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10-01-2007, 06:15 PM
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Status: Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gilroy, CA, USA
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Sunday, September 30th through Saturday, October 6th
I'll Start:
Saturday - 4.6/5.0
Shower
Bath Soap: Issy British Leather with Bass Ale Bar Soap
Shampoo/Conditioner: Burt's Bees Super Shiny Grapefruit & Sugar Beet Shampoo
Deodorant: Tom's of Maine Calendula Natural Deodorant
Shave
Razor: Gillette TTO 1960 Chrome "Fatboy" Double Edged Safety Razor
Razor Blades: Feather High Stainless Platinum Double Edged Razor Blades
Brush: Shavemac 23mm Handmade Nickel Ivory Pure Badger Shave Brush
Bowl: Mitsuwa 5" Blue swirl hand thrown Japanese rice bowl
Shave Cream/Soap: The Gentlemen's Quarter Cavendish Black Shave Cream
Post Shave
Aftershave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Aftershave
Sunday - 4.5/5.0
Shower
Shampoo/Conditioner: Burt's Bees Super Shiny Grapefruit & Sugar Beet Shampoo
Bath Soap: Issy British Leather with Bass Ale Bar Soap
Deodorant: Tom's of Maine Calendula Natural Deodorant
Shave
Razor: Gillette TTO 1970 Gold Plated, Long Black Handled Super Adjustable Double Edged Safety Razor
Razor Blades: Feather High Stainless Platinum Double Edged Razor Blades
Brush: Shavemac 23mm Handmade Nickel Ivory Pure Badger Shave Brush
Bowl: Mitsuwa 5" Blue swirl hand thrown Japanese rice bowl
Shave Cream/Soap: The Gentlemen's Quarter Orange Patchouli Glycerin Shave Soap
Post Shave
Aftershave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Aftershave
Today
Shower
Bath Soap: Issy British Leather with Bass Ale Bar Soap
Shampoo/Conditioner: Avalon Organics Peppermint Revitalizing Conditioner w/Babassu Oil
Shampoo/Conditioner: Avalon Organics Peppermint Revitalizing Shampoo w/Babassu Oil
Facial Wash: Nivea Sensitive Skin Facial Wash
Deodorant: Burt's Bees Herbal Deodorant
Shave
Razor: Feather Artist Club DX Japanese Style Non-Folding Razor ACD-N
Razor: Gillette TTO 1970 Gold Plated, Long Black Handled Super Adjustable Double Edged Safety Razor
Razor Blades: Feather Pro Guard Blades for Feather ACD-N
Razor Blades: Treet Double Edge Razor Blades (Blue Steel)
Brush: Crabtree & Evelyn Edwin Jagger Made Brass & Faux Ebony Best Badger Shave Brush
Bowl: Mitsuwa 6" Beige shallow hand thrown Japanese bowl with side rest
Shave Cream/Soap: Honey Bee Spa Vetyver Glycerin Shave Soap
Technique: WTG/45XTG/Cleanup
Post Shave
Aftershave: Proraso Pre Post Shave Cream
Aftershave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Aftershave
Result: 4.6/5.0 OK, where do I begin. I used the new Fatboy on Saturday and found it to be a nice mild shave. I use the Gold Super Adjustable on Sunday and Today. Also a mild shave. I threw the Treets in the Super Adjustable today. I'm trying to find the right razor for these blades. Guess what? They did fine in this razor. Three very good shaves.
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10-02-2007, 04:41 AM
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Status: Administrator
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ohio
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Monday
Heirloom Linen Strop and Heirloom Leather Strop 10 on the Linen, 30 on the Horse
Simpson Chubby 1 in Super soaking in the monster scuttle
Shower
English Fern Talc
T&H C.A.R. Cream
Joel's Homemade soap - This as potential 
W&B 5/8 Spike Point - Scary Sharp 
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
QED Alum Stick
Pitralon AS
D.R. Harris Pink AS Milk
Finished with:
English Fern EDT
Wonderful Shave
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10-02-2007, 09:07 AM
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Status: Carbon-steel-aholic
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area CA, IE Hell...
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Shower
Bismarck 1068 strop 25 passes
Altesse silvertip
Shumate's Tungsten
TGQ Bay Rum Cream
No AS
Great shave, love this one 
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Don't eat yellow snow, Don't drink yellow beer... 
