Thank you, Perry! Thank you, Clint. They do seem to advancing quite quickly. Luckily those two are no longer causing him any discomfort. I hope we get a little bit of a break before the next pair start coming in.
Thanks, Andrew. Another great photo of your son as well! Thanks, Clint. Yes, it is always nice to be back home.
OCtober 20, 2017 Paladin Sumo MDC Original “Le Bol En Bois” Titanium Wolfman WR1-OC with Darwin Polsilver Super Iridium Fine Fresh Vetiver Tom Ford for Men
Ah! There's the "Friday Cuteness"! Just look at those little chompers coming in! Enjoy the Cella. My new JR#216 did a great job with the Cella this morning, once I got the water ratio dialed in...first run ever with a synthetic. Tons of shiny lather followed.
OCtober 20 SOTD: Stirling Synthetic Brush Latha Gillette Sheraton Latha Post Shave Splash Late shave as I am off today taking care of my three youngest kids. My wife and oldest are on a field trip to Texas A&M. It's going to be a good Friday. I hope everyone else has a great day as well.
Friday October 20 - roadtest Delta Echo Gillette SuperAdjustable on 4 / Topaz Platinum (1) 30DC LE Maple Cashmere synthetic brush My Red Green Duct Tape Special frankensoap Alum and Portland General Store's Willow Toner I had a great shave today. The 30DC LE brush always does a reliable job of producing good lather from my soft Italian almond frankensoap, so I chose that combo for my first shave with one of my Delta Echo refinished Gillette adjustables. The Black Beauty got the nod for the first slot (although all three are now black, so I guess I shouldn't really refer to the SuperAdjustable that way anymore...). I set the dial at 4 instead of the 3 I used to use and enjoyed an excellent shave. The door mechanism and the adjuster were both perfectly smooth in function. And the razor felt a bit smoother and slicker than I remembered when shaving. I don’t think this was just my imagination, because the slickness carried over to the cleaning -- absolutely nothing stuck to the razor except beaded water droplets. Two passes left me very near to a BBS with no cuts, nicks, weepers or irritation and with totally silent alum. A healthy splash of barky vinegar left me feeling smooth, clean and refreshed. Delta Echo did a superb job of refurbishing this razor. I doubt if it was this good even when it first left the factory. For the aluminum SuperAdjustable which can't be plated anyway, these gun coatings are a fantastic choice. Purists may have more cause to moan at the sight of originally nickel- or gold-plated razors being ceramic coated, but my grungy and corroded Fatboy and Slim appear to function better as well now. I wouldn't coat a very rare collector's piece, but for a using razor, this treatment is hard to beat. I will use my better-than-factory-fresh SuperAdjustable again tomorrow, then switch to one of the others when I change out the blade.
I just heard from our very good 30DC friend and alumni @pvtbanks. Seth has some fantastic news to share. More to come!
Sounds like Delta Echo did a great job on the razors. It is always nice when things exceed our expectations.
Ok, actually caught up on the thread. We had a birthday, an anniversary, possible hip surgery (hope the shots help,) daughter’s successful knee surgery, (hope she is doing well,) a heart catherization, (I’ve had a few of those, and hope you recover quickly,) Eye-Gore, beautiful new straights in Korea, a reappearance of Mathew the haunted razor, (are you going to warn the plater that it’s haunted?) how to break in a boar brush, some incredibly good photography of razors and a really cute kid, some incredibly bad jokes about cookies, 3 nice looking adjustable, and some talk about shaving. Did that cover it? I may not always have time to post, or even keep up with this thread, but I do enjoy hearing about everyone’s shaves and lives. It’s pretty cool that a bunch of shaving geeks have carved out a little spot on the web to talk to and care about everyone else in the group. This group has evolved far beyond just shaving technique. I have of course been busy at work, and having a hard time keeping up with this thread. My oldest daughter turned 5 yesterday. She has started asking me for a squirt of my “neck cooler spray” which is a sample of Myrsol F with an ungodly amount of M-Bomb in it. She likes the cold on her neck, and the smell. My wife says she smells like an old man. She got a new bicycle and a bow and arrow set for her birthday. Now daddy gets to show her how to use both without harming herself, me, or her sister. Here are some catch up photos. Chris mentioned the challenge of going back to an aggressive DE when you are focused on open blade straights most of the time. I have to agree with that one. The Barbasol floating head I have used twice this month has left me with some irritation and a few weepers both time. Good shave though. Finally killed off my Eufros Dama de Noche soap. Also finished off my Fine All American Blend. Great products, but I won’t be replacing them until my den size is under control. Also used up my travel aftershave, so the last of the TSD Yin Yang went into that bottle. Next up for targeted usage is Razorock Lime soap and The Holy Black Gunpowder Spice aftershave. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Will be traveling for a wedding, so will have a travel shave in there.
Excited to hear how great the SA looks and works, John. Hopefully the other two will be fantastic as well.
