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    Default What went wrong?

    Alembic,

    Thanks!

    The somewhat embarrassing thing that went wrong was in the lather arena. Although this was my first straight razor shave, I have been wet shaving for several years, albeit with a piece-of-junk $12 beauty-supply store brush. I decided to "get fancy" after seeing Jockey's cool scuttle with the hot water "double boiler". We just happened to have a green marble salsa bowl that was just slightly bigger than my brand new nickel shaving bowl. I used my C&E Sienna (love the scent) shaving soap and added 2-3 drops of glycerin (for the first time). Ah, yes, I never knew the part about gently whipping for at least 1 full minute to bring the lather to a latte consistency. That analogy did wonders for me as I can make a mean cappuccino. It was the creamiest lather ever. What went wrong you ask? Between the first and second application of this warm heaven-on-earth to my face I set my brush IN the nickel bowl, causing it to tip and allow water to rush into my PERFECT lather! I had to adjust and make some more. Although it slightly interrupted the flow of the process, Obie's fine music suggestions playing in the background kept this mishap from affecting my Zen. Worse things could have happened.

    I love your quote, 'Listening to the "just shave one side under the side burn" is the functional equivalent of of listening to "you may not eat of the fruit from this one tree".' I said a similar thing in a PM to Obie that I'll PM to you - don't want to get kicked off the forum for posting something inappropriate

    Thanks for the support!

    Greg


    Quote Originally Posted by Alembic View Post
    Congratulations. Yeah, that sure is a purdy set up you have there.

    Listening to the "just shave one side under the side burn" is the functional equivalent of of listening to "you may not eat of the fruit from this one tree".

    I have never taken a poll, but I'm pretty sure most people violate that advise. Next question is "what went wrong?"

    It doesn't get any better than SRP for support.

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    Exactly Bama. My first boss just killed me. He owned a successful business and had a relatively nice house. The first time I visited in his home, I was stunned at how cheap & flimsy his furniture was - I knew he could afford much better. Not wanting to set a damp glass on a wooden end table, I was searching for a coaster. He realized what I was looking for and said "don't worry about hurting any of the furniture as we can replace it; we believe in buying the cheapest piece of junk we can find because the kids will just tear it up." Definitely a new concept to me - as children we were taught the value of things and how to take care of them. Oh well, to each his own...

    Quote Originally Posted by BAMARACING8 View Post
    champagne taste on a beer budget....is not a bad thing especially when it comes to tools fishing equipment or whatever it is. I figure if you spend the money and buy quality 1 time you spend less because you didnt buy the cheap one then break it only to realize you should of bought the quality one in the first place

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