SRP-LE-R #149 
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10-02-2007, 01:18 PM
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Status: Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 139
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Tuesday
MUSIC:
Assorted Tracks - Ray Charles (7" Open Reel)
Coors 4" Mortar
Chubby #1 Best
Geo F. Trumper Lime SS
SRP-LE TI #160 6/8 Round Point
Dovo Best Russian 20 on the linen
Antique Shapleigh 20 on the Horsehide
2 passes w/touchup
WWR
CWR
Alum Block
CWR
Osage Rub
Aqua Velva Musk
Pinaud Eau de Portugal Hair Tonic
Have an outstanding day!
I still can't get the hollow on the right side of my neck clean with the straight. 
Razor was honed by Lynn and it's like using a squeegee on the whiskers! 
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Jay
Deus vobiscum Memento vivere
B&B-LE #8
SRP-LE #160
TIPTLE #260
My Shaving Stuff
“There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.
When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do."
John Ruskin
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10-02-2007, 02:50 PM
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Status: Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In a van, down by the river
Posts: 853
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Rooney 1/1 Super
QED Sandalwood Soap
3" Handamerican Latigo Strop
4/8 Dovo SS #42
D.R. Harris Sandalwood Aftershave
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10-02-2007, 04:58 PM
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Status: Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gilroy, CA, USA
Posts: 18
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2007-10-02
Shave
Razor: Feather Artist Club DX Japanese Style Non-Folding Razor ACD-N
Razor: Gillette TTO 1970 Gold Plated, Long Black Handled Super Adjustable Double Edged Safety Razor
Razor Blades: Feather Pro Guard Blades for Feather ACD-N (Day 9 time for a new one)
Razor Blades: Treet Double Edge Razor Blades (Blue Steel)
Brush: Crabtree & Evelyn Edwin Jagger Made Brass & Faux Ebony Best Badger Shave Brush
Bowl: Mitsuwa 6" Beige shallow hand thrown Japanese bowl with side rest
Shave Cream/Soap: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original Triple Milled Shave Soap
Technique: WTG/45XTG/Cleanup
Post Shave
Aftershave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Aftershave
Styptic: Tulumba Alum Block
Cologne: Mäurer & Wirtz Tabac Original Men's Cologne
Result: 4.5/5.0 Nothing unusual. Tabac soap and coogne day. Nice scent.
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10-03-2007, 12:45 AM
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Status: Administrator
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,691
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Tuesday of Wade & Butcher Week
Prep:
Heirloom Linen/Canvas and Horsehide/Black Latigo Strops:
10 on Canvas
30 on Black Latigo
Simpson Chubby 1 in Super soaking in the Old Spice Mug
After Shower:
T&H Hair Cream
English Fern Talc
Shave:
Taz's Potion Pre-Shave
Joel's Homemade Soap - OK it is now official this is great soap - even my Chubby is getting softer after 3 days (No Comments)
Minty W&B 5/8 Special Spike Point
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
Italian Floid AS
AOS Sandalwood ASB
Finish:
Pashana Blue Friction Hair Tonic
B&B Batch #1 Cologne
Damn Nice Shave
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10-03-2007, 01:40 AM
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Status: Cheapskate Honer
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: A2 Michigan
Posts: 1,880
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best shave since Sunday, well only shave since Sunday.
Joseph Rodgers 6/8
Tony Miller #2 Latigo
Black Cavandish (if Colleen quits making this I don't know what I'll do)
Alum after shaving
Pinaud Clubman
Really nice shave. Its been a while since I had more than a day between shaves. I should let myself go more often just to enjoy taking off more than a days growth.
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"If you don’t believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency.... Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don’t think it’s enough."
ATTRIBUTION: Harold MacMillan
My other hobby: http://www.wildhauskennels.com
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10-03-2007, 05:13 AM
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Status: Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In a van, down by the river
Posts: 853
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EJ B&B Finest Horn
QED Wild Rose Soap & Taylors Rose Cream
3" TM Honey Brown Strop
7/8 Wostenholm Wedge
Thayers Rose WH
Trumpers CSF
D.R. Harris Rose Bouquet edt
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10-03-2007, 09:31 AM
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Status: Vlad the Impaler
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Oss, the Netherlands
Posts: 1,980
Thanks: 8
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Shower
Proraso Pre
Silvertip Badger
TGQ Bay Rum and Orange soap
7/8 TI Silversteel fresh off the coticule
Wiping a three day beard like it was only lather.
