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BarberDave's Shaveapalooza

07.13.2023
Weber PH Classic/Personna
Sorrentino Barzini
CBL Soaps Hello Shave Soap
Alum
Thayers lemon
British Sterling aftershave
Yardley Gold Talc
British Sterling EdT

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Archive Razor in the Weber today. This is a story of immediate success, and a sad shuttering. The Weber was one of the first super affordable all stainless steel razor, a mom & pop organization this was offered for about 75.00, and was a game changer in the traditional shaving space. Sadly there were some issues in QC with the top cap creating the infamous “wavy blade” due to cap alignment.

Although they tried as hard as they could to remedy the situation, but sadly forum trolls were so brutal on Weber, as well as some competitors, that he decided to shutter. Sadly it was also a large issue as most of the razors were just fine, including mine. It was an issue of margins related to cost of manufacture vs what was needed to maintain and make a tad of profit. Demand was not an issue as it was very popular. Anyway, it is a tremendous razor

The Shave:
A bit of old school British and one of the “Princess Bride” series of soaps by @CBLindsay.

A wonderful citrus and perfect for summer. 3-passes DSBBS, and with all the other components made for a perfect DE shave

Hope you are having a great day!
 
14 July 2023

Gold Dollar M.R. Kamisori
Paladin PK 47 / Select Badger
A&E Asian Pear Shave soap
Alum
Quinn’s cucumber mint
A&E Asian Pear Aftershave
Yardley Talc
Penhaligon’s Sports Car Club EdP

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Asian theme today with a final stop at Silverstone for a shot of Penhaligon’s. The razor is the brainchild of our very own @Majorrich. A left handed asymmetric blade it is fantastic. Once a bit of trial and error on the stones, it is Samurai Sword sharp now. It was weird shaving with just one hand, but once I started the shave muscle memory kicked in, and downloaded the Kami file.

The rest of the shave was uneventful as the Asian Pear provide a nice slick surface to slice whiskers.

A great finish with the aftershave, alum, talc, and Sports Car Club Parfum

A good start to the day

Have a Fantastic Friday Folks!
 
07.15.2023
Blackland Blackbird Ti / Personna
WSC/ Badger
Speick shave stick
Alum
Thayers Lemon
Speick aftershave
Yardley talc
Speick Men EdT
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Yesterday was one for the books. Post Military having spent the majority of my working career in a Customer Based industry I know, better than most that customers can be, well let’s say, Challenging. You would also think that now, in a retirement job that small things would not get my hackles up, but they do. Apparently 7.14.2023 was a collective “dead brain day” for my clients. A couple of No-shows and everyone late, which pushed me well after 7 pm before I was done. The no-shows have a big surprise when they realize their next haircut will cost them double, as they are charged. At the end of the day I was very close to becoming Sweeney Todd. Too bad I had no one to do the meat pies or it may have been a reality

So sleep did not come easy and this morning I almost did not shave for my Friday, but thankfully slapped myself into reality. So a quick DE shave with a shave stick. 9 minutes and done. DSBBS, and Speick is so good.

Amazing how a nice shave can brighten the mood

Hope you all have a Super Saturday
 
No-shows at a retirement residence ..... "Hey, I'm old and so are you. I forgot to come and you forgot to remember that I forget. So let's just forget about it and call it even."
 
woodpusher said:
No-shows at a retirement residence ..... "Hey, I'm old and so are you. I forgot to come and you forgot to remember that I forget. So let's just forget about it and call it even."
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Well my system gives them 4 reminders. One when appt is set, one 48 hrs in advance, one 24 hrs in advance and day of. So the old age card does not work and most of these were in their 30’s and 40’s
 
woodpusher said:
No-shows at a retirement residence ..... "Hey, I'm old and so are you. I forgot to come and you forgot to remember that I forget. So let's just forget about it and call it even."
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And remember Sam it’s not a retirement residence. It’s a Robeson community so it’s really a resort houses Casitas condominiums restaurants all over a 5 mi.² area. The average price of a home here is just about $1 million so these people are supposedly responsible.
 
BarberDave said:
And remember Sam it’s not a retirement residence. It’s a Robeson community so it’s really a resort houses Casitas condominiums restaurants all over a 5 mi.² area. The average price of a home here is just about $1 million so these people are supposedly responsible.
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woodpusher said:
$1,000,000 USD is a non-descript cookie-cutter home here. or to put it a different way ...... meh. 🤷‍♂️
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(listed for $1,299,000 CAD)
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GearNoir said:
I won’t show you what a mil gets you in Santa Barbara 😂🥲
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I bet , those Cali places are RIDICULOUS prices......

But

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1,300,000 ..... Near our area in Saint Augustine...
 
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