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Posted by Zach
on July 1, 2009, 10:47 am, in reply to "SOTD: Wednesday, July 1, 2009"
Tuesday AM
Had to rush out of the house, spent too much time doing other things and did not shave!
So, I shaved at the office. I have a kit at the office, it's been there for a few years; it was chosen at the time as second rate equipment, such that I would not miss it at home. In retrospect this was not a good idea, I have so much stuff after all. I chose the stuff also based on ease of office shave, which of course meant a shave stick. So, the kit consists of:
> Tweezerman $15 badger
I don't mind how prickly it is; if you don't mind that, then this brush is wonderful. Much more backbone than any soft badger, and it holds a lot of water so the office face lathering is not a mess, as it can be with boar; I'll take off the dress shirt but not the undershirt, and I don't want to make a mess on the floor.
> Honeybee Spa shave stick, Clean for Men
I'm happy I brought this here, it has grown on me a lot. Shea butter and a nice clean scent.
> 1958 Superspeed
Because I have a few of these so why not. Originally I had the cheap Treet / Wilkinson plastic black handled Delrin razor, which I did not like.
> Gillette Platinum Plus
I don't really care much about these blades and I don't need to buy 10,000 of them. By that I mean they are great blades, but for me, sadly, I can get a great shave with most any blade. I say sadly because I would enjoy the adventure of the blade hunt, and I did for a while, but it's not there for me. If it doesn't tug then I can make do and get a close shave; the only think that I really notice is that carbon is a lot smoother than stainless. I'm out of the Swedes in the office now, and I think that the office is a great place for the Black Beauties that I have hundreds of; 1 shave and toss it.
> Coral Skin food
I originally brought it because of the small bottle; it's my favorite scent of all the skin foods and in the office I like its 'sealer' properties, so there it is. When it runs out I'll probably bring the Limes; I don't like the Trumper skin food normally but it seems to have a place here. I think that a tube of Aloe Vera gelly would do just as fine.
Good day, Men!
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