SoS: April 11, 2016 - April 17, 2016

April 17, 2016

Nothing quite like shaving in a big bucket of super cold water. Have a great week, everybody!




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It's that time of the week. we start a new SOTD thread tomorrow HERE
Later tonight or early tomorrow morning I will close this thread.
Happy shaving!!
Kerry

 

good buddy!

 

My pleasure.

 

Thanks so much, Kerry!

I'm officially done now with this SOTD thread!

 

Me too

 

a tiny bit of variety for me in the upcoming week, but just that...tiny. You'll see what I'm talkinabout.

 

Looking forward to it Paul, variety is the spice....

 

it is, but I was focusing on the "tiny". Well, "tiny" is better than "none at all" of course.

 

ArkoApril in Russia!

April 16


Razor - 1959 Gillette Super Speed
Blade - (3)
Brush - BoS Omega 10066
Soap - Arko
Post - Cold water rinse, Alum, The Veg

Happy Friday everyone. Well, ok, so Sunday. Friday sounds better to me. This crazy schedule. Today's shave was the last day for the Rapira Chrome which has performed well like all of its cohorts. It's been smoother than the Swedish Supersteel, and not quite as smooth as the Rapira Super Stainless (pink) and Sharp Star. The Platinum Lux was very similar to this one in feel. First shave was a BBS, second was yesterday's two pass due to bad lather on my part that ended near BBS and would have been with a third pass. One more day to determine its standing.

The lather today was flawless. The boar brush really whips Arko into shape off of the face lather. The difference in water in the boar isn't as critical as in a horse so no issues at all. The first pass felt like it has both days so far. Not the smoothest but far from rough. Second pass the same and the third pass with ATG and slides also gave that same feeling. The result was another near BBS. Now, given that yesterday I had this at the end of two passes tells me that this blade may be weakening a tad. I should have had BBS at the end of three if it was holding perfectly.

I'm going to go ahead and place this blade in the top 3 so far this month. Rapira SS, Sharp Star and Rapira Chrome. The differences are tiny, however, and even the Rapira PL is a close fourth. The Swedish is a bit further behind in fifth. But, all of these blades are way ahead of most blades I have used. Not all, but the vast majority.

Tomorrow we play the fight song and remove our hats with our hands over our hearts when the most sacred and glorious Voskhod takes center stage. I'm feeling shivers of anticipation and joy already. Boy, it better not disappoint.

Good news on the misfit crew. I was able to arrange a release from the Chelyabinsk detention and daycare center. It only cost me a case of vodka for the warden and the promise to get those guys as far away as fast as possible. I'm trying to arrange transportation back to the safety of the Lou for them but they're pushing for the Russian Air Force to bring them. I was a bit confused by that until I discovered the best kept secret in the Russian military!

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The new SOTD thread is HERE