I just looked up the Schick Injector timelines and looked at the pictures, and it turns out the injector I used this morning is known as a Type I, and was produced from 1955-1958.
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Kingfisher's open blade (straight razors and shavettes) journey
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Good to hear!
I would blame it on Friday the 13th! Looking forward to tomorrow's shave!
Thanks, Chris!
And Chris!
Thanks, Don.
Thanks, Josh.
So, yesterday afternoon the weather was pretty nice and I made it out to my local course for 9 holes. I hit some amazing shots but left a few strokes out there, as they say. Had 3 pretty good looks at birdie, but missed them all; one of them agonizingly lipped out. Oh, well. On the last two holes I hit a couple of perfect 4-iron shots, which was nice. It's the longest real iron I carry in the bag (rather than a hybrid). They are generally considered harder to hit, especially by those of us who maybe losing a bit of clubhead speed to father time (sigh). But I hit both of them about 185-190 yards, which is crazy good for me, so that was satisfying.
Anyway, on to today's shave.
I decided to use the Art of Shaving Lemon cream that my son got me for Father's Day. For hardware I used the Schick Injector Type I. First time I have used this for a full shave.
There was a bit of a learning curve, as the razor seemed highly angle-dependent, but long story short, I did two passes plus a tiny bit of touch-up and was CCS+. No nicks, cuts, weepers, or irritation.
Finished it off with the citrus-menthol-mint splash I picked up on the 4th of July, and it was good. I'm loving this aftershave, too.
Hope you all have a great Sunday.
Catching up Randall!
It seems that Friday the 13th (if I'm counting correctly) wasn't too great for you either. I too had a bad shave, but mine was with all know good/great performers.
Hope the sunlight thing was short lived.
Otherwise great reads and shaves!
It seems that Friday the 13th (if I'm counting correctly) wasn't too great for you either. I too had a bad shave, but mine was with all know good/great performers.
Hope the sunlight thing was short lived.
Otherwise great reads and shaves!
Thanks!See. Feel. Trust.
Much better round than I would ever have. I’m a mini golf guy.
Glad the Lemon continues to work for you!
Thanks. My eyes, thankfully, seem to be back to normal.
Isn't it, though?
130/167 this morning.
Stirling Peach, ZY.
Three passes on the cheeks and neck, clean-up with the injector. Ended up a CCS+, no weepers, no nicks.
Tugged a bit in the tough spots and first-pass reduction was so-so at best, but in the end a good shave is a good shave.
Have a great day and a good start to the week, gents.
A peach scented soap? Yes please!
Indeed. Love it.Stirling Peach - 'nuff said!
Thanks.
It's awesome. You should check it out.
131/168 this morning.
Soapy Science DSB and the Noonan for today's shave. First pass went well.
Tried something different for the second pass; I went back to the Chimensch-style cross-handed WTG/XTG mix that is ear-to-nose. I haven't done this pass in a long time. I do my third pass directly nose-to-ear. It occurred to me that my second pass is also more nose-to-ear, and that I might get a smoother result by doing the second pass more ear-to-nose (while still N-S a bit) and then the direct XTG nose-to-ear.
It felt a bit strange because I haven't done it in a long time, but it went smoothly, and the end result probably was slightly better than what I've been doing. CCS+ today.
I was in a real hurry this morning so I decided to do clean-up with my Atra. Ironically, I got a weeper on the neck with the Atra. No problems with the straight razor, though, lol.
Have a great day, gents!
Oh, and yesterday I purchased a razor from a fellow straight user in Texas, via the internet. It's a Japanese razor and it's a shorty. I've been drawn to Japanese razors and to shorties from the get-go, so when I saw this one (nearly NOS), I just had to have it. My wife is not going to be happy, but this was my last shaving purchase for the year. I have more than plenty of soaps, aftershaves, blades, etc., that I will have no trouble at all going on a shave purchase sabbatical until 2019.
132/169 this morning.
Noonan razor, lollipop citrus soap. Did the cross handed second pass again.
Excellent three-pass shave to DFS.
Also, the mailman unexpectedly brought my new Japanese shorty today! Too late for the shave, obviously.
Out of town for my eldest son's wedding! Not back until Tuesday.
Atra between now and then.
Noonan razor, lollipop citrus soap. Did the cross handed second pass again.
Excellent three-pass shave to DFS.
Also, the mailman unexpectedly brought my new Japanese shorty today! Too late for the shave, obviously.
Out of town for my eldest son's wedding! Not back until Tuesday.
Atra between now and then.
Solid travel razor!