After reading a thread here somewhere I started thinking how i lost the pleasure of shaving with a DE and found it back now.
At 55yrs this is rather the most wonderful priveledge i have regained.
During my early shaving days, way back in the late sixties, it was nothing but DE's out there and OH!!!!.....the razors were those cheap non-branded ones that was the only ones affordable to the self made people like us.Compounded was the inexperience,bad blades,nylon bristeled brushes and what not.It was hell going through a session of shave.... each time...oh how i hated it then
Later after inheriting a decent Gillette 3 piece from my uncle,shaving became a better chore.Shaved more frequently and tried to look better groomed those days.
Then came along the cartridge types....a blessing from the heavens......that's what i thought.They were faster,smoother,slicker and above all they were darn light weight.And then who ever had the time for a leisurly shave day after day with the cumbersome DE......UUGHH!!!
Then last year found a ol' Gillette strewn among a bunch of other razors at a weekly bazaar here.......look..
...look at this gillette DE....and it's a twisting type(did'nt know it's called a TOT).Bought it and resumed shaving with a DE
after a gap of....say...20 odd years....and boy did i enjoy it!!!.
Way to go......this is Nirvana man.....this is it....pure joy of shaving.Boy did i miss this experience
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That's when i started surfing around and.....lo and behold....hit upon B&B. This has been a good discovery.What an education it has been since....i'm grooving...thanks everyone at B&B.
And my fellow B&Bians...cant be happier to be amongst you bunch of Double Edgers.Three Cheers to you Guys
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At 55yrs this is rather the most wonderful priveledge i have regained.
During my early shaving days, way back in the late sixties, it was nothing but DE's out there and OH!!!!.....the razors were those cheap non-branded ones that was the only ones affordable to the self made people like us.Compounded was the inexperience,bad blades,nylon bristeled brushes and what not.It was hell going through a session of shave.... each time...oh how i hated it then
Later after inheriting a decent Gillette 3 piece from my uncle,shaving became a better chore.Shaved more frequently and tried to look better groomed those days.
Then came along the cartridge types....a blessing from the heavens......that's what i thought.They were faster,smoother,slicker and above all they were darn light weight.And then who ever had the time for a leisurly shave day after day with the cumbersome DE......UUGHH!!!
Then last year found a ol' Gillette strewn among a bunch of other razors at a weekly bazaar here.......look..
...look at this gillette DE....and it's a twisting type(did'nt know it's called a TOT).Bought it and resumed shaving with a DEafter a gap of....say...20 odd years....and boy did i enjoy it!!!.
Way to go......this is Nirvana man.....this is it....pure joy of shaving.Boy did i miss this experience
.That's when i started surfing around and.....lo and behold....hit upon B&B. This has been a good discovery.What an education it has been since....i'm grooving...thanks everyone at B&B.
And my fellow B&Bians...cant be happier to be amongst you bunch of Double Edgers.Three Cheers to you Guys
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