Shaving event to avoid....

[english_barber]

Hello,

I had the following conversation with a London PR consultant two weeks ago.

" Helllo, do you have any shavers that do events? "

" Why of course, I personally have just worked in Saks on 5th Avenue in New York."

" Great, we need two wet shavers for two weeks doing shaving. We also need all the gear".

As we charge 500GBP per Barber per day the red money mist fell over my eyes! But then I enthused about what we can do with hot towels , CF pre shave, CF Lavender shaving cream and CF Lavender balm.

" Oh no, we don't want any of that stuff, just some foam. Anyway you only get 15 minutes because the sponser wants 1000 people shaved...."

I practically fell off my chair, needless to say I declined this invitation.

The organisers of the event rang again today and bought 20 packs of styptic matches, ( http://www.gentlemans-shop.com/acatalog/copy_of_sens-styptic-matches.html#a605 )! The package would have to be in London for a Gillette promotion tommorrow.

This will treat 600 nicks, probably at the UK launch of the Fusion razor!

You have been warned...

Regards, Robert

 

[inkling]

That is a funny story! Perhaps Gillette's next razor can have six blades in a row, a lube strip at the front and a stypic strip along the back to clean up the carnage.

 

[Jonnybc]

Hi Robert

Any idea where this is happening?

 

[mrob]

From the ridiculous to the sublime.

But bravo on having the integrity to turn down the invitation--many would have taken the money and cut. . .er, run. . .uh, same thing.

 

[Joedy]

Thank you for posting, Robert.

Please do not tell them that the pencils will leave a white residue on the skin, however!

-joedy

 

[roughrider]

" Oh no, we don't want any of that stuff, just some foam. Anyway you only get 15 minutes because the sponser wants 1000 people shaved...."

I practically fell off my chair, needless to say I declined this invitation.

 

[NMMB]

...The organisers of the event rang again today and bought 20 packs of styptic matches, ( http://www.gentlemans-shop.com/acatalog/copy_of_sens-styptic-matches.html#a605 )! The package would have to be in London for a Gillette promotion tommorrow.

This will treat 600 nicks, probably at the UK launch of the Fusion razor!...

Well, I haven't tried the Fusion, but if it is anything like the M3 I'm guessing that there will be 1000 poorly shaved men walking around London with an inexpensive and ineffectual razor that requires painfully expensive cartridges... oh well, at least they had the good sense to order lots of styptic.

 

[MJB]

The Fusion is not awful; actually pretty well reveived here at B&B. It's actually pretty good as cartridge razors go. Still having transitioned recently to DE shaving, there's no going back.

That being said, out of disgust I threw my Fusion in the trash. I was on vacation and early on as expereimenting with shaving, for ease of travel, I brought along a fusion and used King of Shaves gel. I think it was the KOS but it absolutely destroyed my face unlike anything else in the world ever did and I have used the fusion with others products without this result. Still I was mad and the Fusion followed the KOS and now resides in a landfill somewhere in upstate New York.

MJB

 

[mrob]

Was in Buffalo visiting family recently, and thought I saw something familiar in that trashpile!

 

[Mama Bear]

Why don't you guys get all the suppliers together and lets do a mini convention?? Some place like.... hmm.. Hawaii??