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Hello From India

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ashwinbalachandran

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Hi all

I am Ashwin , a fellow wet shaver from India, more specifically southern India from a city called Chennai

I got into wet shaving 3 years back when a friend taught me how to use a shavette with a half DE blade and shaving has never been the same for me since

About a year back, I moved to DE razors as shavette took a lot of time and concentration . I got a few razors but finally settled on a Timeless Slim Titanium OC

About 2 weeks back, a fellow wet shaver loaned me R41 GS and told me to try it! I did and I absolutely loved it and got myself a R41 GS thanks to the black friday deal on raisogoodfellas.eu :) I shipped the razor to a friend in germany and it will reach me next week :)

I also love everything that barrister and mann has to offer!

Happy to be part of this group!

Ashwin
 
ashwinbalachandran said:
Hi all

I am Ashwin , a fellow wet shaver from India, more specifically southern India from a city called Chennai

I got into wet shaving 3 years back when a friend taught me how to use a shavette with a half DE blade and shaving has never been the same for me since

About a year back, I moved to DE razors as shavette took a lot of time and concentration . I got a few razors but finally settled on a Timeless Slim Titanium OC

About 2 weeks back, a fellow wet shaver loaned me R41 GS and told me to try it! I did and I absolutely loved it and got myself a R41 GS thanks to the black friday deal on raisogoodfellas.eu :) I shipped the razor to a friend in germany and it will reach me next week :)

I also love everything that barrister and mann has to offer!

Happy to be part of this group!

Ashwin
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Welcome Ashwin, we're glad you found us.

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GearNoir said:
Welcome Ashwin! Glad you could join us!

What kinds of other shave gear/software do you enjoy?
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Hello! Thanks for the welcome!

Have listed my favourite razors and soaps :) that apart, i absolutely love the fitjar island stubble softener!

It really does a great job of softening the stubble - imagine getting a product that does exactly what it says it does

Pity that not many stock fitjar island stuff. I usually get my stuff from the US and none of the famous retailers stock them :(

Gifts and Care used to till last year but I don’t see much on their site

Another product that i love is my stef baxter lathering bowl. It is a work of art ! Well ridged , has an angled thumb hole and retains heat !
 
Luecke3262 said:
Hi Ashwin, Barrister and Mann are one of my favorite wet shaving companies too!

Welcome!
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Thanks! Yes, they are pretty awesome but i have heard that they got it pretty wrong with their four horseman release. A friend who is an ardent supporter of b&m is now skeptical of their seasonal releases post four horsemen :) I though am perfectly happy with their regular stuff like cool, lavender et al
 
ashwinbalachandran said:
Thanks! Yes, they are pretty awesome but i have heard that they got it pretty wrong with their four horseman release. A friend who is an ardent supporter of b&m is now skeptical of their seasonal releases post four horsemen :) I though am perfectly happy with their regular stuff like cool, lavender et al
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Last Halloween, I visited @Spider for his Halloween party where he let me smell the Four Horseman soaps. The one was so weird and completely strange that I couldn't even place the scent. It turns out it was cilantro! 🤮

I like their Dune-themed soap, MĂ©lange even though it was WAY too strong a scent. Most of their seasonal offerings that I've tried were pretty good, but there is bound to be a turd :poop: in there once in a while.
 
Luecke3262 said:
Last Halloween, I visited @Spider for his Halloween party where he let me smell the Four Horseman soaps. The one was so weird and completely strange that I couldn't even place the scent. It turns out it was cilantro! 🤮

I like their Dune-themed soap, MĂ©lange even though it was WAY too strong a scent. Most of their seasonal offerings that I've tried were pretty good, but there is bound to be a turd :poop: in there once in a while.
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I am really interested in the braeburn , their latest one with apple but i have burnt my finger on getting too many soaps that found their way on my local b/s/t . So i have come up with a rule - no buying without testing for all things wet shaving :)
Same reason why i didn’t get any sv soaps during the Black Friday sale on raisogoodfellas !

I am reading a lovely thread on sv samples as i type on this group. Pretty good explanation given for all sv soaps!
 
ashwinbalachandran said:
I am really interested in the braeburn , their latest one with apple but i have burnt my finger on getting too many soaps that found their way on my local b/s/t . So i have come up with a rule - no buying without testing for all things wet shaving :)
Same reason why i didn’t get any sv soaps during the Black Friday sale on raisogoodfellas !

I am reading a lovely thread on sv samples as i type on this group. Pretty good explanation given for all sv soaps!
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Yeah.... That's how I ended up with 100+ soaps LOL
 
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