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All this time and I didn't realise that I should have applied for approval from the World Blog Council before writing a word. Still, it's sorted now and I have to say I'm flattered by their kind words. And, as I submitted in my application to the council, I feel it my duty as a Blogger from Oldham to get some sort of council approval, I'm guessing that Oldhamers are more likely to pay attention to the WBC than they do to the dear old Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.
Mind you judging by the decisions of Oldham Council over the years - including a multi million pound shopping centre build in the seventies, never fully occupied and then knocked down twenty years later; a Police Station built the wrong way round (or is that an urban myth); and a swimming pool a tile's width too short for proper competitions to be held there - the committees of our local council use similar decision making processes to the WBC.
So they're not completely bad then!
The new razor from King of Shaves, the Azor has clean lines and sleek styling that young men who care about the look of the stuff on their bathroom shelves will love. The sort of young gun who might have a constant stream of nubile conquests casting a critical eye over the contents of their male grooming kits in a morning.
So, who better to review this upstart competitor to Gillette's Mach 3 razor range than Crofty: middle aged, bearded with one partner of 22 years.
It would be wrong however, to assume that I am a stranger to a razor; whilst I am bearded, I am not completely hirsute and therefore a good razor to apply accurately at carefully designated facial landmarks is essential. And the Azor more than fits the bill. The blade width is the same as a Mach 3 yet the actual blade case itself is slighty narrower making for an easier passage around my rugged countenance; and it's light enough to not feel like you are shaving with a 110v hand drill - unlike some of the newer Gillette offerings.
What I love most though about this razor, is the combination of its good looks with simple innovation. Why does something that is simply intended to remove hair from your face have to have technology that requires batteries and springs when Turkish barbers can achieve it with one simple sharp blade? And this is what makes the Azor an ace: it is simple.
It looks good because of its dedication to function - not in spite of it. Every element is designed to do something, from the innovative fork design to the non - clogging head (nattily titled 'open architecture' - but we know what non - clogging means!).
Here's another thing: faces are not flat. Obvious I know, but it took years for razor manufacturers to realise that a hinged blade would work better around facial contours. But, blade units with hinges and springs are very expensive, Gillette's Mach 3 in Boots today are £11.48 for 8, but if, like the clever King of Shave Azor, you put a simple hinge in the actual razor the price of blades is less: £9.49 for 8.
Just to be sure though, and in the interests of impartial web journalism, I asked the two younger male members of the Crofty Clan to try it out. Usually you are lucky to get a morning grunt from them both; but after leaving the Azor on the bathroom shelf as if it were mine, I knew it would only be moments before they tried it out.
Sure enough only hours later the trap was sprung. Here are the unsolicited testimonials of our two young bucks:
"That new razor of yours is cool dad, it's really easy to shave with." and
"I'm having that razor of yours dad, you'll have to get another."
Finally, and by way of a post script, I think these Endurium coated blades might actually live up to their promise of lasting longer. I found the Azor on the side of the bath the other day - and you know what that means - the blade, so far seems to have lost non of its edge.
Well done Will King I say!
The last few weeks have been some of the hardest but most worthwhile. In short, as I wrote a couple of weeks ago, we have been seeing off a loved one to the great beyond.It was a privilege to share in those last days despite the emotional toll.
I am not a great one for emotion, as many chaps aren't. But I keep getting ambushed:
Eddie Reader did it, for one. Do you remember her album The First of a Million Kisses? There I was minding my own business when I couldn't help but muse on the number of tender moments in the fifty eight year partnership that we have just seen the end of - at least in this life.
Then it was Tesco; having shopped for the dear old thing during his long illness, I was taken by surprise when I found one of his shopping lists in his tiny cramped writing in my pocket - that was an inconvenient moment in the bean aisle.
Still, move on we must and will. So, in answer to the anxious e-mails from the excellent Fuel My Blog team: yes, I have my stylish King of Shaves Razor and my tasty 9Bars and will be immersing myself in their offered qualities so to write a review shortly.
See you all soon.
When I mentioned in my last post that time is at a premium for La Famille Croft I was rather underastating the situation.
While the world goes through seismic shifts in the USA and Congo we have our own micro cosmic mirror as an era comes to an inevitable end. I am not one for baring our collective soul in cyber space - which is a shame really, for there is much to write about - suffice it to say that our time is taken up with supporting a loved one along the last stretch of a rocky path.
I'll be back soon.
