SOTD Friday 15 December 2023
Sort of continuing ‘cheapness’,
but with,
A shave of 2 blades!
Refreshment - Tynemouth Coffee (Bobby Dazzler
)
A prep - shower, Imperial Leather face wash (sort of free)
A soap - La Barbiera Summer Fruits (£3.79 from La Barbiera)
A brush - Yaqi 24mm synthetic (49p from AliExpress)
A razor - Wilkinson Sword Classic TTO (£15.20 on offer from Wilkinson Sword)
A blade - Shark SS (7) (£1.20 for 5)
Another blade - Derby Extra (2) (£1 for 5)
A post - lather remains face wash, cold rinse (free - ish so far), alum block (£5 but will last for years), Superdrug Forest Fresh ASL (£5 for 2), Nivea ASB (£4 Nectar price from Sainsbury’s), Mastermind EDT (£1.25 from Home Bargains)
A story - when I decided to step willingly into this rabbit hole I first purchased a Lord L6, a couple of soaps and some blades from La Barbiera and a cheap brush from EBay (since binned as it was crap). I quickly discovered that my poor dexterity and eyesight made 3 piece razors problematic. So I got a Wilkinson Sword TTO, but did not really get along with it. Then saw reviews of the Baili BD177 and associates, got one cheap and loved it, haven’t had a bad shave with it. I then discovered 2 piece Merkur’s and tumbled further into the rabbit hole with soaps and creams and brushes and, and…
As I was pursuing this cheapness stuff, I thought I’d try the Wilkinson again, but still don’t get on with it, I find it a bit rough, harsh almost, not very comfortable or smooth, strange as my technique is a fair bit better now and I thought it would be better, but no! Did think it might be the Shark blade (on it’s 7th outing) so swapped it for a 2nd use Derby after 1st pas - no difference! Oh well.
You are probably familiar with Wallace and Gromit.
But are you ready for the new…
…Grimace and Want-it
Argghhh!