Shaving and pipe smoking? A curious combination. Actually after 57 yrs on this planet I have resumed both wet shaving and pipe smoking and I find that they compliment each other very well. It all started when I decided that the act of shaving with the electric razor was a mindless pursuit. At least in my case. I would proceed with shaving all the while walking around the house doing stuff to get ready for the day. Then one day while at a flea market I found and old blade safety razor and blades and my life was about to change. That razor and the old blades did not fare so well, but I did move on and with suggestions from this forum have found some workable shaving products. At about the same time the lovely wife and I were embarking on our vacation trip to the South Eastern States of Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia. Stopped in a drug store in Lawrenceburg on Hwy 64, just across the street from the David Crockett museum. I had gone in to see if I could buy a shaving soap. Figured this was just the place when men might still use the stuff. Wow! Was I right. This old town drug store was right out of Mayberry. At the back of the store was a card table with several gentlemen drinking coffee and playing dominos. Seemed like they had been there for years, and they probably had. A great experience to start me on my wet shaving journey. Oh, and I did pick up a copy of "A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF DAVID CROCKETT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. A fine read! A couple days later I was introduced to The Art Of Shaving products at a men's clothing shop at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. A fine hotel of great stature to be sure. I had taken my newly found English brier pipe with me and a bit of pipe tobacco. Now I was finding that the act of shaving was becoming a relaxing function and the pipe smoking similarly was very restful in the evening. Amazing how well they go together.
In this world of fast paced life, some may stop to smell the roses, I however begin each day with the gentlemanly act of wet shaving and in the evening a fine bowl.
In this world of fast paced life, some may stop to smell the roses, I however begin each day with the gentlemanly act of wet shaving and in the evening a fine bowl.
