Guido and @BalinPS: Perhaps someone wants to give it a try, too? Looking in particular at you, John @tjsgarden
smile out. A few GRUMERS may remember that was my favorite smile last year.Shouldn't this be brought to the attention of @LJBraatenPS: Perhaps someone wants to give it a try, too? Looking in particular at you, John @tjsgarden
Do take good care of your health, uncle.
Amazing how a little community can form within a community. I feel the same about GRUME.If GRUME were not on B&B, I probably wouldn't be here.
This is my HOME thread.
Some months are better than others but we are all getting there at our own pace...even if we sometimes mess up on the last day (you know who you are), but (you know who you are) we are
and
for you this month!
Appreciate your ethics on this matter, CvF
It was a calculated risk. I could get COVID and flu, feel terrible for a couple of days, then go back to get shingles and pneumonia and feel terrible for a couple of days again. I figured I would just get them all and be done with it. I don't know if I would do it this way again, but they're done...until I have to go back in six months for the second shingles shot.
| Date | 29.12.2022 |
| 365 days of shaving | 366/362 (100%) |
| GRUME December | 28/30 (97%) |
| Discovery Blade Adventure | Bolzano 3/3 Timor 3/3 Eddison 2/3 |
| Passes | 3 |
| WXTG | first pass cheeks: CB Curve (NW-SE curving midway to NE-SW) second pass cheeks: Gillette Slant (SW-NE) first pass neck: Gillette Slant (NE-SW) second pass neck: Gillette Slant (S-N) |
| ATG | Straight & Slanted (SW-NE | cheeks) (SW-NE | neck) |
| Razor | Blade | Brush |
| Matador Deluxe | Dorco ST300HQ (9) | Razorock Plissoft 400 |
| Pre-shave | Soap & Bowl | Post-shave |
| Cold splash Proraso Green pre-shave | Haslinger Sandelholz Face lathered | Cold splash Nivea (Balm) |
| Efficiency | Quality |
| 9/10 (~20 minutes) | 8/10 (Irritation on the neck and weepers) |
| Effectiveness | Comfort |
| 8/10 (DFS+/BBS-) | 8/10 (Smooth) |
| Notes to today’s shave: |
Sometimes it helps to do a rotation of your rotation to reflect on how much you already have and if there is still something needed.
Good luck in the GRUYERE, I did it successfully in 2021 and enjoyed it.Still in.
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I took a deep breath today and placed my name on the GRUYERE list. Thus I changed my avatar...
I have one successful attempt with this annual restraint events and two epic fails. I'll likely will add a third fail, however, I'll give it a try in any case.
The theme of the 2023 GRUYERE is kind of cool... "The year of The Prisoner". Quite a match.
And no doubts, my daily posts will be done in the GRUME threads...
Maybe I can convince anyone to join the list, too?
Here's the obligatory teaser...
This year's GRUYERE storyline will be The Year of The Prisoner. The theme will be based on that classic 1960’s television show The Prisoner. ...
It was a rather different TV show. The concept was a Secret Agent show, but with an entirely different take. Our Hero is, or was, a Secret Agent. In the opening, something has caused him to resign. As he contemplates his newfound freedom, he winds up subjected to sleeping gas and wakes up in a strange place. As a Prisoner. He wasn't allowed to resign, you see. And, the Powers That Be want to know why he resigned. He never does tell us. Secret, indeed, until the end.
...
Our hero has no name, just a Number, which is Six. The boss of The Village is Number Two. Everyone has a Number, no names are used most of the time.
No. 31 will provide you with a link...
2023 Shave Purchase Sabbatical - The Year of The Prisoner
Introducing the 2023 Gentlemanly Restraint Until Year's End RElief Join the members of the Badger & Blade community for the 14th annual Shave Purchase Sabbatical, held since 2010. Remembering all those who were successful, those who are still toughing it out, those who signed up, and those who...www.badgerandblade.com
Enjoy your shaves!
Which one has caught your interest?
After a long sequence of RAD I have come to the conclusion there is no such thing as a RAD killing razor. You can find highly satisfying shavers. But still, and I had to face it, the RAD killer approach is an illusion as long as curiosity is in the driver seat...
Go offline more often. Meet with people which bring joy to your day in real life instead...though you (and us) have already found the best subforum of B&B...
Thanks. We shall see how 2023 will go...
hi Guido,Which one has caught your interest?
What do you expect from this particular razor?
After a long sequence of RAD I have come to the conclusion there is no such thing as a RAD killing razor. You can find highly satisfying shavers. But still, and I had to face it, the RAD killer approach is an illusion as long as curiosity is in the driver seat...
Go offline more often. Meet with people which bring joy to your day in real life instead...though you (and us) have already found the best subforum of B&B...
Guido I can send you my 1.0 for some test shaves over and I believe @Jack Goossen has also one around.
