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Natterings of a Nasal Barbarian

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SOTD MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Those of you who’ve been reading my daily SOTD posts know I’m a Victor Creazzi straight razor fanboy! I own two of his razors, both of which are incredible mug shavers. Most of Vic’s razors have a very distinctive blade shape and feature a slightly smiling blade which I like. This particular shorty features his distinctive blue ‘mycarta’ (his spelling) scales, since he makes them himself, and really feels great in hand.

The little 7/8 Shorty does not share his regular blade shape, for whatever reason, and arrived honed to perfection as all his razors are with a very slightly smiling blade. After experiencing a racing stripe on my first shave with it, I blunted the toe point and have really enjoyed shaving with this razor ever since. I confess that I do like shorties, and experienced my first successes on my troublesome neck stubble with them. Two and a half passes with this elegant little razor left my mug quite smooth.

My son is a fan of Gillette Pure shave cream, and has been urging me to try it. The MrEE Monster Tuxedo Synth whipped up a fine, thick, yogurty lather for my noggin shave after first generating the thinner, more watery lather I prefer for my mug. The lather was slick and seemed to leave a decent skin feel afterwards, although in all honesty I prefer my regular MWF.

The acknowledged #1 AC safety razor for many of the YT shaving gang is the Blackland Vector, and I really do enjoy shaving with mine. My favorite AC razor, however, is the Colonial General V2. Yes, the head isn’t as slim as the Vector’s, but it is still remarkably maneuverable and when equipped with a Feather Super effortlessly sweeps away my dome stubble as it did this morning in two ATG passes leaving me velveteen smooth from dome to shoulders.

RAZOR: Victor Creazzi Shorty 7/8 (Mug), Colonial General V2 (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super AC (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE Monster Tuxedo Synth
CREAM: Gillette Pure
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Canoe Original EdT.
 
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SOTD MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Those of you who’ve been reading my daily SOTD posts know I’m a Victor Creazzi straight razor fanboy! I own two of his razors, both of which are incredible mug shavers. Most of Vic’s razors have a very distinctive blade shape and feature a slightly smiling blade which I like. This particular shorty features his distinctive blue ‘mycarta’ (his spelling) scales, since he makes them himself, and really feels great in hand.

The little 7/8 Shorty does not share his regular blade shape, for whatever reason, and arrived honed to perfection as all his razors are with a very slightly smiling blade. After experiencing a racing stripe on my first shave with it, I blunted the toe point and have really enjoyed shaving with this razor ever since. I confess that I do like shorties, and experienced my first successes on my troublesome neck stubble with them. Two and a half passes with this elegant little razor left my mug quite smooth.

My son is a fan of Gillette Pure shave cream, and has been urging me to try it. The MrEE Monster Tuxedo Synth whipped up a fine, thick, yogurty lather bee three for my noggin shave after first generating the thinner, more watery lather I prefer for my mug. The lather was slick and seemed to leave a decent skin feel afterwards, although in all honesty I prefer my regular MWF.

The acknowledged #1 AC safety razor for many of the YT shaving gang is the Blackland Vector, and I really do enjoy shaving with mine. My favorite AC razor, however, is the Colonial General V2. Yes, the head isn’t as slim as the Vector’s, but it is still remarkably maneuverable and when equipped with a Feather Super effortlessly sweeps away my dome stubble as it did this morning in two ATG passes leaving me velveteen smooth from dome to shoulders.

RAZOR: Victor Creazzi Shorty 7/8 (Mug), Colonial General V2 (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super AC (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: MrEE Monster Tuxedo Synth
CREAM: Gillette Pure
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Humphreys Lilac WH. Finished with Canoe Original EdT.
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What's the clock time when you're shaving your whole upper extremity?
 
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SOTD TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 2021

I enjoy a good mug shave with a replaceable blade Barber’s razor, although I do not enjoy those that are designed for a half DE blade. Up until yesterday, I shaved with a Feather DX or Tedalus Essence, both great shavers, however, many of my friends had been extolling the benefits of the Weck Sextoblade, introduced in 1909, and one of the first true replaceable blade razors. Well, two weeks ago after my second Manhattan, I jumped on EBay and saw a batch of four non-DE shavettes with an open bid of $8.50. The batch consisted of two Wecks, a Burmax ‘Aristocrat’ and a Durham Duplex. I put in my $8.50 and promptly forgot about it.

Until five days later, when I discovered that as the only bidder, I’d won. The seller threw in a pack of 5 Personna hairshaper blades for all but the Durham. I’ve ordered a three pack of blades for the Durham. I can always touch them up on the stones, if necessary. A number of my shave buddies really like the Sextoblade, and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Edward Weck emigrated from Solingen, Germany and opened his cutlery company showroom in 1890 in Manhattan, with manufacturing facilities in Brooklyn.

According to “Brownstoner”,
“Weck invented the precursor of the multi-blade razor, and patented it in 1909. It was called the Weck Sextoblade. The “sex” in “sextoblade” for all those whose imaginations just woke up, meant “six.” Sorry. Weck’s razor came with six blades all attached at the base, able to be folded back into the handle and secured by a safety guard. Each blade could be extended when needed, and if all were stropped and sharpened at once, this razor could last a long time before the next sharpening. For its day, it was quite revolutionary.”

In 1917 he incorporated under the name ‘Edward Weck & Son’, finally passing away from heart disease in 1922. His son, Albert, moved the company into surgical instruments, made for both the military and medical community. The company continued until 1999 when it was acquired by Squibb. My shave was surprisingly good. My Sextoblade is in excellent condition being a salesman’s copy and delivered a superb two and a half pass shave leaving my mug quite smooth and shaving very much like one of my straights, shave-angle wise. I’ll have to try touching up the blade and stropping it before a future shave.

My dome shave couldn’t be anything other than excellent. The little Rooney Pure Badger brush, while at the very bottom of its hallowed company’s product line, always punches way above its weight class, as it did this morning generating the two types of MWF lather that makes always makes my shaves feel so incredible afterwards! The thicker, more yogurty, quite slick noggin lather was just the ticket for the two ATG passes with my Blackland Vector. I bought this razor right when they were first introduced, and feel it was probably one of the best wet shaving purchases I’ve ever made. It and my Colonial General always leave me velveteen smooth and smiling for the rest of the day as I continue to touch the amazingly smooth shave surfaces!

RAZOR: Weck Sextoblade (Mug), Blackland Vector (Dome)
BLADE: Feather Super AC (Dome)
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with Argan Oil
BRUSH: Rooney Ebony Finest Badger
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by a rinse with Thayers WH. Finished with Canoe Original AS Splash.
 
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