I stumbled into this section of B&B and started some reading of members diaries or journalies. And i know now i have a lot of reading to do now. But my journaling(?) will be simple and make turns i won't know why or how. So if anyone goes past this starting a journal post i hope i don't tap anything too boring. Here i go...
SHAVING:
I use a 1959 Gillette Fatboy made in the 4th quarter. From what i was told how to find this info out on/through the B&B forums by some members a couple of months ago. Also i am unsure of where or how i got this razor. It could have been a PIF or a purchse in the BST section of B&B. I think this info i will find out when i go through my closed out purerockfury account.
I use different samples from shave lather stuff to blades to aftershave stuff. That i enjoy doing a lot. But Stirling Soap Co. is my main go to company for everything soft/liquid(?) based shave and shower gear. And samples i could and can usually afford.
I also had/have an envelope shark related things like 1 blade and a shark sticker or a stamp is in. A Shark Week thing that was based through B&B a few years ago.
I have a Captain's Choice Copper Shave Bowl in Aquamarine. I think this purchase happened after an accident happened to a ceramic bowl i had. Another thing i want to look up and find out what, how and why i got/had that ceramic bowl.
Yaqi 24mm synthetic brush, i'm forgetting the name of right now. Is another purchase i made about 3 years ago or so. Possibly because another brush i had lost hairs or broke. Another thing researching that other account might help me remember.
My shaving began when i was 17/18 and senior year of vocational high school. An electric razor, i have no memory of the brand or the model. The reason i got it my facial fur grew in patches and spots across and under my face so to me that fur had to go away.
I became homeless when i was 23 for 8 months, mostly my choice/decision which i will tap about in another journal post i make. During that time a barber i met by going to his shop a few times to see if he needed help cleaning up the shop and/or shoveling snow in front of his shop in Central/East New Jersey (more of that info in future posts). One heavy snow day i saw a shovel was left out by another store in the same mini-mall complex the barber's shop was in. I used that shovel to clear the snow off the walkways of the small mini-mall complex.
A few days later i was at his shop again asking if he wanted or needed help cleaning up. This time he stopped what he was doing (cutting a man's head hair) and asked me some questions. "Why was i always coming in to help cleanup" and "was i the one who shoveled the mall's walkways and put the shovel back?". Yes was my answer to the second question. "Why are you by the door? come in it's warmer inside and we won't need to talk loudly". I said ok, took a few steps in and started to tell them i was homeless trying to earn some money and i was by the door to not let much of my B.O. be smelled by them too much.
He pointed to another of his customers chairs to sit for their hair cutting (and my mind can't remember those chair's name). Which i sat down on and watched him cut the other man's hair. They were talking to each other about what, idk? it was whispering mostly. The shaving/cutting was done. The man shook the older barber's hand, walked over to me handed me $40 (a decent amount of money in the late 1990s) i got a thank you and a handshake and the man left.
I sat there looking at the money in my hand wodering why the man gave it to me. The barber said "stop staring at your payment, you did a good job for me and my son (the man whose hair he was shaving) we were wondering who had done the shoveling of the walkways the snow plowers didn't show up till later that day." Bill (the barber's name) then said "if i could come to his shop every weekend to clean up he will pay me at the end of sunday's hours the shop was opened for. Throughout the 6 months or so of cleaning Bill's shop i learned a lot about shaving and how to use a straight razor. And my personal obsession about being a clean shaven man began.
This is probably a long read, thank you for reading it...
SHAVING:
I use a 1959 Gillette Fatboy made in the 4th quarter. From what i was told how to find this info out on/through the B&B forums by some members a couple of months ago. Also i am unsure of where or how i got this razor. It could have been a PIF or a purchse in the BST section of B&B. I think this info i will find out when i go through my closed out purerockfury account.
I use different samples from shave lather stuff to blades to aftershave stuff. That i enjoy doing a lot. But Stirling Soap Co. is my main go to company for everything soft/liquid(?) based shave and shower gear. And samples i could and can usually afford.
I also had/have an envelope shark related things like 1 blade and a shark sticker or a stamp is in. A Shark Week thing that was based through B&B a few years ago.
I have a Captain's Choice Copper Shave Bowl in Aquamarine. I think this purchase happened after an accident happened to a ceramic bowl i had. Another thing i want to look up and find out what, how and why i got/had that ceramic bowl.
Yaqi 24mm synthetic brush, i'm forgetting the name of right now. Is another purchase i made about 3 years ago or so. Possibly because another brush i had lost hairs or broke. Another thing researching that other account might help me remember.
My shaving began when i was 17/18 and senior year of vocational high school. An electric razor, i have no memory of the brand or the model. The reason i got it my facial fur grew in patches and spots across and under my face so to me that fur had to go away.
I became homeless when i was 23 for 8 months, mostly my choice/decision which i will tap about in another journal post i make. During that time a barber i met by going to his shop a few times to see if he needed help cleaning up the shop and/or shoveling snow in front of his shop in Central/East New Jersey (more of that info in future posts). One heavy snow day i saw a shovel was left out by another store in the same mini-mall complex the barber's shop was in. I used that shovel to clear the snow off the walkways of the small mini-mall complex.
A few days later i was at his shop again asking if he wanted or needed help cleaning up. This time he stopped what he was doing (cutting a man's head hair) and asked me some questions. "Why was i always coming in to help cleanup" and "was i the one who shoveled the mall's walkways and put the shovel back?". Yes was my answer to the second question. "Why are you by the door? come in it's warmer inside and we won't need to talk loudly". I said ok, took a few steps in and started to tell them i was homeless trying to earn some money and i was by the door to not let much of my B.O. be smelled by them too much.
He pointed to another of his customers chairs to sit for their hair cutting (and my mind can't remember those chair's name). Which i sat down on and watched him cut the other man's hair. They were talking to each other about what, idk? it was whispering mostly. The shaving/cutting was done. The man shook the older barber's hand, walked over to me handed me $40 (a decent amount of money in the late 1990s) i got a thank you and a handshake and the man left.
I sat there looking at the money in my hand wodering why the man gave it to me. The barber said "stop staring at your payment, you did a good job for me and my son (the man whose hair he was shaving) we were wondering who had done the shoveling of the walkways the snow plowers didn't show up till later that day." Bill (the barber's name) then said "if i could come to his shop every weekend to clean up he will pay me at the end of sunday's hours the shop was opened for. Throughout the 6 months or so of cleaning Bill's shop i learned a lot about shaving and how to use a straight razor. And my personal obsession about being a clean shaven man began.
This is probably a long read, thank you for reading it...