Saturday March 5, 2022
Razor: 3D Printed Injector by Roger Quintero SlimGem
Blade: Schick
Brush: Graydog Cocobolo/Synbad
Soap: Stirling Gin and Tonic On the Rocks
AS 1: Thayers Original
AS 2: Clubman Gents Gin
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1214

As the title says.  Last year was a terrible year.  I think I mentioned it across the street, but I can't remember.  Anyway, November 2nd of last year I lost my wonderful wife to melanoma skin cancer.  She had been battling it for a couple years now, but eventually it metastasized throughout her body and eventually her brain.  I had her quit her job early last year so she could spend time with the kids and grandkids in Alaska, made a trip to see my family in Wyoming, plus other fun things she wanted to do with her lady friends.  After it went to her brain, it was very swift, affecting her mobility and speech.  She was out doing things with her friends less than a month before she passed away, that's how fast it went.  She was a strong woman.  She knew what was happening.  We went together to the mortuary a month before she passed to pre-plan because she wanted to have a say in what happens.  I have put off her celebration of life until next month.  I guess I didn't really want to deal with it.  I have had her ashes interred at the VA cemetery here, so at least now I know where I'll be someday.  Sorry, don't mean to be a downer.  Here is a photo of us together in Wyoming last summer.



Kevin

Replate a vintage razor? I think yes, if it is in bad enough shape.

Here are three views of a GEM “Z”. Patent date of 1901.

On the left: when I bought it. A hopeless case 
In the middle: after I cleaned it myself. Hours of work. Slight improvement.
On the right: I just got it back from replating.



I'm pleased. There are other hopeless cases in my small collection.
Did I ruin it for other collectors? 
I don't care. Its sole purpose now is to give ME joy. And that it does.

I just received this 3d Injector from Roger Quintero. It's awesome.

Tuesday March 1, 2022
Razor: Schick Adjustable Injector
Blade: ???
Brush: Trotter/Badger
Soap: Cremo Bourbon/Vanilla
AS 1: Thayers Original
AS 2: CHH Tobacco
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1210

Been curious about this stuff for awhile and found myself in store that had this and decided it was time to give it a try. If I knew it was designed to smear on a face without a brush (I used one anyway) and go invisible I would have skipped it. It felt like it robbed me of my joy of the shave. Some may love it but it was a waste for me. Even if in a hurry I do not need to resort to a product like this. Not even worth mailing to give someone as the cost to mail is as much as the tube costs..............sorry but just such a disappointment to me. Maybe the stick is what I should have tried...........Life is still good though as Tim would say as the Injector saved the shave. Have a great day !

   

Unmentionables are just that.

I know of the site some here refer to as "across the street".  On another site, a couple blocks over (let's call that site "bed and breakfast" ) there is a discussion going on that the formula for Skin Bracer may have changed.  I don't know if it's true or not, but I picked up a bottle today and it smells identical.  The person that thinks it changed has an inquiry into the company.   Bottles sourced from Amazon and Walmart are said to be different.   A very faint smell and mostly an alcohol smell is the complaint.   

Have any of you noticed any changes in the product?  SB is a staple, like Williams soap or Aqua Velva, so I hope it's not been changed.   I actually wish they'd bring back the Skin Bracer Spice.

I'm pretty sure several members here ha e tried The Vergulde Hand shave soap. I'm wondering were a good place to order it is in America. I found it on Amazon and ebay but shipping time or price is pretty bad either way.

(02-21-2022, 01:27 PM)Twelvefret Wrote: Happy Micromatic Monday all.

I don't know how I got it, but some malware got into my computer. It was a popup that wouldn't let me do anything. It took 3 weeks to get a tech here to clear it out. I learned a few things during the outage. I learned how much I dislike virtual keyboards. Not as much as my dislike for phone keyboards though. I also learned that having to delete a hundred or more emails individually each day is the pits.
But my computer is up and running again.