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beginish’s Eye on a Splintered Mind

I'm with Dave on that one, but that's what makes the world go round. If you've got something you like, stick with it, this buying everything all the time gets old too.
 
NurseDave said:
To each their own, but I think you're being a bit harsh on some of the newer artisans. I can think of several I would say are top performers. Though, the fewer you feel you want to have in your den, the better for the wallet.
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I hold them up to the same lens I use for the established makers. I ask myself whether the lathering, performance, face feel and scent give me a combination that I would buy again without any hesitation. I was just counting and figured out that I have started and finished more than 60 soaps and creams over the 10+ years I've been at this hobby. The ones I mentioned above are the few that have made the short list of lathering products about which I have zero reservations. I'm liking PdP so far, but the scent may keep it off that list. I am dogged in my determination to finish the products I buy, but am pretty finicky about which ones I would buy again.
 
HMan said:
I'm with Dave on that one, but that's what makes the world go round. If you've got something you like, stick with it, this buying everything all the time gets old too.
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Amen to that. For several years, I tried to stick to the sabbaticals, and always failed. Suddenly, without trying, I just lost the itch to buy anything new. No brushes, no soaps, no creams, no pens....nothing (fortunately I never caught the razor or AS bug). I haven't bought myself a new shave product in about 4 years now. The fact that I would have to buy nothing but blades for the next 3 years tells you just how bad I used to be.
 
beginish said:
Believe it or not, a cream I have never tried. The stick was great.
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I'd offer to put a sample in the mail, but by the time you get to it, it would likely be pretty smelling desiccated dust. But happy to, anyway, Bob.
 
Brew said:
I'd offer to put a sample in the mail, but by the time you get to it, it would likely be pretty smelling desiccated dust. But happy to, anyway, Bob.
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Thanks, Larry, but I'll probably pick some up along the way.
 
Oh, and creams rock. Most of the talk on the forums is about soaps and creams are dismissed (almost because they're too easy to lather, IMHO), but there is nothing like a drama free shave with good strong scent than what you can get from a cream.
 
I think folks like the fragrance variety that's available via artisans and their soaps. I just don't find soap to be a good medium for complex fragrances. And I prefer the easy lather, as you mention. Speick will lather into a honey or molasses-like consistency that oozes from your brush back all the way back down into the bowl. It's a real treat.
 
beginish said:
The fact that I would have to buy nothing but blades for the next 3 years tells you just how bad I used to be.
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Only 3?!? I have enough of everything, right now, to probably last the rest of my life.
 
I started using a brush and Body Shop cream (the old good stuff) around 2000. When I joined the forums in 2009, I went nuts with the brushes, creams and soaps but stuck with carts until 2012 or so. I had a DE, but didn’t switch over to DE’s exclusively until 2013. By then, the AD’s were much less strong so I was a lot more reasonable about buying blades.
 
beginish said:
After a week plus with PdP 63, I am firmly in favor of both the scent and it’s strength in the soap. I really like it and it lingers for a good couple of hours postshave.
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Totally one of those everyone should experience at least once to make sure they aren't missing something they could love.
 
beginish said:
Oh, and creams rock. Most of the talk on the forums is about soaps and creams are dismissed (almost because they're too easy to lather, IMHO), but there is nothing like a drama free shave with good strong scent than what you can get from a cream.
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Agreed 100% on this one.

Also, I am glad that you are getting good shaves from the PdP 63. That is one which I have yet to try. I do have a puck of regular PdP waiting in the pile. Reading your journal really makes me want to try more of the classics.
 
NurseDave said:
Totally one of those everyone should experience at least once to make sure they aren't missing something they could love.
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I’m a stubborn guy and hate being told what to do (though I do it to others all the time.....go figure 🙄). I rarely go for the popular stuff, and it’s why my brushes are 50s and not Dukes. Soaps are Institut Karite and not Stirling. AS is Lucky Tiger and not Fine.

dkeester said:
Agreed 100% on this one.

Also, I am glad that you are getting good shaves from the PdP 63. That is one which I have yet to try. I do have a puck of regular PdP waiting in the pile. Reading your journal really makes me want to try more of the classics.
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The classics are classic for a reason, I think. Good, reliable products that range from economical (Arko) to luxury (Boellis Panama 1924). The thing that most chaps my, well, chaps is when they go and mess up a perfectly good product or dump it entirely. That’s one positive about my stockpile. They may kill it, but I probably have some (4 pucks if AoS tallow in reserve!).
 
Plugging along with PdP and getting great shaves. It’s a good soap, but is not in my highest tier. Of the Frenchies, Provence Sante is still tops, but 63 has the better scent. I’m going to mix a few shaves with the Lea stick into the routine for a little variety.
 
Great shave from the Lea stick this morning. Shave sticks are under the radar for the most part, and Lea even more so. Being a tallow soap that has lanolin too, it should have a higher profile than it does. Lathering was super easy, the scent is virtually not there (which seems to be a requirement for sticks (Valobra, La Toja, Wilkinson's Sword, etc)), and post shave felt great.
 
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