Blackie
The guy from over the ditch
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2017
- Location
- Richmond, New Zealand.
A while ago I was going to sell my Black Beauty (109...Long handle).
However, no one was interested (thank goodness), and today I decided to have a Black Beauty shave.
Bunged in one of my newly arrived Minora stainless blades, set the BB to '6', lathered up with Stirling 'Black Cherry', and went for it.
What a lovely, smooth shave!
Best part was using that long handle. With my buggered neck and lack of head movement/mobility I found I could easily shave under my jaw area where before with shorter handles I had trouble (my hand got in the way, couldn't really see where I was shaving, etc).
The Minora blade is faultless too (for me), and the BB109 is sitting ready for tomorrows shave.
I think I will need to get some longer handles for my other razors now.
Finished the shave with a 2nd pass using the 'other' BB (Blackbird), but held it out near the handle end.
That's a wee bit dangerous with a BB, but it too shaved nicely and now I'm clean shaven and touched up with some Cuba Gold EDT.
So yeah, I like long handles...can't see how I managed with my IKON bulldog before.
However, no one was interested (thank goodness), and today I decided to have a Black Beauty shave.
Bunged in one of my newly arrived Minora stainless blades, set the BB to '6', lathered up with Stirling 'Black Cherry', and went for it.
What a lovely, smooth shave!
Best part was using that long handle. With my buggered neck and lack of head movement/mobility I found I could easily shave under my jaw area where before with shorter handles I had trouble (my hand got in the way, couldn't really see where I was shaving, etc).
The Minora blade is faultless too (for me), and the BB109 is sitting ready for tomorrows shave.
I think I will need to get some longer handles for my other razors now.
Finished the shave with a 2nd pass using the 'other' BB (Blackbird), but held it out near the handle end.
That's a wee bit dangerous with a BB, but it too shaved nicely and now I'm clean shaven and touched up with some Cuba Gold EDT.
So yeah, I like long handles...can't see how I managed with my IKON bulldog before.