Some of these items I have had for a while, some are newly acquired: just like my fascination with wet shaving!
- The larger traditional brush is something I bought from Taylors of Old Bond Street when I lived in London in the early 1990s. It is the "Pure Badger" quality and a decent size, perhaps 24 knot.
- The middle brush is nothing special. I purchased this at Body Shop about ten years ago. It is quite "scrubby", so I use it with soap.
- The third brush is all about sentimental value. It is a Rubberset from sometime between the 1940s-1960s. It was given to me by my father-in-law (previous marriage) not too long before he passed away in 1991. He was a very fine fellow and I think of him when I use this brush. It is smaller and quite floppy. I usually take this on the road as my travel brush.
- The black bowl is a new acquisition from Target. It is a large rice bowl with a thumb notch that makes it very well-suited for holding while whipping lather. I wrote about this bowl elsewhere on B&B. http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5817
- The razor on the left is a brand new Merkur HD. It just arrived today and I haven't tried it yet.
- I picked-up the Witch Hazel just the other day. I haven't really figured out the best way to use it yet, but I am busy collecting more information on this product. http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5955
- The blue boxes and tub contain shaving cream from Charles Tyrwhitt. CT is primarily known as a Jermyn St. shirt-maker, but they did have a men's grooming product line for a while. It looks like they got out of this business because no more shaving products are shown on their web site. http://www.ctshirts.co.uk/. I picked these shaving creams up for $5.00 each as part of their liquidation sale. The product is quite nice. I have written about it in this thread. http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1281.
- The Merkur Vision 2000 in the center of the shot arrived yesterday allowing me to have my first DE shave this morning. http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5970 Just holding this huge razor is a joy: it is beautifully made and quite massive.
- The green box of Proraso shave cream in a tube and the green Proraso cream in the disk-shaped container were both purchased at Target here in Ithaca. It is great to be able to get this wonderful stuff here in town and avoid the anxiety of ordering - and waiting - for something to arrive in the mail. I have been very happy with the Proraso creams.
- I picked up both a Williams and Colgate shaving soap disk. These seem like such established old standards I felt it was required of me as a newbie wet shaver to give them a try. I plan to do so very soon.
- I have had the Palmolive and Crabtree&Evelyn tubes of cream for a while. Another pair of standards.
- I have collected a sampling of DE blades. With only one shave performed, I have only had the chance to use the Israeli blades included in the sample pack from letterk.
- Finally, I picked-up an alum block from Art of Shaving. Still experimenting with this too.
There it is, Danny's shaving den. I have several new additions on the way:
- I ordered the Green and Gold Omega brush highlighted in http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5441.
- I have a few Honeybee soaps on order.
Thanks for looking this over! Cheers,
- The larger traditional brush is something I bought from Taylors of Old Bond Street when I lived in London in the early 1990s. It is the "Pure Badger" quality and a decent size, perhaps 24 knot.
- The middle brush is nothing special. I purchased this at Body Shop about ten years ago. It is quite "scrubby", so I use it with soap.
- The third brush is all about sentimental value. It is a Rubberset from sometime between the 1940s-1960s. It was given to me by my father-in-law (previous marriage) not too long before he passed away in 1991. He was a very fine fellow and I think of him when I use this brush. It is smaller and quite floppy. I usually take this on the road as my travel brush.
- The black bowl is a new acquisition from Target. It is a large rice bowl with a thumb notch that makes it very well-suited for holding while whipping lather. I wrote about this bowl elsewhere on B&B. http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5817
- The razor on the left is a brand new Merkur HD. It just arrived today and I haven't tried it yet.
- I picked-up the Witch Hazel just the other day. I haven't really figured out the best way to use it yet, but I am busy collecting more information on this product. http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5955
- The blue boxes and tub contain shaving cream from Charles Tyrwhitt. CT is primarily known as a Jermyn St. shirt-maker, but they did have a men's grooming product line for a while. It looks like they got out of this business because no more shaving products are shown on their web site. http://www.ctshirts.co.uk/. I picked these shaving creams up for $5.00 each as part of their liquidation sale. The product is quite nice. I have written about it in this thread. http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1281.
- The Merkur Vision 2000 in the center of the shot arrived yesterday allowing me to have my first DE shave this morning. http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5970 Just holding this huge razor is a joy: it is beautifully made and quite massive.
- The green box of Proraso shave cream in a tube and the green Proraso cream in the disk-shaped container were both purchased at Target here in Ithaca. It is great to be able to get this wonderful stuff here in town and avoid the anxiety of ordering - and waiting - for something to arrive in the mail. I have been very happy with the Proraso creams.
- I picked up both a Williams and Colgate shaving soap disk. These seem like such established old standards I felt it was required of me as a newbie wet shaver to give them a try. I plan to do so very soon.
- I have had the Palmolive and Crabtree&Evelyn tubes of cream for a while. Another pair of standards.
- I have collected a sampling of DE blades. With only one shave performed, I have only had the chance to use the Israeli blades included in the sample pack from letterk.
- Finally, I picked-up an alum block from Art of Shaving. Still experimenting with this too.
There it is, Danny's shaving den. I have several new additions on the way:
- I ordered the Green and Gold Omega brush highlighted in http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5441.
- I have a few Honeybee soaps on order.
Thanks for looking this over! Cheers,