Happy birthday, and no apologies needed.Hello friends!
Today is my birthday. To celebrate my 65 years of life, my dear wife told me last night that she would like to give me a shaving soap as a gift and asked me which one I would like.
I thought of replying: I'm in a restraint with my dear friends at GRUME, my love…but instead, I replied with enthusiasm: Martin de Candre Fougere!
Overhearing the conversation, our daughters (we have triplets) said they were thinking of sharing a gift for me, perhaps some fragrance or aftershave that I didn't have and would really like. Which? Brut Oceans, I replied...
The true is that I had not shaved for over twenty years, only trimming with an electric razor whenever my facial hair became unbearable and I went back to shaving less than a year ago. By all appearances, the girls at home are happy with my decision, therefore I can't let them down…
Well my friends, as of today I am out of March GRUME. I must confess that happiness for my birthday is mixed with sadness for leaving you. It's a bittersweet feeling...
I apologize my dear @FoolishMortal and all my friends for enabling.
I shall be back in two weeks with a lot of strength for restraint.
I will miss you all very much.
Be well and have great shaves.
Cheers!
Hopefully you don't go through a "blue" phase...I'm out...
Alas, I succumbed to my baser instincts and ordered a new razor, brush and soap....
Worse still, the main driver of this transaction was simply a question of colour coordination.... I felt an overwhelming need to have a consistent shade of red across razor, soap and brush.
Petty I know but nonetheless...
Oops! Sounds like a small leak turned into a trickle. Let's just hope it doesn't become a flood.Sorry guys, I'm out.
I forgot about the rules and entered one of @Grundi 's blade PIFs.
Since I'm out, I decided to pick up a Souplex/Big Ben too
| Razor | Blade | Brush |
| Timeless Ti95SCL | Gillette Thin Blue (2) | Kox Blue Synthetic |
| Pre-shave | Soap & Bowl | Post-shave |
| Cold splash | Mike’s Barbershop Proraso Green | Cold splash |
| Efficiency (scoring details here) | Quality |
| 8/10 (~20 minutes) | 10/10 (clean) |
| Effectiveness | Comfort |
| 8.5/10 (BBS-) | 8/10 (smooth) |
| Notes to today’s shave: |
. It was a really comfy shave though. I may like this a bit more than my New SC!Thank you very much, dear @FoolishMortal !Happy birthday, and no apologies needed.
Hopefully you don't go through a "blue" phase...
Oops! Sounds like a small leak turned into a trickle. Let's just hope it doesn't become a flood.
And so it's time for a little housekeeping, I guess, as we have lost a few more brothers. If I missed any other "outs", let me know.
I hope these brothers will hold strong to go 30-for-31, limiting the damage. That aside, it's time for...
Roll Call!
1) @FoolishMortal - Forever, SOTMC, FFFMM
2) @Multum in parvo
3) @Guido75 - GRUYERE, SOTMC
4) @elmo_koffman
5) @hopper_64 - FFFMM, SOTMC, SWS
6) @cryhavoc - GRUYERE
7) @iver
8) @BobbyB
9) @La Malice - GRUYERE, FFFMM, GRUEL, SOTMC
10) @Balin - GRUYERE, SOTMC
11) @tjsgarden - GRUYERE, 365 Shaves
12) Beto Salatini - out (3/17: Birthday Fougere and Brut)
13) @kjbarth - GRUYERE
14) @silverlifter
15) @JAHE - GRUYERE
16) DougK - GRUYERE - out (3/12: Carts)
17) @LJBraaten - GRUYERE
18) @Doti B
19) @Markdad2
20) @couch_potato
21) @sandorfi - GRUYERE, SOTMC
22) @Jack Goossen
23) @JKaboom - GRUYERE
24) Trollky - out (3/18: Seeing Red)
25) @Chef455 - GRUYERE
26) Den Fly - out (3/12: Star 100)
27) @ChriWilson - SWS, SOTMC, FFFMM, GRUEL
28) @StratMan
29) @Roedeer
30) @Contact_vs_Feedback - GRUYERE
31) lasta - out (3/19: PIF and Stuff)
32) @bartje-p
33) @cantujm- GRUYERE
34) @FL shaver
