Lately, I was contemplating this concept of BBS...

I worked once as a deliveryman. I distributed coffee and tea and the like. I had certain, fix routes to cover on fix days of the week - I visited restaurants and pubs - and gradually discovered the places on each route where they sold goood espresso. And drunk it.

Unfortunately.

I quit that job years ago and now no espresso is good enough for me. :-( Edit: it is extremely hard to find a place that sells the espresso that matches the ones that I had drunk.

I worked for a hotel as well, in which there was a confectionery where they made home-made ice cream from fresh milk. As we, colleagues, were on good terms, the confectioners often called me when fresh ice cream had been just made and gave me some to "taste". :-)

Unfortunately.

I quit that job years ago and now no ice cream is good enough for me. :-( Bla-bla-bla...

There were some occasions when I could get a TRUE and effing NICE BBS shave, no matter the method. When I was young, a four day stubble right ATG with a cartridge was nice. Then with a DE it was nice. Then with the straight rarely, but then indeed satisfying.

Unfortunately...

Now it is getting harder than ever to get the BBS that I had got occasionally and it certainly chips off of my enjoying shaving in general.

Have you ever noticed something similar?

They say - and I truly believe - that happiness does not lie in the future. It is today. It is now. Following this thought, I should be happy with today's shave, otherwise I will never be happy.

In this day and age we all have access to the tools and knowledge to made a str8 capable of being VERY sharp. I said "the access". I said "very sharp". But how many of the actual shavers bother? Only a handful. But do we have to at all? There is a difference between sharp and sharp. A very nice AND comfortable shave can be achieved with a not-very-sharp razor. But how close...? Do we really have to chase the BBS with a straight? Isn't it the case that this concept exist only because technology enabled us to create such tools as a DE blade and a .1 diamond spray and their brothers and sisters? Is it not that we freely and voluntarily (and with a song on our lips) give up to be happy in the pursuit of happiness...?

I mean that an average guy with an average equipment and average experience is perfectly capable of creating and maintaining a nice and sharp str8 and have nice AND comfortable shaves.

It should be emphasized more! Guys... it is easy!!! Only our expectations are over the limit!!!

Cheers

Peter