Hot/Cold water
Homemade Love Tonic aftershave
Damn amazing. I didn't even FEEL the aftershave. That was a first for me. The TI was so sharp that I wasn't sure that it was cutting the first stroke because there was no resistance. And I was reasonably fast today.
Bloodt amazing...love my straights.
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I'm not a hero, heroes look good while flourishing swords and the light on their teeth goes *ping* when they smile..... the bastards.
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10-03-2007, 01:08 PM
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Status: Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 139
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Wednesday
MUSIC:
Assorted Tracks - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (7" Open Reel)
Coors 4" Mortar
Chubby #1 Best
Premiata Dilla Tryphon Alpino SS
George Wostenholm Original Pipe Razor 5/8 Medium Hollow Ground
Dovo Best Russian 20 on the linen
Antique Shapleigh 20 on the Horsehide
2 passes
No Touchup
No Styptic Pencil
WWR
CWR
Alum Block
CWR
D. R. Harris Arlington AS Milk
Floid AS (Italian Amber)
Alfred Dunhill Cologne (1934)
Clubman Hair Tonic
First complete shave without needing a DE for touchup on the neck, and it was with a razor I honed up!
Have an outstanding day!
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Jay
Deus vobiscum Memento vivere
B&B-LE #8
SRP-LE #160
TIPTLE #260
My Shaving Stuff
“There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.
When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do."
John Ruskin
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10-03-2007, 04:22 PM
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Status: Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Gilroy, CA, USA
Posts: 18
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2007-10-03
Shower
Bath Soap: Issy British Leather with Bass Ale Bar Soap
Shampoo/Conditioner: Avalon Organics Peppermint Revitalizing Conditioner w/Babassu Oil
Shampoo/Conditioner: Avalon Organics Peppermint Revitalizing Shampoo w/Babassu Oil
Facial Wash: Nivea Sensitive Skin Facial Wash
Deodorant: Burt's Bees Herbal Deodorant
Shave
Razor: Feather Artist Club DX Japanese Style Non-Folding Razor ACD-N
Razor: Gillette TTO 1970 Gold Plated, Long Black Handled Super Adjustable Double Edged Safety Razor
Razor Blades: Feather Pro Guard Blades for Feather ACD-N
Razor Blades: Treet Double Edge Razor Blades (Blue Steel)
Brush: Crabtree & Evelyn Edwin Jagger Made Brass & Faux Ebony Best Badger Shave Brush
Bowl: Mitsuwa 6" Beige shallow hand thrown Japanese bowl with side rest
Shave Cream/Soap: Mama Bear Spellbound Shave Cream
Technique: WTG/45XTG/Cleanup
Post Shave
Aftershave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Aftershave
Cologne: Mama Bear Spellbound Cologne
Result: 4.2/5.0 Was not hapy with the cleanup. The Treet Carbon Blade continue to disappoint me. This was day three on the blade and it should have been switched out. I only have a couple left and I'm going to use them up and cross them off my list. Too bad. That's what YMMV is all about. On to the next blade test. Got to save those Feathers for when I really need them.
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10-03-2007, 05:46 PM
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Status: Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: I live in Gidgegannup, Western Australia
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6passes on the red side
6 passes on the black side keen edge razor strop
Invicta coronett
good soak in the shower, looking like boiled lobster
Col. Ichabods' bay rum shaving soap.
Dads' ancient Vulfix brush
Victorian era scuttle.
one pass in each direction
Smooth as babies' bum.
Plain cold water to finish( rain water)
Girlfriend happy as dead pig in the sun!!
Cheers all
Heeler
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10-03-2007, 09:48 PM
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Status: Carbon-steel-aholic
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Bay Area CA, IE Hell...
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Bismarck 1068 strop 30 passes
Altesse silver tip
TGQ's Harvest Spice soap
Northfield Rattler
Fantastic shave, this one was great. Lather was great and the glide couldn't be better. Guess the first time I tried it was with a duller blade (sence has been honed). This razor is right on top as a favorite shaver...
