August 16, 2015
No shave today. However I have much to report on about shaving.
So my children are visiting our family home in Seattle. My daughter (26 and living in Brooklyn) celebrated her birthday with us this week and my son (22 and living in Oregon) came up for the occasion. We had a fine time.
One of the best experiences that I'll remember forever are the two times I spent teaching my son to wet shave! With my daughter also there (to give her opinions on products, especially the scents), I required that my son use the same gear that I learned on - Gillette Tech, Arko, Omega Pro 48 and Wilkinson Sword blades. We all had a great time, with Mrs. F. commenting that his face felt just like when she used to change his diaper - BBS!
I sent him back to Oregon with the same basic gear plus all sorts of additional soaps, blades, aftershaves, etc...including a vintage 1980 Old Spice AS like his 90-yo grandfather uses. (Plus I'm sending him the website for all the mantic videos.)
Aside from that, my shaves were just excellent, as I think I found my sweet spot with the Slim at 8/9 settings for my two pass shave. I'll try a 9/9 on my next shave.
If all goes well I may continue on with the rest of Adjustable August by breaking out my 1961 Fatboy that I've not yet shaved with.
Cheers!
RT
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