It looks like I get to open the 1st Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club Shave! I did a midday shave.
First impression upon opening the sample: The banana is strong in this one. Second impression: A memory of one of the greatest films of all times hit me: Banana Joe! No way that this isn’t a homage to Bud Spencer, the original Don José!
I don’t know whether Bud Spencer is known in the US of A, and whether youngsters such as @DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social know who he is, but he was big in the 80s and 90s, and he was the preferred actor of my Latin teacher – which came as a surprise to us, but really shouldn’t have: there definitely is a Herculean energy in him.
Concerning the shave: I confirmed that AYLM soaps, even in this base, don’t do very well with the water we have here, and require approximately 50-100% more volume of soap per shave than the Zingari soap I used yesterday. Otherwise, good results. My head has not swollen yet, and while I feel a slight tickling on my skin, no serious reaction seems underway. I’ll probably live another day. Will I place an order for Don José? Unlikely.
Anyways, have a good day, and enjoy your BVWSC shave!
I don’t know whether Bud Spencer is known in the US of A, and whether youngsters such as @DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social know who he is […]
Haha! I may only be 30, but I also live in Germany - the country which, arguably, has the biggest cult following of Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill. Reference article here.
So yeah, of course I know him. His movies already were cult classics in my childhood and are still shown today in german TV, especially on public holidays.
It’s great that you don’t got any serious allergic reactions to the soap. I still don’t know how I’ll go about lathering the soap, since I usually just load my brush from the tub and begin lathering directly on my head. However, your comment about the soap needing more volume is very helpful in that regard. Cheers and a great Wednesday to you too!
Now I found myself an old wooden lid from a rituals shaving cream and will press the soap into that to simulate loading from a puck - the BVWSC shave can commence soon 😉
Wednesday, July 24, 2024: 1st Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club Shave
It looks like I get to open the 1st Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club Shave! I did a midday shave.
First impression upon opening the sample: The banana is strong in this one. Second impression: A memory of one of the greatest films of all times hit me: Banana Joe! No way that this isn’t a homage to Bud Spencer, the original Don José!
I don’t know whether Bud Spencer is known in the US of A, and whether youngsters such as @DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social know who he is, but he was big in the 80s and 90s, and he was the preferred actor of my Latin teacher – which came as a surprise to us, but really shouldn’t have: there definitely is a Herculean energy in him.
Concerning the shave: I confirmed that AYLM soaps, even in this base, don’t do very well with the water we have here, and require approximately 50-100% more volume of soap per shave than the Zingari soap I used yesterday. Otherwise, good results. My head has not swollen yet, and while I feel a slight tickling on my skin, no serious reaction seems underway. I’ll probably live another day. Will I place an order for Don José? Unlikely.
Anyways, have a good day, and enjoy your BVWSC shave!
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Yay, finally the first BVWSC meeting 😊
Haha! I may only be 30, but I also live in Germany - the country which, arguably, has the biggest cult following of Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill. Reference article here. So yeah, of course I know him. His movies already were cult classics in my childhood and are still shown today in german TV, especially on public holidays.
It’s great that you don’t got any serious allergic reactions to the soap. I still don’t know how I’ll go about lathering the soap, since I usually just load my brush from the tub and begin lathering directly on my head. However, your comment about the soap needing more volume is very helpful in that regard. Cheers and a great Wednesday to you too!
You’ll probably need some sort of bowl – the soap seems to me to be too hard to simply smear it on the brush.
Bud Spencer++
Now I found myself an old wooden lid from a rituals shaving cream and will press the soap into that to simulate loading from a puck - the BVWSC shave can commence soon 😉
And yes, Bud Spencer++ 💪🏻
That’ll work just fine 👍
It did 👍🏻
Excellent!