Clemson Tiger
Jr. Shave Member
Hello all!!! I’m new to this forum but definitely not a newbie by any stretch. I’ve been wet shaving since the ‘90’s when my dad taught me to shave. Been using the DE razors and Covid has yielded some new skills, whereas I’ve learned to shave with and hone a straight razor. I restored a soviet era razor and I’ll tell you what, it would shave the green off the Statue of Liberty!
When it comes to brushes, I own no badgers, just my boars (omega 10098, Semogue 1305, Vanderhagen) my synthetic (plissoft Italian flag) and my Parker Silvertip.
I’ll use my gem SE’s here and there- but I stick to straights and DE’s mostly. Merkur 34C, Edwin Jagger DL89, and my Gillette SuperSpeed. People rave about open combs and slants etc. I’ve had so much pleasure w these I saw no need to expand. I LOVE my SuperSpeed because it’ll take ANY garbage blade (I’m currently using Vanderhagen blades in it) and I get an awesome shave with no blood or irritation.
I’m a big fan of Arko, Proraso, Williams, I LOVE tabac- I’m a bay rum hound- I definitely was NOT chosen by the veg about 12 years ago. Yeah, I dumped the whole bottle down the toilet. I have RECENTLY learned that the scent in the bottle is affected by the plastic & some people decant or shift to glass dasher bottles- and that the scent calms down or settles in over a period of about ten minutes. So- I just ordered a bottle- and I’m willing to attribute my lack of chosen-ness to my own ignorance and user error
so I’ll definitely keep you posted
Beyond that- been using Proraso Wood and Spice & TOBS Lavender lately. Been trying to use up and finish bottles of aftershave I won’t be replacing like Chrome, Jovan Musk, etc. Just picked up another 38 Oz of Proraso green AS.
I’m a navy vet, Clemson alum thanks to a Post 9/11 GI Bill, father of 2, happily married, enjoy a tobacco pipe now and again- I’ve got 2 aquariums- so that keeps me plenty busy in life when I’m not working.
Well that’s a glimpse of what I call spoiling myself rotten or what my wife calls “why you spend forever in the bathroom”Happy Shearing!!!
When it comes to brushes, I own no badgers, just my boars (omega 10098, Semogue 1305, Vanderhagen) my synthetic (plissoft Italian flag) and my Parker Silvertip.
I’ll use my gem SE’s here and there- but I stick to straights and DE’s mostly. Merkur 34C, Edwin Jagger DL89, and my Gillette SuperSpeed. People rave about open combs and slants etc. I’ve had so much pleasure w these I saw no need to expand. I LOVE my SuperSpeed because it’ll take ANY garbage blade (I’m currently using Vanderhagen blades in it) and I get an awesome shave with no blood or irritation.
I’m a big fan of Arko, Proraso, Williams, I LOVE tabac- I’m a bay rum hound- I definitely was NOT chosen by the veg about 12 years ago. Yeah, I dumped the whole bottle down the toilet. I have RECENTLY learned that the scent in the bottle is affected by the plastic & some people decant or shift to glass dasher bottles- and that the scent calms down or settles in over a period of about ten minutes. So- I just ordered a bottle- and I’m willing to attribute my lack of chosen-ness to my own ignorance and user error
so I’ll definitely keep you posted Beyond that- been using Proraso Wood and Spice & TOBS Lavender lately. Been trying to use up and finish bottles of aftershave I won’t be replacing like Chrome, Jovan Musk, etc. Just picked up another 38 Oz of Proraso green AS.
I’m a navy vet, Clemson alum thanks to a Post 9/11 GI Bill, father of 2, happily married, enjoy a tobacco pipe now and again- I’ve got 2 aquariums- so that keeps me plenty busy in life when I’m not working.
Well that’s a glimpse of what I call spoiling myself rotten or what my wife calls “why you spend forever in the bathroom”
Happy Shearing!!!
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