My little late year in review since joining up (~6 months ago)... sorry, a little text heavy 
After going thru a CVS starter kit, I joined B&B, read up & got a nice set up: 89DE Jagger razor, EJ super badger, a styptic pencil and some Pre de Provence soap. I use a cool small candy tin with a portrait of King Henry the 8th on it for a blade bank.
After reading some postings, I quickly added a Bulldog handle because the chrome handle was too slick when wet. I now absolutley love the new feel & weight of the razor & Bulldog handle now. Also, after some more forum/post reading, I added a RazorRock alum bar to help with my learning curve razor burns & nicks. I picked up on Feather blades right away, but rotate in Astras now.
Since then I have gone thru a tube of Clubman shaving cream (loved it) added a cheap EJ boar brush (a new boar brush is probably my next upgrade), a tube of CO Bigelow cream, Van der Hagen soap puck, EJ sandalwood soap (haven't used, yet), Proaso splash (great stuff), Clubman aftershave (love all the clubman stuff I've used) , Barber's Choice Bay rum AS (biggest disappointment due to the lousy container I opted for - a bottle with ill fitting cap & open mouth(!)) though the scent goes well with some locally made , "Old Woodward" - Clove scented shave "butter" I picked up after reading a local newspaper article about it (a brushless cream-unusual product, a little pricey, very pleasant but also a very heavy cream, doesn't rinse off razor well. Maybe better suited for straight razor shavers(?)), Casswell-Massey Sandalwood Cologne (my wife likes it more than I do- she also bought me some CK Euphoria AS balm), a Vintage Gillette SS razor (which I don't use much, because I like my EJ w/Bulldog handle so much), a Razor & Brush stand, a dedicated shaving mirror, Clubman hair tonic, Kent hair brush, Swissco comb and upgraded the bath soaps I use (Musgo for example.)
A couple of other items I picked up - an old fashioned scuttle which looks cool, but I don't really use and an old Made-Rite beehive brush handle project - haven't worked on it, yet, thinking 2 band badger.
Also, just in, a Vie-Long Horsehair 12601 brush (I cannot believe how funky it smelled at first - still working on getting the funk out), a DR Harris Malborough soap stick, which I haven't used, yet and am waiting for my sampler packet of Truefitt & Hill cologne and shave cream sampler to arrive.
I thought I demonstrated restraint, but now, looking back at the above, I'm not so sure. I like how I spread out my purchases and dipped into most of the available product lines. Maybe I did have more restraint than I think. If I didn't make the DE dive, I would have spent almost as much on disposable razors, foam goo, and cheap AS/Balms. Either way, I am here to stay and enjoying the hell out of my new hobby.
Thank you B&B forum world! You have added more to my life than just is what is listed above.
After going thru a CVS starter kit, I joined B&B, read up & got a nice set up: 89DE Jagger razor, EJ super badger, a styptic pencil and some Pre de Provence soap. I use a cool small candy tin with a portrait of King Henry the 8th on it for a blade bank.
After reading some postings, I quickly added a Bulldog handle because the chrome handle was too slick when wet. I now absolutley love the new feel & weight of the razor & Bulldog handle now. Also, after some more forum/post reading, I added a RazorRock alum bar to help with my learning curve razor burns & nicks. I picked up on Feather blades right away, but rotate in Astras now.
Since then I have gone thru a tube of Clubman shaving cream (loved it) added a cheap EJ boar brush (a new boar brush is probably my next upgrade), a tube of CO Bigelow cream, Van der Hagen soap puck, EJ sandalwood soap (haven't used, yet), Proaso splash (great stuff), Clubman aftershave (love all the clubman stuff I've used) , Barber's Choice Bay rum AS (biggest disappointment due to the lousy container I opted for - a bottle with ill fitting cap & open mouth(!)) though the scent goes well with some locally made , "Old Woodward" - Clove scented shave "butter" I picked up after reading a local newspaper article about it (a brushless cream-unusual product, a little pricey, very pleasant but also a very heavy cream, doesn't rinse off razor well. Maybe better suited for straight razor shavers(?)), Casswell-Massey Sandalwood Cologne (my wife likes it more than I do- she also bought me some CK Euphoria AS balm), a Vintage Gillette SS razor (which I don't use much, because I like my EJ w/Bulldog handle so much), a Razor & Brush stand, a dedicated shaving mirror, Clubman hair tonic, Kent hair brush, Swissco comb and upgraded the bath soaps I use (Musgo for example.)
A couple of other items I picked up - an old fashioned scuttle which looks cool, but I don't really use and an old Made-Rite beehive brush handle project - haven't worked on it, yet, thinking 2 band badger.
Also, just in, a Vie-Long Horsehair 12601 brush (I cannot believe how funky it smelled at first - still working on getting the funk out), a DR Harris Malborough soap stick, which I haven't used, yet and am waiting for my sampler packet of Truefitt & Hill cologne and shave cream sampler to arrive.
I thought I demonstrated restraint, but now, looking back at the above, I'm not so sure. I like how I spread out my purchases and dipped into most of the available product lines. Maybe I did have more restraint than I think. If I didn't make the DE dive, I would have spent almost as much on disposable razors, foam goo, and cheap AS/Balms. Either way, I am here to stay and enjoying the hell out of my new hobby.
Thank you B&B forum world! You have added more to my life than just is what is listed above.
