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FiReSTaRT · 07-26-2008, 04:35 PM

I still give myself the occasional shave with an old Tech and gave away a few Feather Portables (modern Tech knockoffs) to a few buddies that wanted to get into wet shaving but were too sissy to go straight. Once you get the hang of it, it is a bit faster than a straight shave in addition to there being no stropping or wipedown after the shave. The shave itself is almost as close as a straight shave.
The problem with sourcing the blades locally is that you can't guarantee the quality. As for the TSA.. Once I set off a bomb detector at the Miami airport, which resulted in a search (fortunately not a BCS lol). The guy who searched me specifically asked if I had any blades in my carryon as they were forbidden. Fortunately, the blades were stashed away, together with my straights, in the checked luggage. (*)
(*) I took a 3 week trip to Chile but I was travelling all over the place, so I wanted to have the DE as an easy local travel option.

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FiReSTaRT Status: Loudmouth Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Etobicoke, ON Posts: 7,142 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	I still give myself the occasional shave with an old Tech and gave away a few Feather Portables (modern Tech knockoffs) to a few buddies that wanted to get into wet shaving but were too sissy to go straight. Once you get the hang of it, it is a bit faster than a straight shave in addition to there being no stropping or wipedown after the shave. The shave itself is almost as close as a straight shave. The problem with sourcing the blades locally is that you can't guarantee the quality. As for the TSA.. Once I set off a bomb detector at the Miami airport, which resulted in a search (fortunately not a BCS lol). The guy who searched me specifically asked if I had any blades in my carryon as they were forbidden. Fortunately, the blades were stashed away, together with my straights, in the checked luggage. () () I took a 3 week trip to Chile but I was travelling all over the place, so I wanted to have the DE as an easy local travel option. __________________ What kind of a man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.