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Fluffy's Curmudgeon Corner

OREN First Run
Tabac Tuesday

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Been looking at these things for a while now. Posted here in a BST and one was offered up. So now I get to check it out. And see if it's up to my expectations.
First impression. It feels nice in my hand. Decent weight to it. But lighter than I thought it would be. Easy to pop the blade in by hand. Have a couple sample blades to try. Went with a Schick P30 for the first run. Pretty easy to get the angle correct. Blade feel with the 2dot head feels good. Wouldn't want it to be milder. It does let the blade "float". Probably helps prevent you from using too much pressure.
Result easy comfortable two pass shave. Very little irritation. I like it. One caveat to the shave is. That the blade did not feel like a new blade. Felt like a blade that had a few shaves on it already. I am attributing that to the sampler blade being sent in a envelope. Which may have resulted in the edge being slightly affected. Not upset. But have read in post here and elsewhere of that phenomena. My schick injector blades were sharp and smooth. Coming in the factory magazine. I would bet the P-30's in the original container would be better.
Have two feather blades to try and a Kai. The feathers are more prevalent/easier to get. So if I like one of them that is prolly what I will spring for a box of.
Hope you guys are ready for Wednesday.
Fluffy
 
Thursday’s and Friday’s Shave

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Shave #3 with the Oren Nano Razor and the second with the Feather Pro blade in it. Quick and easy process. But this time had a few weepers in the "neckle" area. Got a little careless.
I'm liking it. I have made a hanger for it on the shave den shelf. Kind of like giving an animal a name. Now I have to keep it.
Hope you all made it to the weekend in good shape. Thoughts going out to Tim. Hang in there buddy.
Fluffy
 
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Oren Nano Feather Pro (3)
Fluffy Industries Copper Edition Brush
Seaforth Spiced
Old Spice AS

I’m getting along well with the Oren.
Have one side of my neck that I have modify my modus operandi. Other than that no issues.
Seaforth Spiced is certified skippy.
Ready for Monday. Hope you guys are too.
Fluffy
 
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Well folks Monday’s in the history books.
This evening’s shave finished the day off smartly.
Love my 14’s. The brush,soap and aftershave. All did their part to make for a very nice ambiance in the bathroom.
Hope you all made out ok today.
Fluffy
Well folks Monday’s in the history books.
This evening’s shave finished the day off smartly.
Love my 14’s. The brush,soap and aftershave. All did their part to make for a very nice ambiance in the bathroom.
Hope you all made out ok today.
Fluffy
 
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Well folks Monday’s in the history books.
This evening’s shave finished the day off smartly.
Love my 14’s. The brush,soap and aftershave. All did their part to make for a very nice ambiance in the bathroom.
Hope you all made out ok today.
Fluffy
Well folks Monday’s in the history books.
This evening’s shave finished the day off smartly.
Love my 14’s. The brush,soap and aftershave. All did their part to make for a very nice ambiance in the bathroom.
Hope you all made out ok today.
Fluffy
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Now there is a proper shave!!!
 
Tabac Tuesday

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Shave number 4 on the Feather Pro blade in the Oren. Another nice shave. Getting the modified strokes worked out. So that there are not problem areas. I am pleased with this razor.
Tabac delivers every time. Good day today. Should be an interesting one tomorrow at work. Paving some sections of road that needed extensive repair. As it is on the side of a hill. And gravity and mother nature are doing their thing. Be interesting to see if the "Big Guy Engineers" from down town. Figured out how to stabilize everything. Or if we are gonna be back out here in the near future. Not holding my breath. Is all I'm saying.
Hope you guys made it one day further towards the weekend in good shape.
Fluffy
 
Wednesday’s shave.
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The items that I gathered to perform this shave are some real skippy things I truly enjoy using.
The Korrat 14 2.0 is my one and only modern straight. That is just top notch for me. The Yaqui badger brush was PIF from my buddy John @DeepSea
And the soap being a homage to a classic scent (Burma Shave) love it. And very good performance to boot. And AV aftershave has been around this long for a reason. Put them all together at the same time. And it's a recipe for an enjoyable shave. The kind you slow down and savor. Like a bite of chocolate cheesecake, followed by a sip of Kona coffee. For dessert. Once you finish. You wish you could go back and do it over again. Then you remember that day in history class. That you learned about the Roman practice of feasting on delicacies. Then them making themselves vomit. So they could do it all over again. And you see the crazy genius of it.
Damn, now I want cheesecake. Oh well.
Have a good one guys.
Fluffy
 
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