Welcome to the 2013 International Battle of the Blades™ (iBOB) and PIF!
Background:
I have been on a quest to find the best blade FOR ME. (Please bear in mind that MMMV)
In my 5 months of DE shaving, I have acquired a vault filled with samples of 22 of the world’s finest blades.
With the help of both my lovely wife - who will randomize and load the blades - and a wet-shaving co-worker – who will help with posting here - I am embarking on an embarrassingly unscientific blind test of 22 blades.
The Prize:
I will be giving away as a PIF any shaving item that can be shipped to the winner for under $17 (US) dollars. I know right? $17 WHOLE DOLLARS! ANY ITEM. INCREDIBLE! A puck of Wool Fat? You betcha! 100 Astras? Yup! Whatever your shaving heart desires.
Well almost.
But before you say, “I’m in” and spend the rest of your day in a woozy stupor, marveling at my almost boundless generosity, there are some things you will have to realize.
The good news? Sure, the princely sum of 17 simoleons is burning a hole in my pocket.
The bad news? It will have to burn for a while.
More good news? (Edit to add another ridiculously extravagant prize.) Toothpick, curator of the B&B Great Blade Exchange ( http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/332992-The-Great-Blade-Exchange-2013 ) has generously offered to "sweeten the pot" by adding 20 blades, 2 each of 10 different kinds, of the the winner's choosing. Thanks toothpick!
How you win:
Here is how you win this tediously long PIF.
First, you must endure the rest of this wordy and parenthetically dense post.
Then your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to pick which 4 blades emerge victorious at the end of the blind-test tunnel. There is a list below of the blade contestants and you merely need to pick 4 and post your selection, in order, in this thread (for additional fun, but not required you can post which item (under $17 shipped) you dream of acquiring (you may always change your mind later should you prove yourself the most prescient of B&Bers)).
Scoring:
You will be given a point for guessing any of the “final four”. (I reserve the right to break ties in any way I see fit, but it will probably come down to who guessed more accurately my final preference order. There may not be 4 blades that make it through, there may be more than 4. As always in this contest, please bear in mind that MMMV and I’ll endeavor to be as fair as I can).
If someone posts the same 4 blades in the same order as a previous poster, the first poster will be the winner so try your darnedest to post an original entry. This contest, like this post, is likely to take a good while; I suspect this may go on to the end of the year. On the other hand it (again, like this post) may be over in a month. It is hard to tell at this point. So if the winner is inactive at the close of the contest, I’ll move on to the next in line to award the enormous prize. Additionally I reserve the right to give up the contest at any time and do a random draw for a winner as my personal circumstances warrant.
I will announce in this thread when guessing/entry period is over. And my work-mate or I will post a new thread for discussion at that time should anyone want to talk about the contest results behind my back…
So off you go! Choose 4 blades from the list of 22 below, put them in order and GL!
More in subsequent posts to help you choose if you can endure a further wall of type…
One last item. I’d like to thank Toothpick for running the B&B Blade Exchange – a wonderful blade resource which we should all use and support. I’d also like to thank Recluse for a fine PIF-gift of 6 of the most expensive and difficult to acquire blades. Lastly MCE00771, my co-worker for giving me a range of 7 O'Clocks. GL!
Background:
I have been on a quest to find the best blade FOR ME. (Please bear in mind that MMMV)
In my 5 months of DE shaving, I have acquired a vault filled with samples of 22 of the world’s finest blades.
With the help of both my lovely wife - who will randomize and load the blades - and a wet-shaving co-worker – who will help with posting here - I am embarking on an embarrassingly unscientific blind test of 22 blades.
The Prize:
I will be giving away as a PIF any shaving item that can be shipped to the winner for under $17 (US) dollars. I know right? $17 WHOLE DOLLARS! ANY ITEM. INCREDIBLE! A puck of Wool Fat? You betcha! 100 Astras? Yup! Whatever your shaving heart desires.
Well almost.
But before you say, “I’m in” and spend the rest of your day in a woozy stupor, marveling at my almost boundless generosity, there are some things you will have to realize.
The good news? Sure, the princely sum of 17 simoleons is burning a hole in my pocket.
The bad news? It will have to burn for a while.
More good news? (Edit to add another ridiculously extravagant prize.) Toothpick, curator of the B&B Great Blade Exchange ( http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/332992-The-Great-Blade-Exchange-2013 ) has generously offered to "sweeten the pot" by adding 20 blades, 2 each of 10 different kinds, of the the winner's choosing. Thanks toothpick!
How you win:
Here is how you win this tediously long PIF.
First, you must endure the rest of this wordy and parenthetically dense post.
Then your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to pick which 4 blades emerge victorious at the end of the blind-test tunnel. There is a list below of the blade contestants and you merely need to pick 4 and post your selection, in order, in this thread (for additional fun, but not required you can post which item (under $17 shipped) you dream of acquiring (you may always change your mind later should you prove yourself the most prescient of B&Bers)).
Scoring:
You will be given a point for guessing any of the “final four”. (I reserve the right to break ties in any way I see fit, but it will probably come down to who guessed more accurately my final preference order. There may not be 4 blades that make it through, there may be more than 4. As always in this contest, please bear in mind that MMMV and I’ll endeavor to be as fair as I can).
If someone posts the same 4 blades in the same order as a previous poster, the first poster will be the winner so try your darnedest to post an original entry. This contest, like this post, is likely to take a good while; I suspect this may go on to the end of the year. On the other hand it (again, like this post) may be over in a month. It is hard to tell at this point. So if the winner is inactive at the close of the contest, I’ll move on to the next in line to award the enormous prize. Additionally I reserve the right to give up the contest at any time and do a random draw for a winner as my personal circumstances warrant.
I will announce in this thread when guessing/entry period is over. And my work-mate or I will post a new thread for discussion at that time should anyone want to talk about the contest results behind my back…
So off you go! Choose 4 blades from the list of 22 below, put them in order and GL!
More in subsequent posts to help you choose if you can endure a further wall of type…
One last item. I’d like to thank Toothpick for running the B&B Blade Exchange – a wonderful blade resource which we should all use and support. I’d also like to thank Recluse for a fine PIF-gift of 6 of the most expensive and difficult to acquire blades. Lastly MCE00771, my co-worker for giving me a range of 7 O'Clocks. GL!
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