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Thread: To my grandsons Maxwell and Henry

  1. 05-30-2014, 09:34 PM #1
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    Default To my grandsons Maxwell and Henry

    Boys . . .

    May you blossom into gentlemen
    Stay strong
    And follow your own path

    Have a keen intellect
    A kind heart
    And a sense of humor

    Discover profound love
    Protect your honor
    And remember who you are

    Accept people for who they are
    What they are
    And don't judge them

    Read great books
    Listen to glorious music
    And write sparkling sentences

    Enjoy easy conversation
    Learn to listen well
    And don't interrupt

    Love tasty food
    Fine wine
    And an occasional cognac and cigar

    Choose a Stetson over a baseball cap
    Remove it in the presence of a lady
    And at the dinner table

    Choose a silky silvertip
    A fragrant shave soap
    And a sweet straight razor

    And hey, you need a lovely strop, too

    The rest
    Well
    Figure it out for yourself
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    YES! And may their Grandfather live long and teach these attributes personally!
    Oh....and dole out some blades, brushes, and soaps as the boys need a shave!
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    Well, I'm glad you managed to shoehorn in Wine,Women and Song.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    YES! And may their Grandfather live long and teach these attributes personally!
    Oh....and dole out some blades, brushes, and soaps as the boys need a shave!
    Indeed, my dear friend, I am already planning a shave den for the boys (5 and 2).

    Each has a Gillette Aristocrat, Fatboy and Red Tip. They can haggle over 24 straights, 12 each (I am staying around 24 straights, and hopefully 8 custom made, four each).

    And brushes, of course: Thater, Rooney, shavemac, Savile Row, Simpson and Vie-Long. I don't like boar bristle brushes so nothing in that department.

    They can toss a coin between a Kanoyama 80000 and 70000, and choose between a Bison cordovan or Torolf horse.

    And I have a good supply for them of Martin de Candre, The Art of Shaving soap (old formula), Le Pere Lucien, Czeche & Speake, Valobra patchouli, Mike's Natural Soaps, and Klar Kabinett (the sweetest barbershop soap on earth), Xpec cream, if still around, and BAUM.BE cream.

    And maybe a book on the world of straight razor and traditional shaving my dear friend Lynn and I might work on. I hope so.

    Oh, not that I plan to move to the big barbershop in the sky any time soon. This is for the future.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
    Well, I'm glad you managed to shoehorn in Wine,Women and Song.
    After all, my dear Spendur, what's life without them?
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