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Don't eat yellow snow, Don't drink yellow beer...
SRP-LE-R #149
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10-04-2007, 04:18 AM
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Status: Vitandi... Shun
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Upstate, NY
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shower
25/25 HMA double leather strop
TGQ rose shave soap
B&B finest silvertip
5/8 Marshes & Shepperd, pond works
3 passes... not a falter
witch hazel
TOBS #74 a/s
a very good shaving day
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In whatever house you be,
Steal not, and live honestly.
-- Cellini, Autobiography
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10-04-2007, 09:28 AM
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Status: Senior Member
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Steaming hot towel
GB Kent T4 badger
6/8 Puma Friseur Freund No.1
GFT Rose cream - last few drops of it
GFT Coral Skin Food both before and after
Very soothing and close shave today. First time with my recently acquired Puma which I honed and got to 'shave ready' myself. Very nice razor, shaved through my two day stubble very nicely. Definitely worthy of a SOTD mention.
Also - last day of my GFT Rose cream tub. I've had it for about 14 months now. Now I have the soap equivalent to look forward to and my new tub of Tabac soap.
Last edited by rum; 10-04-2007 at 09:36 AM.
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10-04-2007, 11:58 AM
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Status: Senior Member
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Thursday
MUSIC:
Dancing With Strangers – Chris Rea (vinyl)
4” Coors Mortar
Savile Row SR3824 Finest
TGQ Savon de Comte SC
Henkels 99 5/8 Workedback Spike Point
Dovo Best Russian 20 on the linen
Antique Shapleigh 20 on the leather
2 Passes
NO Styptic Pencil
WWR
CWR
Alum Bock
CWR
QED Da Vinci Water
BRUT Original AS
Murray & Lanman Florida Water Cologne
Pinaud Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic
Have an outstanding day!
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Jay
Deus vobiscum Memento vivere
B&B-LE #8
SRP-LE #160
TIPTLE #260
My Shaving Stuff
“There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.
When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do."
John Ruskin
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10-04-2007, 06:49 PM
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Status: Administrator
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,691
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Wednesday of Wade & Butcher Week
Prep:
Heirloom Linen/Canvas and Horsehide/Black Latigo Strops:
10 on Canvas
30 on Black Latigo
Simpson Chubby 2 in Super soaking in the Pewter RL Mug
After Shower:
T&H Hair Cream
English Fern Talc
Shave:
Taz's Potion Pre-Shave
QED Lime Oil Shave Stick
Unique W&B 6/8 Frame Back
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
Lucky Tiger Organic AS
QED Lemon Peel ASB
Finish:
Pashana Original Hair Tonic
Forbes Neroli Eau de Parfum Limited Edition
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Last edited by Don; 10-04-2007 at 06:56 PM.
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10-04-2007, 06:55 PM
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Status: Administrator
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ohio
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Thursday of Wade & Butcher Week
Prep:
Heirloom Linen/Canvas and Horsehide/Black Latigo Strops:
10 on Linen
30 on Horse
Simpson Polo 12 in Super soaking in the super scuttle
After Shower:
T&H Hair Cream
English Fern Talc
Shave:
Taz's Potion Pre-Shave
T&H Ultimate Soap
W&B 7/8 Barber Notch
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
Piltron AS
T&H Ultimate ASB
Finish:
Pashana Eau De Cologne Hair Tonic
Hammam Bouquet by Penhaligon's
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10-04-2007, 08:44 PM
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Status: Frameback Aficionado
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Taz
Prep:
Heirloom Linen/Canvas and Horsehide/Black Latigo Strops:
10 on Canvas
30 on Black Latigo
Simpson Chubby 2 in Super soaking in the Pewter RL Mug
After Shower:
T&H Hair Cream
English Fern Talc
Shave:
Taz's Potion Pre-Shave
QED Lime Oil Shave Stick
Unique W&B 6/8 Frame Back
3 Passes
WWR
CWS
Lucky Tiger Organic AS
QED Lemon Peel ASB
Finish:
Pashana Original Hair Tonic
Forbes Neroli Eau de Parfum Limited Edition
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I REALLY like this razor TAZ. Very very cool, and I bet that it shaves as good as it looks. |
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