The Closest Shave

Put away that 17-blade gold-plated, diamond encrusted, bling-o-shaver of yours and take a moment to admire some middle-of-last century craftsmanship. This Gilette “Aristocrat” razor shaves like a dream. I purchased it a few years back at a dusty old antique store, and generally forgot about it until now.

It uses old-style double-edged razor blades, the sort emo kids would love to use to slit their wrists, if they knew how. The shave is super smooth, and the blade chews through my ultra hard beard a lot easier than so-called modern razors. The blades are also a lot cheaper.

Old school for the win!

Okay, I’ll make no secret of it, I love strange cameras. FxCamera, a free app for Android, is about as strange as they come. This photo was taken with the toy camera option and looks surprisingly good.

Date: April 18, 2010
Medium: Digital
Camera: FxCamera on HTC Hero
Lens: Yeah, like, whatever man.
Film: Dee-gital
Location: A bathroom, somewhere in Pretoria
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