Me too

Nov 4 focus shave 4

I had some trouble with Mike's the last shave but it was good enough to move up for the straight razor test. To give the soap it's best chance I used my Omegao Pro, it will lather almost any hard soap. This time I spent more time loading the brush and that improved things. Sometimes the lather was slick and like yogurt and sometimes thin and bubble. I did four passes with my round point Hart, a mild shaver for a straight but I still had two weepers. The shave felt a little rough and the alum test resulted in some stinging but not allot. The shave was DFS but not near BBS territory. This shave should have been better but I attribute the irritation and lack of closeness to the lather.

Mike's will go back into the drawer and just be used occasionally for a DE shave or travel.

Irritation B+, closeness B+

Mike's Orange, Cedarwood and Black Pepper soap
Omega Pro
Hart Steel 6/8 round point
Lucky Tiger AS
Edwin Jagger Aloe ASB
Guerlain Vetiver

It did, I wish I could remember is clearly.

What did? Huh? Do I know you? What year is it? Who am I? Such pretty colors!!

I remember the pretty colours

I love that polyester look...

I bet that was great radio! Very cool.

90-98. The kids were still alright.

When I break out the 48 Pro and the Arko, I refer to it as 'Big Guns'

That must be a fun razor to photgraph! So distinctive.

Ambulatory with Aloe? Still headed for the finish line?

This takes me back to velvet posters and black lights.

Yep. No changes.

YES!

Or an overhead projector and some food coloring and oil.

Or a lava lamp and an incense burner

Me too. Though my razor is called a safety razor, so it's not as dangerous.

Today I realized that had I known what I was doing the first time around with a Utopia, I might never have tried other razors. The more of these thirty day exercises I do, the more confused I become about which razor is my fave.

I have tried to narrow it down myself several times thinking I need to find that one golden setup and stick with it. Then the AD's start up and I lose my resolve. The only one that keeps proving itself as the best in my collection is the Aristocrat with a couple of others trying hard to knock it off the top of the hill.