Thread: Disaster!

The Equipment:

• 1960 Gillette F2 Fatboy
• Edge Unscented Shaving Gel
• Many cold water rinses and Alum Block
• Stetson Original AS, ASB, Deodorant, & Cologne

The Shave:
Today, I was in a real hurry, so I decided to forego whipping up some Bigelow lather and just used some Edge Shaving Gel and a DE. WOW! What a mistake! The Edge lather looked good but had no moisture and no glide. My Fatboy felt like I was dragging the edge of a broken beer bottle across my face. This was absolutely the worst shave in my life. I didn't realize how much difference a good shaving cream could make. I will never make that mistake again. My face feels and looks like raw hamburger. Not even the cold water, the alum block, or the shaving balm cooled off my face. I achieved a 90% shaving burn!

Up to now, my Fatboy has never failed to give me less than a superlative shave. But the fault was not with the razor. I can't believe I used the canned goo for so long. It is terrible!

DLB, my dear friend, you committed a sin and, unfortunately, paid for it. That canned stuff is nasty. Henceforth, close the door on the canned stuff and never open it. Even if you have to go without a shave, don't use the canned stuff. On display in my shave den is a plastic throwaway razor with a bow tied around it. I keep it there to remind me of one of the many thorns in life.

kudos on the Stetson, though. Stetson is all that is man.

Given the choice of shaving with canned goo (and any type of razor) or not shaving at all, I'd grow a beard.

Almost identical to my shave this morning. I, for some unknown reason, decided to save 45 seconds of lather making and just used my fingers to scrub proraso (bigelow) cream in to my wet neck hair. Took a few seconds to get a visible result but then I used my fatboy with fine results. Even though I didn't do a proper lather the cream responded well to that technique. Also, my wife has my last can of Goo. I can't wait till she finishes it up and I no longer have to see it.

I once had a very Fine Plisson badger brush (spendy as Heck) My son in law who was visiting, used it with his canned gel shave one morning,went out with that days garbage

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I once had a very Fine Plisson badger brush (spendy as Heck) My son in law who was visiting, used it with his canned gel shave one morning,went out with that days garbage

What got thrown out? The canned gel? The son in law?

Originally Posted by pcb01

What got thrown out? The canned gel? The son in law?

i sure hope it wasnt the plisson!

My sympathy....
But had you taken a wet brush and
worked it a bit... even a $7.00 boar
brush.... you would have suffered
less, suffered sure but less.