Fresh Shave this morning: Question for the group - What do you shave with? For the first time, I've bought a safety razor for single edge blades and shaving brush and soap. No fancy razor and brush and soap but a set to start out with that had good reviews. I tried, once again, an electric shaver, Panasonic and while supposedly convenient and found a decent shave I wasted time going over missed spots. Used Lectric shave before but no luck. So far, so good with the safety razor and i use Clinique post shave lotion. Any particular brand suggestions of razor, brush, soap or lotions ?

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It seems my AI bot was reading messages typed here yesterday, as it put me in the shirt worn by @Chad Smith just 2 days ago. Given that I love the shirt, no harm - no foul. Today's Outfit Shirt: CT PoW pattern in blues with a yellow overcheck and French cuffs Jacket: Peter Millar navy / Italian blue, 2-button single-breasted jacket (spetzato style - sure I spelled it wrong), recently retailored Slacks: Santorelli wool khaki slacks in a basket weave, recently retailored Tie: Fort Belvedere crunchy Swiss cri de la soie mottled silk in various shades of blue Belt: Hanks Belts Havana brown with white edge stitching (the AI bot seems to be on a bit of a kick for the Hanks Belts lately) Shoes: Thursday Boots double monk-strap Saint model shoes in cinnamon brown Socks: Southern Scholar thick light blue thin dark blue strips (not quite a shadow stripe) mid-calf socks Cufflinks: Hugo Boss blue hologram like pattern in blue atop silver chassis Pocket Square: Fort Belvedere white linen square with rolled edges and blue sewn X stitching over the edges Collar Bar: Fort Belvedere platinum coated large size Watch: Fossil Neutra in light tan backplate and dark brown leather strap

It usually takes me about 60 seconds to construct an outfit. Started with brown 5 pocket Bill Blass Cords, added a CT Oxford basket weave blue shirt and the second day wearing a cardigan sweater. This merino wool olive with the blue shirt offers many possibilities. I threw my RL parquet weave tweed ( I used to describe this as a barley corn but that didn’t sound right so using the style dictionary Antonio created I realized it was a parquet-like the floor -weave). My 1 minute assemblage stretched out to three because with olives and blues there are so many choices. I got down to three ties. I settled on my newest tie-a deep plumb wool challis club tie and my reversible wool pocket square (opposite side from yesterday). Orvis field watch and 1982 Cole Haan Waxhides and argyle socks finished it off.