Bles
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I totally agree with you Dann. The only downside is when you break it in. It is a real stinker when soaking the hair for the first time but after a couple of uses the smell is gone.
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filobiblic
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Thank –you. No not at all. Like with shoe polish where we used to spit and polish our shoes with a cloth and shoe brush the guys discovered quick fixes like liquid shoe shine .The guys at work would complain about the steep prices of cartridge blades but still prefer them above traditional shaving. They say it is time consuming. I would say people down here like to live in the fast lane or so they think. To come back to your question I’m afraid I don’t know anyone at work or at other units that do traditional shaving. I got the nick name “Mr Vintage” here at work because I still prefer doing stuff the traditional way. Ah well, they will never know what they miss out on.
We have a local shaving forum in SA with 125 members of which we are only about 10 active forum members. The others are only lurking around and you only see some when a PIF was announced. Bases on this I would say traditional shaving is not that popular here in SA and it is actually a pity as this cause wet shaving products to be really scarce here and if we really want something we’ll have to source it in. Luckily we have 3 members on our forum who are vendors who make some lovely products available to us but it comes at a price due to our weak currency. Two of these vendors also make some fabulous artisan soaps.
filobiblic
Facepeeler Extraordinare
State Convenor - NSW
Group Buy Caporegime
2017 Sabbatical Fail
2016 Sabbatical Fail
2015 Sabbatical Fail
Thank –you. No not at all. Like with shoe polish where we used to spit and polish our shoes with a cloth and shoe brush the guys discovered quick fixes like liquid shoe shine .The guys at work would complain about the steep prices of cartridge blades but still prefer them above traditional shaving. They say it is time consuming. I would say people down here like to live in the fast lane or so they think. To come back to your question I’m afraid I don’t know anyone at work or at other units that do traditional shaving. I got the nick name “Mr Vintage” here at work because I still prefer doing stuff the traditional way. Ah well, they will never know what they miss out on.
We have a local shaving forum in SA with 125 members of which we are only about 10 active forum members. The others are only lurking around and you only see some when a PIF was announced. Bases on this I would say traditional shaving is not that popular here in SA and it is actually a pity as this cause wet shaving products to be really scarce here and if we really want something we’ll have to source it in. Luckily we have 3 members on our forum who are vendors who make some lovely products available to us but it comes at a price due to our weak currency. Two of these vendors also make some fabulous artisan soaps.
Thanks for a lengthy answer!
It's interesting isn't it that the traditional way is seen as slower (and so determined to be "inefficient" with time) compared to the modern way... A short cut may be faster but if the journey is as important as the destination then you really are losing out.
We often moan about the lack of wet shaving supplies and the cost of postage here in Australia. But after your comments it does sound like we should be more grateful for what we do have here.
Thank –you. No not at all. Like with shoe polish where we used to spit and polish our shoes with a cloth and shoe brush the guys discovered quick fixes like liquid shoe shine .The guys at work would complain about the steep prices of cartridge blades but still prefer them above traditional shaving. They say it is time consuming. I would say people down here like to live in the fast lane or so they think. To come back to your question I’m afraid I don’t know anyone at work or at other units that do traditional shaving. I got the nick name “Mr Vintage” here at work because I still prefer doing stuff the traditional way. Ah well, they will never know what they miss out on.
We have a local shaving forum in SA with 125 members of which we are only about 10 active forum members. The others are only lurking around and you only see some when a PIF was announced. Bases on this I would say traditional shaving is not that popular here in SA and it is actually a pity as this cause wet shaving products to be really scarce here and if we really want something we’ll have to source it in. Luckily we have 3 members on our forum who are vendors who make some lovely products available to us but it comes at a price due to our weak currency. Two of these vendors also make some fabulous artisan soaps.
You think it's quiet in SA? Try living in North QLD or NT!