Like riding a bicycle..

Old friends--

For many reasons, not the least of which is the use of blood thinners, it has been a while since I treated myself to a SR shave, or came here to visit.

Tonight I decided, oh what the h-ll, and got out the Martin de Candre, one of my favorite razors and went at it. I was a little nervous, but it was just like getting back on a bicycle...evidently you never forget the "how" of it.

What a treat! The lather felt and smelled so good, the routine of stropping came right back like the old days, and the special Joseph Elliot Best Silver Steel felt great in the hand and on the face. Great night for a great shave and I'm hooked, again!

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Good to hear, Harold! Nice shave gear.:tu

What kind of blood thinners. Myself I'm taking plavix and 325 asprin. along with many different other drugs. I watch myself when shaving but do enjoy every minute of it. There are some thinners out there that's worse than others so be careful and enjoy. Oh and what razor is that. from the photo it looks mighty fine! I guess if I had opened my eyes I would have seen the name Oh well I'll fall back on I'm old.

Good to see you, Harold! Looks like a mighty fine shave! :tu

All that and then a great day at the beach!

Welcome back, we've missed you.

As they say where's there a will there's a way.

Good to hear from you again but do be careful.

Bob

Good to hear from you! Don't worry about being here if you can't shave for any reason.

We even support Movember! :tu

Xarelto, but the doc told me to only use electric (nah) or cartridge. Ive been cheating with a DE :o:angel:

Only you and your body can know what is the limit.

The doc is covering his rear.

Harold, like you I was on hiatus. After about 7 years of SR shaving, mostly to the exclusion of other forms, I developed an itchy, barely visible rash on my neck. I'd stop shaving, it would disappear. I'd shave and it returned. I tried to hone in on the culprit by changing, one element at a time, the pre, shave and post products I was using. Nothing worked. Sought advice here but nothing helped other than not shaving. The dermatologist wanted to test for alergies but I declined and grew a beard.
I missed it, and here. Just wasn't inclined to see what I was missing.
But, not too long ago, I shaved. Then again. Voila, no itch. And I returned here, mostly to read and catch up on what I had missed. And it was plenty. New soaps, custom razors, hones, strops, shops... And, it's like riding a bike. The enthusiasm is back.

I’m sure one of you fine gentlemen can tell me the original author for the quote “ and for every time there is a season.” But, anyhow, welcome back to you both!

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Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

I’m sure one of you fine gentlemen can tell me the original author for the quote “ and for every time there is a season.” But, anyhow, welcome back to you both!

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Soloman, in the book of Ecclesiastes ch 3 v 1 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven;"

More recently (relatively) The Byrds said the same thing with Pete Seeger's song.

I was thinking same.....More recently!

I just bleed a little longer too....but that Nevah stopped me...lol