Thread: I don't know why...

I don't know why I do it. Yesterday I decided I would dust off the old Gillette Sensor and have a shave with that just to see...You know?! So, anyway, I fit this thing out with a brand new un-used cartridge and follow the old routine of shaving in the shower. Well after so long wielding either a CT or DE, this bit of plastic just felt like a piece of...Well, you just insert the word/s of your choice. I'm sure you know what I mean. Apart from that, I found that I was having a lot of trouble with wielding the thing properly. I had to feel for where the head of it was. I used to shave sans mirror in the shower all the time...Not real good at it anymore. I got through it though, and after the shower, I went through the visual inspection in the bathroom mirror. A little touch up around the goatee area and I was done.
I did the hand rub test and it felt like the worst shave I had ever had. Almost like I hadn't shaved at all. It certainly looked as if I was shaved! Just didn't feel like it. On top of that my face felt like a dried out piece of parchment paper, dating from back in the days of the Pharoahs. Dry was not the word for it. I spent that day feeling like my face was disgustingly dirty...Just felt wrong.
Today I shaved with the CT...Oh me oh my, but it was bliss. My face feels loved again. I'm going to have to buy it a box of chocolates to make up for the mis-treatment... . Or perhaps I should just stop the hoarder part of me from hanging onto those horrible modern inconveniences, and just lob them in the bin for once and for all.


Mick

Hehe!

Y'see what happens when you go back to the dark side? You realise how good things are over here with all us other enlightened folk..!

Its so true though. I had my DE's blade confiscated on a plane flight when I only had hand luggage (my question to security was "What do you think I'm going to do? Threaten to shave the pilots 'tache off?", but I guess I can kinda see their point with that one) and I had to buy an M3 for the trip. Boy was that a load of sucky shaves, even with my shaving soap and brush.

That first shave when I got home was like the first cold beer after a day out working in the sun. Pure nirvana!

Originally Posted by MickR

Or perhaps I should just stop the hoarder part of me from hanging onto those horrible modern inconveniences, and just lob them in the bin for once and for all.
Mick

I'm the same way. I've got some old cartridges and cartridge razors that haven't seen the light of day in many years, but I just can't bring myself to get rid of them. I don't know why I hang on to them because I have no intention of ever using them. But, I guess that I, too, am a hoarder. Oh well, there are worse things to be.

Enlightened folks, I like that. However the name that I think best fits is probably heretic. Mirriam and Webster defines a heretic as - one who disents from common dogma or theroy. Modern shave theory says that the straight razor is too dangerous to use and double edges do not have enough blades. Since we here at the straight razor place use the straight and sometimes the double edge we have disented from modern dogma and theroy. Dogma is defined as - established theroy or practice. Thus we all here at the straight razor should proudly wear the title heretic.

Infidel is defined as unbeliever in terms of modern theroy or practice. Since we commonly do not subscribe to modern theroy in this straight razor place we all qualifiy as heretics and infidels.

That's what happends when you leave the company of other hereitics and shave with cartridge razors.

I'm okay with heretic!

I think the rest of the world are the Heretics and Infidels myself, but I'm happy to wear any of the above titles...Perhaps we are the Enlightened ones afterall.


Mick
P.S. Today was DE day and another great shave was had!

Originally Posted by Stubear

Hehe!

Y'see what happens when you go back to the dark side? You realise how good things are over here with all us other enlightened folk..!

Its so true though. I had my DE's blade confiscated on a plane flight when I only had hand luggage (my question to security was "What do you think I'm going to do? Threaten to shave the pilots 'tache off?", but I guess I can kinda see their point with that one) and I had to buy an M3 for the trip. Boy was that a load of sucky shaves, even with my shaving soap and brush.

That first shave when I got home was like the first cold beer after a day out working in the sun. Pure nirvana!

i know how you feel about the first beer.. next time.. let the stubble grow like mad.. then when you're wiping off 10 days of growth.. that's true bliss.