Hi @SpeedyPC I tried the beginnings of the 14 day cold shower challenge today and could hear each of my 13 stents rattling around in my heart as the cold Adelaide water caressed my chest. I did cold shower years ago and always felt the benefit
Ouch! 13 stents… my father has five…
A real musician's razor. Maybe it should stop with you...
Soap: Dec. Grooming/Chatillon Lux "Taum Sauk"
Brush: Semogue "SCNHG 2023 LE" mistura.
Razor: Filarmonica EPBD
After Shave: Soap: Dec. Grooming/Chatillon Lux "Taum Sauk"
The razor, sadly, isn't mine. I proxied for a mate in Ireland, got it for him on our Spanish forum. The way I enjoy this hobby doesn't involve spending silly amounts of money on unobtaniums, which means I will probably never get my hands on such a beauty. Remarkably, it still has the factory edge, which is pretty crap, yet the end result was fabulous. Granted, I know my way around with a razor, so I am able to get good shaves with sub-par edges, but still. If a poorly honed razor performs like this, properly honed this thing must be an absolute joy to use.
Regarding cold showers, I have been doing it regularly for the last year, up until two weeks ago, when one of my vertebrae decided not to play nice and I decided to stop. Up until then, I'd been doing it no matter the temperatures, did it even in Lapland in November. Why? Well, I'd say it started after chemo. During the worst days of treatment I could not dip my hands in water that wasn't at least warm. Tepid was already too cold and the feeling in my hands was not nice at all, anything colder than that was torture. Ever since, I just embraced cold showers, as a reaction to how much I missed being able to do it during those days.
It feels pretty good actually.
A real musician's razor. Maybe it should stop with you...
I know exactly what you mean about the cold water torture for hands. I have that problem with arthritis, it was a literal career-ender. It makes the long Tasmanian winters difficult without gloves. One of those things about Australia: living in Perth for 20+ years, it seemed every day was getting hotter and muggier, while down here we freeze our asses off for half the year.
I have to agree with @Gargravarr that razor seems to require a "Spanish" home. I could never afford one but thanks for sharing such a classic razor. Are Filarmonica blades difficult to come across?
Soap: Dec. Grooming/Chatillon Lux "Taum Sauk"
Brush: Semogue "SCNHG 2023 LE" mistura.
Razor: Filarmonica EPBD
After Shave: Soap: Dec. Grooming/Chatillon Lux "Taum Sauk"
The razor, sadly, isn't mine. I proxied for a mate in Ireland, got it for him on our Spanish forum. The way I enjoy this hobby doesn't involve spending silly amounts of money on unobtaniums, which means I will probably never get my hands on such a beauty. Remarkably, it still has the factory edge, which is pretty crap, yet the end result was fabulous. Granted, I know my way around with a razor, so I am able to get good shaves with sub-par edges, but still. If a poorly honed razor performs like this, properly honed this thing must be an absolute joy to use.
Regarding cold showers, I have been doing it regularly for the last year, up until two weeks ago, when one of my vertebrae decided not to play nice and I decided to stop. Up until then, I'd been doing it no matter the temperatures, did it even in Lapland in November. Why? Well, I'd say it started after chemo. During the worst days of treatment I could not dip my hands in water that wasn't at least warm. Tepid was already too cold and the feeling in my hands was not nice at all, anything colder than that was torture. Ever since, I just embraced cold showers, as a reaction to how much I missed being able to do it during those days.
It feels pretty good actually.
Just up the road from you in the Adelaide Hills it gets pretty damn chilly. I spent a year living in Mount Barker before moving over to TAS, and I didn't find the climate much different to here.
Well, it depends on the model, there's Spanish maked that are considerably more difficult to get your hands on, I am talking about same condition as this one.
That doesn't sound too outrageous. When I was plying my craft as a blacksmith, I wouldn't have charged much less for my work, perhaps more if unusual materials (eg Damascus) were involved. (At least when I leaned not to undercharge. That was a hard, but necessary lesson.) But I agree, it makes better sense to restore old razors that you've been able to score at lower cost.
