The Shaving Den

Jim Garten wrote: Buffers on the edge?

Yes, it was a strip of tin (or something) that covered the edge.  It had small half-circle openings that allowed a shave without the danger of severely cutting or razor-burning oneself.

It was either that or watching paint dry

 ^ yeah face guards sound right-- it protected me but I didn't get a good shave which is probably why I stopped using it.

Jim Garten wrote: chopper wrote: I just hope no badgers are dying to satisfy your vanity. See the badger badger badger post. Absolutely not Alan - but I do have my brushes checked regularly for TB

Dean wrote: Jim Garten wrote: chopper wrote: I just hope no badgers are dying to satisfy your vanity. See the badger badger badger post. Absolutely not Alan - but I do have my brushes checked regularly for TB The french word for shaving brush is blaireau and the french word for badger is blaireau.   and if we translated that sentence into french would become: "Le mot français pour blaireau est blaireau et le mot français pour le blaireau est blaireau" ...

In the unlikely event that you frequented a French shop that sold genetlemens shaving accoutrements and large mammals, that could cause all sorts of confusion.

Dean wrote: chopper wrote: Dean wrote: Jim Garten wrote: chopper wrote: I just hope no badgers are dying to satisfy your vanity. See the badger badger badger post. Absolutely not Alan - but I do have my brushes checked regularly for TB The french word for shaving brush is blaireau and the french word for badger is blaireau.   and if we translated that sentence into french would become: "Le mot français pour blaireau est blaireau et le mot français pour le blaireau est blaireau" ...   In the unlikely event that you frequented a French shop that sold genetlemens shaving accoutrements and large mammals, that could cause all sorts of confusion.

Have you tried shaving with a badger? They get very upset when you squirt the shaving foam on them.

Dammit - this thread is descending into tomfoolery



Today, I used my 1963 Gillette slim adjustable, dialled to 3 with a Gillette 7 o/c (yellow) blade; preparation was courtesy of my Edwin Jagger silver tip badger brush and Geo.Trumper Eucris soap - a wonderfully close & comfortable shave, followed by post shave alum block use & Truefit & Hill No.10 Cologne Balm...



So there.

Edited by Jim Garten - May 20 2013 at 11:21

I know. Due to recent EU regulations on the paucity of humorous materials on tonsorial and pogonotomy topics together with the associated heath and environmental problems concerning their transportation over the unfettered airspace over low-lying countries and storage in makeshift quarantine facilities lacking in the basic masculine grooming accoutrements it is necessary to reuse smutty innuendo images more than once, turning them inside out if necessary.

Jim Garten wrote: Dammit - this thread is descending into tomfoolery

Sorry, I promise not to mention badgers again.

Damn.

Belle Castor !