I had maybe 10 different shaving soaps and creams in rotation, until about 18 months ago when I decided to buy no more, to just use up what I had and clean up my shelf.
For a long time very little changed, each day each seemed as full as the last.
Then one by one, all around the same time, I’d see a tiny ring of death appear at the bottom of each tub, and then to grow.
I’d finish one soap, then another and another.
As Each soap was finished so the remaining soaps would see more use until, ever faster, and with a great crescendo, each soap was done.
Finally I’m down to my last one.
It’s my glass jar of Tabac. It’s the last man standing, the warrior that outlasted everything else.
But now that it’s my only soap it’s days are numbered. There are no off days, no friends left to share the load, it will get hit hard every single day.
If it sees me through Christmas I’ll be lucky.
It was hard work getting through all those soaps and it was strangely satisfying when each one was done. I feel almost as if I’ve lost a lot of weight.
I’m going to keep to this minimalist one soap deal for a while.
I don’t know what my next soap will be until I’ve used the Tabac up, but it will be my only one.
I have 2 brushes, 8 straight razors and 4 natural finishing stones also in rotation, I love them all, but this trimming of the fat feels good.
For a long time very little changed, each day each seemed as full as the last.
Then one by one, all around the same time, I’d see a tiny ring of death appear at the bottom of each tub, and then to grow.
I’d finish one soap, then another and another.
As Each soap was finished so the remaining soaps would see more use until, ever faster, and with a great crescendo, each soap was done.
Finally I’m down to my last one.
It’s my glass jar of Tabac. It’s the last man standing, the warrior that outlasted everything else.
But now that it’s my only soap it’s days are numbered. There are no off days, no friends left to share the load, it will get hit hard every single day.
If it sees me through Christmas I’ll be lucky.
It was hard work getting through all those soaps and it was strangely satisfying when each one was done. I feel almost as if I’ve lost a lot of weight.
I’m going to keep to this minimalist one soap deal for a while.
I don’t know what my next soap will be until I’ve used the Tabac up, but it will be my only one.
I have 2 brushes, 8 straight razors and 4 natural finishing stones also in rotation, I love them all, but this trimming of the fat feels good.