Gollnick
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Yesterday:
Preparation: Hot shower
Lather: DR Harris Arlington hard soap
Brush: Merkur Futur-style
Razor: Merkur Futur (f/3)
Blade: Feather
Aftershave: Cold water rinse and alcohol splash
Result: Another great shave. The thing which is noteworthy is that this was my 60th shave with this cake of DR Harris soap. No other soap has given 60 shaves from a cake. 30-45 has been more typical. But here's the amazing thing: by weight measurment and by visual estimation, I am just about exactly half way through this cake. I'm expecting another 60 shaves from this one cake. I reasonably expect to get maybe 120 shaves from this single cake of soap! Wow!
Yes, this cake of soap cost $15, but if it delivers over a hundred shaves, then the cost per-shave is quite good.
A typical can of foam costs about $4 and delivers about 25 shaves, sixteen cents per shave. If a $15 cake of soap can give over 100 shaves, then the cost-per-shave is less than 15 cents. And if it gets to 120, then it is just 12.5 cents per shave. That's a 3.5 cents-per-day savings.
Of course, most people won't stoop over to pick up three cents off the sidewalk. So, what's the big deal about saving 3.5 cents per day? The answer is that you do it every day. It's almost $13 per year. It's still not a lot of money. But keep in mind that a DE blade costs perhaps 20 cents and can give perhaps five shaves, a cost-per-shave of four cents. A multiblade cartridge costs perhaps $8 and can also give six or seven shaves, a cost-per-shave of $1.15 per shave. So, cartridge-and-can shaving costs $1.15 + .16 = $1.31 per day. DE costs $0.125 + 0.04 = $0.165. You save over a dollar per day every day! It's almost $420/year! And if you saw $420 on the sidewalk, I'll bet you'd bend over for that; I sure would. Well folks, I'm showing it to you right now. There it is. $420. And you don't even have to bend over because it's not on the ground; it's sitting on your bathroom counter waiting for you to put it in your pocket.
Preparation: Hot shower
Lather: DR Harris Arlington hard soap
Brush: Merkur Futur-style
Razor: Merkur Futur (f/3)
Blade: Feather
Aftershave: Cold water rinse and alcohol splash
Result: Another great shave. The thing which is noteworthy is that this was my 60th shave with this cake of DR Harris soap. No other soap has given 60 shaves from a cake. 30-45 has been more typical. But here's the amazing thing: by weight measurment and by visual estimation, I am just about exactly half way through this cake. I'm expecting another 60 shaves from this one cake. I reasonably expect to get maybe 120 shaves from this single cake of soap! Wow!
Yes, this cake of soap cost $15, but if it delivers over a hundred shaves, then the cost per-shave is quite good.
A typical can of foam costs about $4 and delivers about 25 shaves, sixteen cents per shave. If a $15 cake of soap can give over 100 shaves, then the cost-per-shave is less than 15 cents. And if it gets to 120, then it is just 12.5 cents per shave. That's a 3.5 cents-per-day savings.
Of course, most people won't stoop over to pick up three cents off the sidewalk. So, what's the big deal about saving 3.5 cents per day? The answer is that you do it every day. It's almost $13 per year. It's still not a lot of money. But keep in mind that a DE blade costs perhaps 20 cents and can give perhaps five shaves, a cost-per-shave of four cents. A multiblade cartridge costs perhaps $8 and can also give six or seven shaves, a cost-per-shave of $1.15 per shave. So, cartridge-and-can shaving costs $1.15 + .16 = $1.31 per day. DE costs $0.125 + 0.04 = $0.165. You save over a dollar per day every day! It's almost $420/year! And if you saw $420 on the sidewalk, I'll bet you'd bend over for that; I sure would. Well folks, I'm showing it to you right now. There it is. $420. And you don't even have to bend over because it's not on the ground; it's sitting on your bathroom counter waiting for you to put it in your pocket.
