SOTD - January 2022

[srqshaver]

This is was my SOY (Shave of Yesterday) or is it SOTY (Shave of the Yesterday)....it's not that I've grown a ZZ-Tops-like beard -- I've been regularly shaving -- but I've been lax in taking a pic, and then when I take a pic, I forget to post it.  I'm trying to return to my "posting" roots, so here it goes:

Razor:  Schick Injector E2 (black handle)
Blade:  Yellow Pkg ("Chick", aka Chinese Schick injector blade)
Brush:  Yaqi Moka Synth (Mew Brown knot)
Soap:  Mitchell's Wool Fat

The report:  it...was...AWESOME!!!  Seriously, I love this E2.  I find it reasonably efficient (I could've easily been done after 2 passes -- but I threw a 3rd pass in to stay "in the shave zone" longer); but it's also pretty darned mild....no weepers, no irritation...just a piece-of-cake shave.  The only downside?  The soap...and it's not the soap's fault at all.  I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the mild, clean scent from Mitchell's; but unfortunately Covid has messed with my sense of smell.  I lost that particular sense completely back in July when I had a breakthrough case of Covid; and while the "sense" returned around August, it has been messed up ever since.  Coffee, chicken, pork (including bacon) and "bathroom" smells (including the cat's litterbox) all smell exactly the same.  And that list is not complete -- mores things "stink" than smell like I remember them.  It's hard to describe (I call it Covid smell), and I am not alone (google "parosmia after Covid"), but the smell is akin to fermented onions and garlic -- basically a "rotting trash" smell. On the plus side, I've lost some weight....lots of foods taste like they smell.  So Mitchell's and several of my favorite scented soaps have this issue.  It may clear up, but honestly, it's been going on for so long that I've lost hope and I just live with it.  At least I can "live" with it, so I shouldn't complain (but I still do).

Enough of that....the shave results were great, and I promise that going forward I'll refrain from going into TMI-mode when I post.  Here's the Pic!

My wife has had the same thing only without getting COVID, just from the vaccine. Hers is more of a loss of smells instead of a shift in smells so to speak. I had an issue with taste a few years ago that corresponded with an illness that made it almost impossible to eat. Everything, especially my favorite foods, tasted terrible. Anyway, the good news in both our cases is that it eventually went away. I certainly hope the same is true for you!

You've come back with a solid SOTD. I hope you can continue to post. Welcome back!