Well, that was unexpected...

[venta]

A month or so ago ieyasu and I made a deal that if he found a cut throat razor somewhere I'd shave him with it.

No, I've never used one before.

Yes, it was after a few bottles of wine.

No, I have no idea why he thought it was a good idea.

So, tonight ieyasu pottered round for dinner. And brought his razor and so forth with him.

He, Frances and I had dinner. We had a weird-arsed cocktail which was intended to be Russian Spring Punch when I started making it, but ended up looking more like something made out of small squashed mammals. We had some wine.

Then we decided it'd be an entertaining excercise to practise shaving balloons. Frances had balloons. Three hapless balloons were lathered up and shaved without mishap. What more practice could one need ?

I'd like to point out that all three of us thought it was a bad idea to experiment with a straight razor and a real neck after alcohol. Not that we let something trivial like that get in the way.

I can now confirm that shaving with a straight razor is really bloody difficult. And chins ? Who designed them, then ? Full of silly angles, awkward bits, and places that you simply can't reach on someone else without elbowing them in the face.

ieyasu offered advice (admittedly through gritted teeth at times) and was remarkably patient throughout. And ended up at least slightly shaved. And left here, walking unaided, with head still attached. Honest.

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You protest too much...

[ieyasu.livejournal.com]

...while I will admit I can get a closer shave myself, I've been doing this a number of years. For a first time, it was remarkably good--you didn't have any real missed spots. I didn't feel the need to shave this morning, though I had a client meeting.

As for gritted teeth, as I kept saying, I was speaking without moving my jaw, something which results in an unintentionally harsher tone. The only thing that might have kept me from walking away was your cocktails: those were some particularly powerful drinks.