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  1. Cristobal

    Chinese Razor Month

    Did you try different blades? From one blade to another my shaves can greatly differ with this razor.
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    Whats your favourite tie knot?

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    Refursbished laptops

    Same here, bought 2 refurbished Thinkpads from eBay UK sellers, both laptops were as good as new, although they were supposed to be grade B. Batteries coming with those laptops might be a hit or miss though.
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    Lesson learned on how to care for leather brogues!

    Normally, between polishings (after 2 or 3 usually), I use a cream that will clean and remove wax/polish: You should try it (this one or the Saphir equivalent), and as aforementioned, apply superficially some darker Saphir cream in the holes. The solution might be a combination of cleaning...
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    Save Your Money

    Funnily enough, I recently got a Proraso brush (by Omega; it's like a 10mm shorter 48). After an accelerated breaking in process (3 days in the fridge and strong rub against a bath towel for 8-10 mn each day), the bristle splitting happened and the brush became surprisingly soft. As for...
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    Head shaving what's you choice?

    Either Progress or Ming Shi Futur clone, because I can change the settings for each pass. However, it is the texture of the lather that makes the difference, almost liquid for me.
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    Orange scents?

    Terre d'Hermès eau très fraîche.
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    Arko Soap any good?

    Performance wise, in my own experience, Derby is slightly lower than Arko. However, the scent is much more tolerable.
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    Arko Soap any good?

    If you leave the stick in the open, the smell will fade away eventually.
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    Casio G-shock display

    I own one, very poor legibility in low light conditions or very bright ones (you have to move your wrist to find the correct angle).
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    Name a typical old geezer scent

    In France, old geezers (60+) often wear eau de cologne (4%-6% alcohol) that are sold in supermarket for €4-5/250ml. They usually have a very clean unisex scent (very office safe) and can be used as an after shave lotion as well (last 30mn to 1 hour max). The most classical ones are those:
  12. Cristobal

    Gillette guard

    The Bic Metal is an excellent razor which is quite close to DE razors. I use to shave with it during my adolescent years in the late 80s. Regarding disposable razors, I personally appreciate the full black plastic 3 blades disposable by SuperMax (Indian brand?) sold at Savers (about £1 for 10...
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    Ming Shi 2000s vs Qshave vs Futur

    Rather the contrary for me, I have 2 Qshave's with minor flaws whereas the Ming Shi is flawless; only one Qshave had an alignment problem. They're supposed to be the same razor, produced by Ming Shi. My favourite razor so far; I'd say the Progress is slightly better in my experience, but at that...
  14. Cristobal

    Feather DER-A Double Edge Adjustable

    Interesting, but only two settings might be insufficient.
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    Is improving the technique a myth?

    Improving the technique is not a myth, but it is proper to each one; some tricks that work for some do not work for others, beside the many parameters to take into account (type of skin/beard, soap, blade, etc, etc) In my experience, I think it took me about three years with the same gear...
  16. Cristobal

    Winter frag choices

    In fall/winter I wear Chanel Antaeus and Terre d'Hermès EdT.
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    DE Spare Parts and interesting stuff

    https://voskhod.eu/saiver
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    DE Spare Parts and interesting stuff

    It's the Russian Saiver razor; don't bother, even with two blades, it's way too mild (likely milder than a Feather Popular). That's a pity, I threw mine away when moving last year.
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    Merkur Progress/Mergress servicing...?

    Ah, OK, I thought it was less serious. Yes, I meant the C clip. Maybe an email to the Merkur customer service in Germany could give you some ideas (they replaced the cap of my 34C for free a few years ago).
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