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Shave #18 of 2019:

Gear: Occam Razor v2 (2 dot plate), Feather Pro blade (12), RR Big Bruce synth, William’s soap (modern; as preshave), Cella’s soap, generic witch hazel, and Bootlegger’s BR AS to finish!

Ultimately good results today, but pushed the shave too far. All user error, well mostly. Even though I mentioned a lot of positive things about the razor yesterday, you also may notice that I’ve mentioned nicks a number of times and some irritation. As good as the razor feels, I think it’s deceptive in what one perceives can be done with it, or what it would allow. I haven’t had consistent irritation and nicks like this last week for quite a while. The alum was used today and gave quite a bit of feedback.

Everything else in the shave was spot on today - prep, lather, brush, and AS.

Going to be long days at work today and tomorrow with the start of the basketball league games.

This week, since the loss of our coworker, one of the longer employed part-timers, young college age guy, has been allowed to take the vacancy. He’s got some growing to do, but he’s got a good chance of being able to handle stepping up into the role. More importantly, for me, he is the main guy that has covered for me during vacations and knows a good deal of the duties I have to fulfill. So, instead of having to work all of the late Saturdays during basketball season, we will see how alternating goes - him opening/me closing one week, swap the next, etc. It’ll still be a bit rough on me since I have the closing Friday shift, then I’d have to turn around and come back to open in less than 8 hours, but I’ll free up a bit of time for the family on the weekend.

Anway, happy Friday all, you made it through the week!
 
Hang in there Chris, your weekend is coming. I know what you mean about a razor being deceptively good and we can get lax and take liberty's we end up paying for. Nice reviews
 
Great shaves Chris but this last one seemed a bit rough. Sounds like work might get interesting for you!
 
dangerousdon said:
Great shaves Chris but this last one seemed a bit rough. Sounds like work might get interesting for you!
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Thanks Don! Interesting is a good way to put it, it does “get interesting” quite often!
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Shave #19 of 2019:

Gear: Occam Razor v2 (2 dot plate), Feather Pro blade (13), Yaqi SF synth, CBL Harvest Oud soap, generic witch hazel, and Ogalalla Bay Rum & Sandalwood AS to finish!

Decent shave today. Didn’t push it at all and still managed to get nicked. I guess the flexibility of the blade is one of the Occam’s great strengths, but also can be a drawback. One more shave with it tomorrow before I switch to the Aluminium General v1. Overall the Occam is a fun razor, easy use, very unique...but I don’t think it would be a purchase for me.

The Harvest Oud performed magnificently and is very holiday-reminiscent for me, though I don’t get much Oud, mostly spice and cinnamon; I love the scent though! Today I committed and added the remnants of the sample to my Elite Puke tub. I had put it off for a long time as the soap is scented strongly in a very specific way, which could easily overpower and alter what’s in there already. Today though I just said fudge it anyway and did it.
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Crossing my fingers for a smooth shift today. Games for the kids get over about 9-9:30pm, then it’s the rush to clean up the Life Center (where the gym is housed) and make the magical transformation of the building into our Modern Worship space for Sunday.

Hope everyone is having a restful Saturday!
 
Shave #19 of 2019:

Gear: Occam Razor v2 (2 dot plate), Feather Pro blade (14), Yaqi SF synth, JoHS Barbershop soap, generic witch hazel, Fine Platinum AS, and Fine Platinum EDT to finish!

Lets just say I’m glad I smell like a million bucks, because I feel like crap. Thankfully I didn’t have any reason to be at the first services, so I got a little sleep.

My shift last night ended up being a little over 10 hours, with my coworker and I not getting out until just past 12:30 am.

The shower and shave refreshed me some, but I’m looking forward to coming home after service and being a blob for the rest of the day, mostly...

Otherwise, the final shave with the Occam razor was very nice today. I’m glad I got to experience this razor!

Blessings on you this Sunday day.
 
SteveChuckFrank said:
I just had to google what oud is, and I’m still not 100% sure what it smells like lol.
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OUD is never going to be simple to explain and even if someone DID explain it well ...they would be wrong. I think it is helpful to think of oud as if it were a “class” of scents rather than an actual defined scent. It’s also a lot like oakmoss in that it does magical things as a background or partnering scent but could Run afoul if experienced full strength. Fortunately for us, GOOD Oud is terribly expensive (as in $500-$1000 for 10grams) and is sold in very concentrated strengths. This means most if not all commercially available scents used for scenting soap is either synthetic or from a more common/less expensive source.

Its worth noting that oud has the potential to come across heavenly or barnyard ...and how it is perceived is very influenced by temperature and personal chemistry.

Our Dave (Xeno) has been down with the flu but I’m sure when he is back on his feet and caught up we can ask him to provide a better explanation from the parfumerie perspective.
 
Late nights and early mornings can really make a man not feel well at all. But like you said...at least you smell like a million bucks!

As for oud...it's magical!
 
CBLindsay said:
OUD is never going to be simple to explain and even if someone DID explain it well ...they would be wrong. I think it is helpful to think of oud as if it were a “class” of scents rather than an actual defined scent. It’s also a lot like oakmoss in that it does magical things as a background or partnering scent but could Run afoul if experienced full strength. Fortunately for us, GOOD Oud is terribly expensive (as in $500-$1000 for 10grams) and is sold in very concentrated strengths. This means most if not all commercially available scents used for scenting soap is either synthetic or from a more common/less expensive source.

Its worth noting that oud has the potential to come across heavenly or barnyard ...and how it is perceived is very influenced by temperature and personal chemistry.

Our Dave (Xeno) has been down with the flu but I’m sure when he is back on his feet and caught up we can ask him to provide a better explanation from the parfumerie perspective.
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So it sounds like it’s something that can either enhance or ruin whatever it is paired with depending on the combination.

I did read that top top quality Oud oil is literally worth more than gold. Crazy lol.
 
Real Oud oil is crazy expensive same goes for Sandalwood and certain types of Rose, so these are mostly synthetic to keep cost reasonable. Have not smelled real Oud resin but like the Oud type scents i have tried like Tuscan Oud, King Of Oud, and Sangre De Drago, plus perhaps a few others that slip my mind.

Oud is a strange scent component that seems can be interpretated several ways, similar to Sandalwood where they all seem a bit different from one another.
 
CBLindsay said:
OUD is never going to be simple to explain and even if someone DID explain it well ...they would be wrong. I think it is helpful to think of oud as if it were a “class” of scents rather than an actual defined scent. It’s also a lot like oakmoss in that it does magical things as a background or partnering scent but could Run afoul if experienced full strength. Fortunately for us, GOOD Oud is terribly expensive (as in $500-$1000 for 10grams) and is sold in very concentrated strengths. This means most if not all commercially available scents used for scenting soap is either synthetic or from a more common/less expensive source.

Its worth noting that oud has the potential to come across heavenly or barnyard ...and how it is perceived is very influenced by temperature and personal chemistry.

Our Dave (Xeno) has been down with the flu but I’m sure when he is back on his feet and caught up we can ask him to provide a better explanation from the parfumerie perspective.
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That's about as good a description as I've seen for Oud. It almost defies classification as a fragrance component, though the same could be said of other notes like patchouli, which can range from smelling like a musty room or a mint cough drop depending on the fragrance.
 
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