I've been lurking for a bit...

I've been lurking for a bit, but I guess it's time to say hello...

I'm a lapsed wet shaver who has recently returned to the fold. Although I remember using DE and SE razors early on, my clearest memories are of the appearance of the Gillette Trac II razor in 1971 when I was a HS Senior/College Freshman. Four years later and Saturday Night Live mocked multi-blade razors in their very first show. Here's a link to the transcript which ended with the tag-line, "The Triple Trac. Because you'll believe anything."

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75atriple.phtml

It wasn't long after graduation that I received a Century pure badger shaving brush which I initially paired with an Aramis shaving mug and pucks. Old Spice pucks quickly took their place and so it went for the next decade or so - cartridge razors yes, but with a badger brush! Around this time two calamities struck - SWMBO appeared and my OS pucks disappeared. In a moment of weakness I gave up the fight for bathroom space and sadly hung up my brush.

Fast forward to last year. I'm sitting on the couch and I catch a quirky commercial for the Dollar Shave Club and shortly thereafter I see a print ad for Harry's. My interest was piqued and a little internet surfing led me to several shave shops and forums like this one. Several purchases followed including my Merkur 23C and now I'm afraid I may be coming down with a bad case of AD, especially with soaps. SWMBO is long gone so I'm afraid I only have you kind folks to advise me and help keep my disorder in check.

Dave

 

It was just a matter of time.

 

Welcome to the Den.

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Burma Shave

 

welcome

 

Welcome to the Den!

 

Welcome to TSD! Glad you're here! Please signup for the Newbie give-away HERE

 

Welcome. If you're looking for someone to keep your AD in check, you're in the wrong place. This forum is full of enablers.

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome Dave!

 

Welcome to the den, enjoy your shave

 

Great story..welcome aboard..

 

Welcome, brother!

 

Welcome back and welcome to the Den!

 

Welcome hope your rad goes well.
Take care.

 

to TSD and back to "traditional" shaving "Dave"

You'll get all the advice on shaving and all the cheering on you'll need for buying right here. Being your age I also remember the debut of the Trac2. Used one for 34 miserable years until I rediscovered "traditional" shaving..

 

Welcome "back"

 

Welcome "back"...oops, I said that already

 

Welcome.

 

Welcome Dave to TSD! Happy Shavings!

 

Hiya DistantDave!