Certainly true! It's a great feeling to get a great shave with inexpensive tools!There is just something extra satisfying in my opinion, of seeking out an awesome shave while still experiencing the feeling of having and using ‘quality shaving tools’ and ‘products’, but seeing ‘how inexpensively’ (I won’t say cheap) I can get it for.
A special bouquet of whisky, leather and spices with a background of stale cigarettes, ash, over dried cigar wrapper, yellow nicotine fingernails, Borkum riff bourbon ghosted pipe bowl and a 24h fermented human chest hair infusion.
I'm kind of at the opposite end of the spectrum. For years I had minimal kit, a Schick Krona, no brush after my broken-down boar disappeared, no aftershave, and crummy bar soaps.
I hear ya. As I age (65+) I don't get all hot and bothered about price. Some of my best razors are vintage that I paid $15 for, my soaps are run of the mill (though I do own a tub of Martin de Candre and some SV), and yet, I get an outstanding shave from a tube of Prorasso or Palmolive. As for brushes, I have high end and low end and truthfully, I can't much tell the difference. I tend to use what I like these days. I took the price tags off my gear long ago.
Special Reserve smells like an old lady’s perfume. I hate it. I’m stuck with a big bottle of the stuff and I’m too cheap to throw it away. Every third shave…….ugh !
