Geo. F. Trumper Rose and its lather
Today’s shave is dedicated to Eddie of Australia, who requested the shaving soap, and Todd, who suggested the Gillette Slim Handle in gold, one of the several models yclept “Aristocrat.”
So far as the lather experiment is concerned, I once again got tiny bubbles, though somehow they didn’t strike me so strongly as the Floris 89 of a couple of days ago. Maybe somehow I just noticed how small the bubble are. I will continue the examination, but less formally.
At any rate, I got a fine (small-bubbled) lather with the Rooney, and the Aristocrat with a once-used Treet Black Beauty blade did a fine job. A splash of the Klar Seifen, and I’m good to go.
“Yclept” made my day.
Matt Smith
27 May 2011 at 9:35 am
I actually remember when I learned that word. It was at St. John’s, in my junior year, and a guy named James… something—Broschart! that was it. Possibly Broschardt (he worked in the bookstore for his student-aid job and used a cigarette holder). He tossed it off in the bookstore, I asked what it meant, and he told me. I enjoy the word and love to bring it out on special occasions, like the good silverware.
So I’ve been carrying this word around since 1960 or thereabouts.
LeisureGuy
27 May 2011 at 9:44 am