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2023 Shave Purchase Sabbatical - The Year of The Prisoner

I must admit, I am out as of today. Just bought another razor. I did sell one of my own last week, but still, it is a shave purchase. So, with pain in my heart, I say farewell ;-) I will continue though using my products I already have, nothing changes there. So will sign up for some montly grumes probably

Thanks and good luck to all!

no #55 signing off
What did you get Bart?
 

CzechCzar

Use the Fat, Luke!
Hi,

Well, you are Still In here. The electric is still an allowed exception for a medical reason.

Additional electric razors would be following the Electric Bunny, though.

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Is an Electric Bunny named Buzz??

Stan
Agreed. Not sure what, if anything, I will have for my exception...
I must admit, I am out as of today. Just bought another razor. I did sell one of my own last week, but still, it is a shave purchase. So, with pain in my heart, I say farewell ;-) I will continue though using my products I already have, nothing changes there. So will sign up for some montly grumes probably

Thanks and good luck to all!

no #55 signing off
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linty1

My wallet cries.
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Still in.
Moving from the Ch2 in best to this silvertip is like night and day, so much softer... the best in that Chubby def isn't one of the "really nice" best ones, maybe their regular "best". I do miss the density/backbone in the chubby though. Just a one pass, wtg, shave today as I don't have a lot of time.
 
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023 GRUYERE #49 - Still in
March 2023 GRUME #23 - Still in

Date: 03.17.23
Days growth: 3

Head shaver

Razor: Van Der Hagen TTO
Blade: Rapira Super Stainless (4)
Brush: Parker synthetic

Pre-shave: Hot shower using Dr. Bronners Citrus on face and head with facial scrubber

Lather: Colonel Conk - Amber
Bowl: Fine Accoutrements blue/white

Passes: 4 (ridiculous)

Post Shave Routine and products:
1 - Hot rinse with microfiber towel X2
2 - Cold rinse with microfiber towel X1
3 - Alum block
4 - Cold rinse with microfiber towel X1
5 - Aftershave - Mentos Hero
6 - Balm: Nivea Sensitive skin

Time from shower on to dressed and ready:

NOTES: This shave was not very enjoyable. I needed to use a mild razor today so I chose my little used Van Der Hagen TTO with a Rapira Super Stainless (4) moved to this razor. The Colonel Conk was OKish, I think I might toss it, the lather is fairly slick but deflates quickly and the scent is very weak. I completed pass one and had a fair bit of stubble. Pass two and still stubble?? Half way through pass three and most stubble was gone but usually by now I have a very close shave. I swapped the razor out for my 1940's tech (same Rapira) and it cleaned up pretty well but the blade had in fact become dull. Dull blade with the super mild razor equaled only a SAS. I am adding a new catagory for my scoring - Enjoyment - I was rather annoyed...
Quality: 7/10
Comfort: 9/10
Enjoyment: 6/10
Total: 7.33/10 - probably the second worst shave since I started DE shaving in 09/23...
 

Date18.03.2023
365 days of shaving77/365 (100%)
GRUYERE77/365 (100%)
GRUME March18/31 (100%)
03/12 (100%)
Soap of the Month Club (SOTMC)
18/31 (100%)
01/12 (83%)

RazorBladeBrush
Gillette NEW Long CombLa Fayette (1)Simpson T3
Pre-shaveSoap & BowlPost-shave
Cold splashMike’s Barbershop
Proraso Green
Cold splash

Efficiency (scoring details here)Quality
8/10 (~20 minutes)10/10 (clean)
EffectivenessComfort
6/10 (CCS)9/10 (buttery smooth)


Notes to today’s shave:

Still in with some very hard to obtain razors lurking on the horizon within reach. But still in.

The blade is smooth and comfortable and very mild. So mild perhaps that it is less effective in my beard. A smooth result after a three pass shave, but not BBS levels at all. I don’t know if it’s a one and done blade, but I wouldn’t be surprised.


Further details on today’s shave and more can be found here.

Enjoy your shave today!
 
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I must admit, I am out as of today. Just bought another razor. I did sell one of my own last week, but still, it is a shave purchase. So, with pain in my heart, I say farewell ;-) I will continue though using my products I already have, nothing changes there. So will sign up for some montly grumes probably

Thanks and good luck to all!

no #55 signing off
Hi,

Nope. No signing off. You are in The Village, remember. You don't leave. You are simply Outed as a Warder working for Number Two!

So, keep on posting your shaves. With the new razor as well. :)

Stan
 
Hi,

Updated List

Prisoners

1.
2. KQY61 - No Exception
3. sjblon - No Exception
4. Tillerman - No Exception
5. Noodles - A/S
6. Patrick McGoohan - Always Exceptional
7. VerbaVolant - No Exception
8. bjm - Exception: razor handle
9. elmo_koffman - exception: blades
10. Jim99 - Exception: Italia soap
11. Pepin - exception vintage razor
12. gdawg55 - aftershave
13. La Malice - Shaving bowl
14. 02FLHTCI- No Exception
15. DEaficianado - razor handle
16. Out(ed)
17. wmadoty - No Exception
18. Sandorfi - Exception Vintage Gillette new
19. Out(ed)
20. Crisp Rat - no exception
21. Esetter - no exception
22. Chef455 - Exception Lucky Tiger if Supply Runs Out
23. JeffJ - No Exception
24. EB Newfarm No Exception
25. Out(ed)
26. Trollky - tube of Proraso cream
27. MaineYooper - vintage razor
28. (Porkins). CzechCzar - exception TBD
29. Out(ed)
30. Balin - "The Duke" Exception - Shaving brush
31. JAHE - Exception - modern razor
32. Sotiris_A - No exception
33. Tjsgarden-Exception- razor
34. Contact_vs_Feedback - Vintage razor
35. KW Driver - Exception - Linseed oil/sealers for brush repairs.
36. Cantujm -Exception- Wolfman Razor
37. Bobbyb - No Exception
38. ByDoms - No exception
39. Ruva - razor
40. Jamesearthdrum - Geo Trumper Coral Skin Tonic
41. cryhavoc - shaving brush
42. T.Orso - witch hazel
43. Heron - shave soap
44. Guido75 - balm
45. Whisky - No Exception
46. Doc4 ... exceptions are for wimps
47. linty1 - no exceptions
48. Alum Ladd - Nivea post shave balm
49. JKaboom - LEA 3in1
50. Berwick12 - No Exception
51. Chandu - No Exception
52. kjbarth - no exception
53. Out(ed)
54. Fred D - No exception
55. Out(ed)
56. LJBraaten - Vintage Razor
57. sirplatypus - blades

