At the ripe old age of 17 I joined the Australian Army. Amongst the initial issues of equipment was a Gillette butterfly razor. For the next 40 plus years I shaved just about every day with that razor. Pressure pack shave cream and blunt blade. Actually I took pride in being able to get a couple of months out of a blade. Army issue of course. Could never work out why the new blade only felt good for a couple of days then it was back to scratching.
Sons started shaving and they tried electric razors. Dad tried the electric razor also but gave up after trying a couple of different ones with what could only be described as a poor shave. Felt fair when first done but the stubble was back in about three hours. Next was those multi blade cartridge things; three, four and five blade. Try getting two months out of one of those!
We have these most annoying ads on TV for just about every household item imaginable. One thing that they were flogging off was a single blade razor, and this got me thinking again. On principal I would not buy from this mob but the seed was planted again. I happened to be having a haircut and saw a display of razors. There was this nice looking razor with a bone handle that took my eye. Turned out to be a Muhle Sophist. Good choice as it was so mild and done a perfect job. The blades got blunt after only five shaves though. I must be getting old and soft now throwing the blade out after only two shaves.
As for brush and soap it's a Mondial SilverTip Badger and Mondial Line and Lavender soap. My list of razors now includes the Feather WS-D1 and AS-D2, a couple of Ikon's, AAT with five differen head options and three handle options, Weber. Waiting on the arrival of a Pils and Oristo. Was lucky enough to be able to order the Paradigm titanium razor when they were available. The offshoot of living remote is that it will take a month to get here, two weeks to go, but who's counting.
That's me. Look forward to the experience.
Sons started shaving and they tried electric razors. Dad tried the electric razor also but gave up after trying a couple of different ones with what could only be described as a poor shave. Felt fair when first done but the stubble was back in about three hours. Next was those multi blade cartridge things; three, four and five blade. Try getting two months out of one of those!
We have these most annoying ads on TV for just about every household item imaginable. One thing that they were flogging off was a single blade razor, and this got me thinking again. On principal I would not buy from this mob but the seed was planted again. I happened to be having a haircut and saw a display of razors. There was this nice looking razor with a bone handle that took my eye. Turned out to be a Muhle Sophist. Good choice as it was so mild and done a perfect job. The blades got blunt after only five shaves though. I must be getting old and soft now throwing the blade out after only two shaves.
As for brush and soap it's a Mondial SilverTip Badger and Mondial Line and Lavender soap. My list of razors now includes the Feather WS-D1 and AS-D2, a couple of Ikon's, AAT with five differen head options and three handle options, Weber. Waiting on the arrival of a Pils and Oristo. Was lucky enough to be able to order the Paradigm titanium razor when they were available. The offshoot of living remote is that it will take a month to get here, two weeks to go, but who's counting.
That's me. Look forward to the experience.
