A Year Later ...

[odejoy]

Wow!

It has been over a year since I last posted at B&B and a bit longer since I switched to ol-skool DE shaving!!

The story so far:
I am still using the blades from the assorted pack I bought from letterK's site. Used up completely a container of Body Shop's maca root shaving cream. Still using my year old Tabac shaving soap. Still using the boar hair brush and Merkur DE razor I bought when I re-started DE shaving. Other "consumables" have been three Pinaud's styptic pencils (I wet the whole stick and roll it on my face!), one bottle of witch-hazel and two bottles of 95% isopropanol to clean and dry the blade/razor before storing. I am still using the bottle of Mr. Sidney's aftershave I got when I started.

As for my total investment in shaving gear and consumables, over the last year or so, it has been WAY WAY WAY less than what I was spending on shitty 5-blade cartridges from Gillette and goo in a can. OK, now that the financials are out of the way, time to talk about the real stuff.

My skin is way healthier and has stayed that way with a much lower incidence of in-grown follicles, the odd pimple and similar crappy skin-boogers that used to show up earlier. I actually look forward to my shaving ritual and feel far less "resistance" to shaving than ever before. Honestly, I feel this was one of the best lifestyle-changes I have made in recent years and I really want to thank the kind folks at B&B for their encouragement and guidance along the way... THANKS!

[ProphetNoir]

Congratulations Odejoy!
It is the quality of your shaves and not the quantity of your posts that matter.

See ya next year!

[deryan]

Your greatest accomplishment is your ability to not buy an item a week and to stay true to the idea that this can be cheaper... so enjoying your shaves and saving money, hats off to you.

[the_edski]

Congrats on having more willpower than 99% of us here!

[shaverjoe]

Your greatest accomplishment is your ability to not buy an item a week and to stay true to the idea that this can be cheaper... so enjoying your shaves and saving money, hats off to you.

+1. I sure don't have your self-discipline but congrats. And thanks for sharing your experience so far.

[cluelessdude]

Now please leave B&B again unless you want to start $$$. Every cream, soap, brush, razor, blade here will make you feel like you HAVE TO have it.

[Useless shaver]

Congratulations Odejoy!
It is the quality of your shaves and not the quantity of your posts that matter.

+1

Glad to have you back here, Odejoy!

Congrats on having more willpower than 99% of us here!

Willpower? Mmmm.... Oh, yes, you mean SWMBO rolling her eyes!!

[odejoy]

Glad to have you back here, Odejoy!

Thanks all you guys!! It is always a joy to check back in with B&B.

Willpower? Mmmm.... Oh, yes, you mean SWMBO rolling her eyes!!

You hit it dude! That is one of the biggest reasons for all my savin' on shavin' stuff !!

[sethleupagus]

If she ever brings up that I got into this to save money, I'll calmly remind her that's the same reason she got into cloth diapering.

[MeanGene]

If she ever brings up that I got into this to save money, I'll calmly remind her that's the same reason she got into cloth diapering.

That's gold, Seth.

odejoy, congrats on this! I originally got into DE because of the money and quickly learned that I had to have every Italian shaving product on the planet, not to mention a bunch of other creams/soaps. Good for you, sir, good for you.

[Fallsound]

That's great to hear and an inspiration to us newbies. Congrats and well done!

[Useless shaver]

Thanks all you guys!! It is always a joy to check back in with B&B.



You hit it dude! That is one of the biggest reasons for all my savin' on shavin' stuff !!

[Sledgehammer39]

Congrats!