It doesn't mean anything!
It was just a moment of wekaness.
But I have to tell you. I cheated on you. Maybe it’s my newbish technique. Maybe my razors aren’t as sharp as they should be, and this is a sign I need to work on them, but the shaves just aren’t what they were even a week ago. If I don’t have two days growth, I can’t seem to get a decent shave. I even knicked myself a few times altely, and have been getting weepers that I hadn’t been getting before. Maybe there’s too much pressure?
Well, this morning I went back to the old gal. She’s a Merkur DE, it’s not like I went back to my Fusion and canned goo or anything, right? I still did my prep, just like I do with you. Even though the shave was good, comfortable, and close…I kept wishing it was you in my hand. I can never have the closness with the Merkur, I never feel like she’s an extension of my hand. Sure, there’s more to her than a Fusion, and some modicum of care and attention is required, but who are we kidding, they are called “safe” for a reason…right?
What hurts is that my face is so comfortable right now. It is what I called a BBS shave until I met you. No nicks, no weepers. I can’t even tell you that it will never happen again. When my face is irritated, or I don’t have enough stubble, or enough time…I can see me going back to her…even as I wish I didn’t.
Maybe I’ll break out the 12K and try to get all my straights back to the condition they were in when I got them. Maybe the pasted strop will get me back to where I was. As my straight shaves got closer, you see, I could no longer get good shaves every day, as the shaves lasted so much longer. What can a man do? I’ve read that with proper technique, I should be able to get a good shave every day! I know we can work it out…we just have some work to do.
