beginish’s Eye on a Splintered Mind

[beginish]

I’m having a hard time seeing the picture

How about now?

 

[beginish]

Wait a sec..... You actually 3017'd a brush and then ran out right away and bought another one? Sheesh, kidz these days!

To be fair, I did wait for a few months and removed it from my Amazon cart too many times to count. There may be hope for me yet.

 

[GearNoir]

How about now?

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There we go! Very nice!

 

[beginish]

I put the Beehive away and started right in breaking in the SOC. It delivered the best lather yet from the Taconic, which is fair to middling at best. Why do I keep the badgers around? Synths and boars top them in performance almost every time.

 

[primotenore]

I put the Beehive away and started right in breaking in the SOC. It delivered the best lather yet from the Taconic, which is fair to middling at best. Why do I keep the badgers around? Synths and boars top them in performance almost every time.

My Badger brushes are in my den for the "face-feel". That's something synthetics have never-yet accomplished. I love my few boar brushes as well, and when they are broken-in, are amazing. Again, different face-feel, so I mix it up.

 

[beginish]

My Badger brushes are in my den for the "face-feel". That's something synthetics have never-yet accomplished. I love my few boar brushes as well, and when they are broken-in, are amazing. Again, different face-feel, so I mix it up.

Agreed. Badgers can be prickly beasts or smooth as silk. Finding that Goldilocks brush is a treat.

 

[woodpusher]

Does the SOC have bed head yet, Bob?

 

[beginish]

Does the SOC have bed head yet, Bob?

It does, Sam. I’ve been using it since last week and it’s breaking in nicely. The tips are splitting and the knot is getting unruly. I have the 1470, which has the same premium bristle in the knot that the SOC does, but with a shorter loft. I like the higher loft of the SOC better.

 

[beginish]

SOC continues to break in nicely. I am steadily plowing through the Taconic Bay Rum glycerin soap. The soap is a solid ‘Meh’ for performance and even less for scent. Give me Ogallala any day. I will say that the Booster’s Polar Ice is really hitting a sweet spot. It does a great job as far as performance goes, and I like the scent better than Floïd Blue. So if you missed out on that classic, get some Polar Ice for a close approximation.

 

[beginish]

More than half of the soap is gone now, and I’m sticking with the SOC, fully broken in and in all its glory. FANTASTIC brush. Since the weather finally kinda sorta turned, I put the Polar Ice away and broke out my half bottle of Lucky Tiger. Great stuff.

 

[woodpusher]

I'll try Luck Tiger one day ... if I can ever find some up here. (not that I am looking at all )

 

[beginish]

I broke through the bottom of Taconic Bay Rum soap yesterday, and I’m pretty sure it won’t make it to Thanksgiving. I’m considering a partially used puck of Harris Windsor next. Lucky Tiger face tonic is doing a fine job as my AS. So the shaves are basic but effective. They aren’t sparking joy.

 

[Fightingillini22]

...shaves are basic but effective. They aren’t sparking joy.

 

[GearNoir]

Come on Bob!

 

[beginish]

Edna > Kondo

 

[beginish]

These glycerin soaps really disappear when you break through. It’ll be done by turkey day.

 

[beginish]

Taconic Bay Rum is done. On to an old puck of Harris Windsor.

 

[primotenore]

Harris Windsor is a really nice, triple-milled soap. Good scent, too. Are you going to titanic this product?

 

[beginish]

When it comes to using soaps, I don’t do anything halfway, so yeah, I’m the iceberg. I’ve been getting 5-6 months out of Harris soaps, even with heavy loading, so I’m likely to be using it into the Spring. Windsor is probably my favorite Harris scent.

 

[August West]

Bob is a heavy loader.