problems. And to answer his question, yes, I can get as good a shave from a Gold Dollar straight as from any of my razors. And just to prove my point, I shaved my mug this morning with a Gold Dollar from Slash McCoy of Crescent City Razors expertly honed by the latter on films. It shaved just fine when I received it a year or so ago, but after a touch up on my new 9 Ball Italian slate with a finish on the 4-sided pasted Constroption, and roo-skin bench strop, the shave was amazingly sweet, three slow luxurious passes gliding along on the lovely MWF lather carpet laid down by my Viking Silvertip Badger brush.
Given that part of theme for August here at TSD is “Adjustable August” I decided to shave with the 2nd version of the new Parker Adjustable Injector razor. I used to own a Vintage Pal Adjustable Injector, but there was something about that particular razor that never sat quite right for me. I never cut myself with it, but always came away with irritated skin. The new Parker Adjustable is an unabashed clone of the Pal, but the dome shave it delivered was excellent. I loaded one of the Parker blades that came with the razor and had a really excellent two pass ATG noggin shave. The question I ask myself is whether my safety razor technique at the time, about two years ago, wasn’t up to snuff, or whether I just ended up with a lemon. In any case, the alum check revealed no hot spots, just an oh-so-smooth surface to go with my great mug shave. I feel cool, clean and positively velveteen!
RAZOR: Gold Monkey 666 5/8 (Dome), Parker Adjustable Injector (Dome)
BLADE: Parker Injector
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Viking Silvertip Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Royall Lyme AS/Cologne.
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