Out(ed) as Warders

29. awk_m4 - No Exception - 1/31- Bought stuff for sons and dipped in
53. Markdad2 - No exception - 2/6 - Muhle Rocca Stainless
25. JWCowboy No Exception - 2/16 - Neighbor getting out of making brushes
19. ewk - NO EXCEPTION - 2/18 - Mutton tallow soap
16. DougK - no exception - 3/12 - Bic Flex 5 carts picked up out of habit
55. bartje-p - Blackbird (regular) SS plate - 3/17 - Lupo .95 SS w/ HD handle
 
SV/Semogue Saturday
Still In GRUME, GRUYERE & 365 Shaves

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Timeless Ti .68 with Muhle Rasurkultur (18), SV Manna Di Sicilia and Semogue SOC

Again, another good quartet to start the weekend. I really like the light weight of the Timeless razor. It was a DFS+ way to start the weekend.

Here is some good music I listened to last night-
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Please take care of yourself and each other.
 
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...
 
Hi,

Updated list:

Prisoners

1.
2. KQY61 - No Exception
3. sjblon - No Exception
4. Tillerman - No Exception
5. Noodles - A/S
6. Patrick McGoohan - Always Exceptional
7. VerbaVolant - No Exception
8. bjm - Exception: razor handle
9. elmo_koffman - exception: blades
10. Jim99 - Exception: Italia soap
11. Pepin - exception vintage razor
12. gdawg55 - aftershave
13. La Malice - Shaving bowl
14. 02FLHTCI- No Exception
15. DEaficianado - razor handle
16. Out(ed)
17. wmadoty - No Exception
18. Sandorfi - Exception Vintage Gillette new
19. Out(ed)
20. Crisp Rat - no exception
21. Esetter - no exception
22. Chef455 - Exception Lucky Tiger if Supply Runs Out
23. JeffJ - No Exception
24. EB Newfarm No Exception
25. Out(ed)
26. Out(ed)
27. MaineYooper - vintage razor
28. (Porkins). CzechCzar - exception TBD
29. Out(ed)
30. Balin - "The Duke" Exception - Shaving brush
31. JAHE - Exception - modern razor
32. Sotiris_A - No exception
33. Tjsgarden-Exception- razor
34. Contact_vs_Feedback - Vintage razor
35. KW Driver - Exception - Linseed oil/sealers for brush repairs.
36. Cantujm -Exception- Wolfman Razor
37. Bobbyb - No Exception
38. ByDoms - No exception
39. Ruva - razor
40. Jamesearthdrum - Geo Trumper Coral Skin Tonic
41. cryhavoc - shaving brush
42. T.Orso - witch hazel
43. Heron - shave soap
44. Guido75 - balm
45. Whisky - No Exception
46. Doc4 ... exceptions are for wimps
47. linty1 - no exceptions
48. Alum Ladd - Nivea post shave balm
49. JKaboom - LEA 3in1
50. Berwick12 - No Exception
51. Chandu - No Exception
52. kjbarth - no exception
53. Out(ed)
54. Fred D - No exception
55. Out(ed)
56. LJBraaten - Vintage Razor
57. sirplatypus - blades

Out(ed) as Warders

29. awk_m4 - No Exception - 1/31- Bought stuff for sons and dipped in
53. Markdad2 - No exception - 2/6 - Muhle Rocca Stainless
25. JWCowboy No Exception - 2/16 - Neighbor getting out of making brushes
19. ewk - NO EXCEPTION - 2/18 - Mutton tallow soap
16. DougK - no exception - 3/12 - Bic Flex 5 carts picked up out of habit
55. bartje-p - Blackbird (regular) SS plate - 3/17 - Lupo .95 SS w/ HD handle
26. Trollky - tube of Proraso cream - 3/18 - Color Coordinated razor, brush and soap in a shade of red.

Stan
 
oh well, why not ;-)

no #55, out;

sotd 19-3 (my new razor hasn't arrived yet)

Love this razor. And the after shave is probably one of my favorites.

Blackland Razors Vector SS SB
Feather Professional (AC) (2)
Mühle Silver Tip Fibre M
Speick Men Active
Speick Men AS
Balea Men Energy ASB

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Hi,

Excellent! And you are still #55. Just not #55 a prisoner, but #55 a warder. ;)

That was how the show went. Each episode we found out at least one new Number to be a Warder.

Stan
 
Synthetic Sundays!!!
Still In GRUME, GRUYERE and 365 Shaves


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Merkur 34 loaded with Muhle Rasurkultur (19), Mike's Orange soap and Brushworx G5C brush

I think about LJ, @LJBraaten when I use Mike's soap. LJ is frugal (in a good way!) and this is one his preferred brands. The soap lid is showing signs of my neglect but the soap inside is excellent. I am truly enjoying what I have. This quartet's performance was excellent.

Please take care of yourself and each other.
 
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