Thanks for this amazing community!

[A3M0N]

A very generous member of our community gifted me a box of goodies in thanks for serving our great country.

The box contains:

-A British open comb razor with no other markings than "British Made"
-A 1957 Gillette Flare Tip Superspeed
-A puck of L'Occtaine Cade soap
-A stick of Mama Bear's Sandalwood Vanilla soap
-A sample of Castle Forbes lime AS balm
-A sample of Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet AS balm
-A sample of T&H preshave oil

Thank you so much for your generosity!

Richie

 

[ZackP]

SAWEET!

Thank you for serving! You rock! Enjoy all that awesome stuff!

 

[menghai]

Very generous. That's the type of thing that makes this community great.

 

[Niles]

Excellent PIF! Enjoy, Richie!

 

[ackvil]

Enjoy. You deserve it.

 

[ricardo9505]

awesome PIF. God speed and take care and enjoy it.

 

[Antique Hoosier]

Yep...thats B&B for ya

 

[stickjr25]

Thank you for your service and enjoy your goodies.

 

[celestino]

Excellent to the both of you!

 

[johnh]

Excellent gesture and enjoy the pif !

 

[KipNoxzema]

Are you still in the service? You'll really like that Gillette Flare. Congrats.

 

[A3M0N]

Yes sir, I'm active duty Air Force.

I tried the open comb tonight, it's very different from my 40s Super Speed and DE89L. The feel of the comb itself as well as all that blade being exposed, its quite a bit more aggresive than I am used to. But I got a great shave, a little burn due to unfamiliarity, but great shave. Used Proraso and a Red Personna.

 

[oakeshott]

Thank you for your service.

 

[A3M0N]

Used the Cade with my DE89L/Red Personna blade tonight. I haven't had much luck with soaps in the past, but this lathered right up for me. Very good, irritation free shave.

 

[oakeshott]

A3MON,
If you haven't had much luck with soaps, one of the tricks that helps with the loading is put hot water on your puck for the same time as you soak your brush. Pour the water off (some people pour it into a separate bowl or scuttle for dipping the tips of the brush later in the shave) and then load the brush.

I was strictly a creams guy for years, even before joining this site, and now all I have is soaps with the exception of Proraso Red (my travel cream) and a lonely neglected tube of T&H 1805 which I cannot let go for some reason.
oake

 

[A3M0N]

Thanks oakeshott. I tried the open comb again tonight, with the T&H preshave oil and cade soap. It went very well, went very light - no pressure at all. The only issue I had was under my nose got a little rough, but a great shave with no burn or irritation.

 

[Isaac]

It sounds like you received a great setup