Thread: Anyone else had this?

Originally Posted by Phrank

Yup...having realized I've suffered SAD longer than I thought, I now pick three soaps for the week and leave them on the sink area and store the rest away. After that week, pick three more...etc...

I envy your will power.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

I envy your will power.

Bob

Hahaha...I'm flexible....been known to change my mind and reach for something else...that Red Proraso sandalwood has a great hold on me...for $10, you just can't beat the overall shave, and the Red, just fantastic feel, smell, lather, everything....the Proraso Blue in the tube is also really nice. It's like you get the DR Harris and Tabac and MWF, and they have a level all their own, and then there's Proraso, just out there, always getting the job done nicely...haha!

Bob, the Palmolive. Scraped over wet stubble and face lathered with a wet brush (grandad's way apparently).
I can't believe it only cost 49p. You, sir, are wise indeed

Glad to hear I did not lead you astray on the Palmolive stick, your grandad knows a thing or two doesn't he. Shaved with it this morning too and as always was pleased with it's performance. It just proves that you don't have spend a ton of shekels to get a very good lathering soap. Next time I am over to the UK I am putting a dozen sticks in my bag to take home for sure. Smells pretty good too.

I scrape over the stubble too and I also choke the knot bristles/hair between thumb and fore finger and rub the stick in it too, then lather. I like to overdose on lather.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Glad to hear I did not lead you astray on the Palmolive stick, your grandad knows a thing or two doesn't he. Shaved with it this morning too and as always was pleased with it's performance. It just proves that you don't have spend a ton of shekels to get a very good lathering soap. Next time I am over to the UK I am putting a dozen sticks in my bag to take home for sure. Smells pretty good too.

I scrape over the stubble too and I also choke the knot bristles/hair between thumb and fore finger and rub the stick in it too, then lather. I like to overdose on lather.

Bob

When I called him and asked he said "you used to stand and watch me do it when you stayed. Can't you remember?" Scoffed when I told him about all the soaps and creams. A little too decedent for an old geordie's tastes he did say he once used a wilkinson sword stick lol

Lathers like mad. I'm very happy with it and smells a bit spicy.

Your grandad sounds like my German grandad who used to smoke cigars and put the stub in a pipe to finish it off. Much to be said for being thrifty, waste not want not.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Your grandad sounds like my German grandad who used to smoke cigars and put the stub in a pipe to finish it off. Much to be said for being thrifty, waste not want not.

Bob

That actually sounds like a perfectly reasonable thing to do....smart man!

Originally Posted by Phrank

That actually sounds like a perfectly reasonable thing to do....smart man!

I think so too but this apple fell a little too far from the tree. Case of too soon old and too late smart. Just call me AD infested.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Your grandad sounds like my German grandad who used to smoke cigars and put the stub in a pipe to finish it off. Much to be said for being thrifty, waste not want not.

Bob

Originally Posted by Phrank

That actually sounds like a perfectly reasonable thing to do....smart man!

The way I look at it is that he is happy with his set up "What you got a bowl for?"

I'm still trying as I grew up with "the best a man can get" when it was the polar opposite so I'm still trying to find what I'm happy with.

He's got the same razor he's always had and uses the same blades, soap and brush as far as I know. I'm not sure that'll ever be me but I may find a combination or combinations I like and stick with.

To call my grandad thrifty is the same as saying da Vinci was an alright painter lol

Irreverence aside, I love him dearly and wouldn't change him. My son is to be named for him

You know there is something in using the same gear everyday, you get to know it intimately. They used to say, beware the man with one gun, he probably knows how to use it, when I was shooting as a hobby. I have seen a couple of these type of guys spank the pants off guys with a fancy arsenal of guns to choose from.

Different times breed different different individuals/generations. I think we are pretty spoilt by the relative affluence we live in today. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Bob