I was unaware of this. I better go back over the GSB Temple manual.
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Manual?? I thought y'all had scrolls from which you proclaimed
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Deacons are literally servants to Bishops. So, which one of you is washing my car this morning? Lots of pollen on it from the pines right now.
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So, as of right now I'm a deacon, the pitmaster and facilities director. 
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Thanks for posting this, lasta. Bored silly on Friday, I called Gillette Marketing in the US to see if they would be willing to put out something similar to that spreadsheet for P&G blades. I asked them if they would be willing to put together an "official" spreadsheet with the following columns covering their global list of product families:
- Product Family (e.g. "PermaSharp")
- Geographic distribution (e.g. "America's")
- Sharpness (e.g. 1-10 scale)
- Smoothness (e.g. 1-10 scale)
- Longevity (e.g. "Number of shaving minutes")
- List Price
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lasta
Blade Biter
If we had a training manual for neophytes, this would go down as the perfect case study on being proactive!
I suspect that Gillette makes a variety of blades, but some are likely repackaged for different markets.
But yes, it would be great to hear from the source directly!
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I'm certainly no Deacon. The lazy cult leader can wash his dang on own car.
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lasta
Blade Biter
I tried to replicate choirmaster John's shave, complete with a Super Speed and the second rate GSB. The new breed of Silver Blues are still great blades, but just short of true Bluetata.
A decent BBS cheek and DFS+ neck was achieved. Minimal sting.
I mixed up a small bottle of 60% alcohol + 10% glycerin aftershave scented with Roma Uomo by Laura Biagiotti. Ripe sweet citrus sprinkled with vanilla and even some flowers, complete opposite of my last batch. Scent strength was much better dialed in, only 3ml of the decadent juice. Enough for me to savour the lovely smell, but not enough for it to conflict with my actual scent of the day. Excellent stuff.
A decent BBS cheek and DFS+ neck was achieved. Minimal sting.
I mixed up a small bottle of 60% alcohol + 10% glycerin aftershave scented with Roma Uomo by Laura Biagiotti. Ripe sweet citrus sprinkled with vanilla and even some flowers, complete opposite of my last batch. Scent strength was much better dialed in, only 3ml of the decadent juice. Enough for me to savour the lovely smell, but not enough for it to conflict with my actual scent of the day. Excellent stuff.
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Boris, if you were a deacon and you liked Silver Blues, Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues" could be your theme song,
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I wanted you guys to torture Uncle Aaron a bit and give Uncle Eric a chance to frying the yellow professor a bit.I noticed you still haven't entered my latest PIF, nephew Corey. Hmmm
- Uncle Eric
Apologies on my part, went on a business trip, left my shave kit at home, went on the trip without a razor.
I have sinned and brought some disposables, but what happens in Korea, stays in Korea right, you guys didn't see me write that!
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Depends on what happens, sometimes they follow you home.
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I can assure you, I toss those disposables in the trash and tip nicely to have the nice cleaner lady take it out in case it tries to slip into my suitcase and follow me home!
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Let’s see if our cult leader is still checking in occasionally:
GSBs are no damn good. I’d rather shave with Tigers dipped in Tabasco Sauce.
GSBs are no damn good. I’d rather shave with Tigers dipped in Tabasco Sauce.
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As of this moment I'd have to say that, like the golf ball, the GSB is the "Titleist" of shaving. Not everyone uses them but the majority of people who do really like them. There seems to be something for everyone in the Gillette family.
NO HIT AND MISS HERE!
BADABOOM!
NO HIT AND MISS HERE!
BADABOOM!
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I passed on a few tucks of GSB and ASCO to a few of my friends that I got to start DE shaving. They all said the Silver Blues are the best. LOL. I was pretty sure they wouldn't think that about the ASCOs.
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ASCO are Lords, and I think Lords are great.
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They are in the middle tier for me generally. I think I prefer sharp feeling blades and I just don't get that from the Lord family with the possible exception of the Silver Star. I found the ASCO the worst of the bunch. Maybe I had a bad batch, but the blade I was using wasn't even able to remove my visible stubble. No problems when I switched blades in the same razor.
Of course I realize one man's trash is another's treasure. I'm pleased you have so many affordable and good performing options through the Lord blades. I do like Big Bens and Silver Stars and I have a positive opinion of the Shark Super Chrome.
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