"...if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." So Ferris Buehler counsels us all at the end of his epic film.
New year beginnings are always a good time to assess the overall picture of one's general situation.
Among those things to possibly review are the many items of shave gear we have, don't have, had and regret getting rid of, want, don't want, need, and can live without.
Keeping that in mind, I decided to do a brief inventory of my gear...
This proved to be a good thing as afterward, looking back at the list, I acknowledged the bottom line-I surely need nothing else. That's a fact.
However, the tale does not end here. There is still:
Items I want (but hardly need and just ain't gonna buy anytime soon, maybe sometime in 2016 or thereabouts:
-a Boker brown micarta Tree Brand razor
-T&H Grafton shave cream
-Panna Crema shave cream
-a Dovo Prima Klang Extra Hollow razor
-Merkur Futur Brush (or a long-handled one like it)
....and no doubt some other stuff but that will do for now.
Like I said, it is MOST doubtful I will acquire any of it, in the foreseeable future. Why??
Here's my current inventory as of today, thought I would share...hopefully I did not miss anything:
Brushes
6 Boar
Omega
11126, 10049, (2) B&B Essentials (green and yellow..Go Bulls!!!)
Semogue
1305, SOC Cherry handle
7 Badger
Vulfix 2235 Super
Simpson Colonel
Rudy Vey Custom Silvertip
Vie Long Zurrito handle re-knotted with a TGN Finest badger
Rooney 2/1 Silvertip
My first ever brush (not sure but I think it's a Hoffritz Silvertip)
Cling Fast vintage re-knotted with a TGN Finest badger
4 Synthetic
Omega Hi-Brush
Omega 346235
Muhle V2.0 Turnback
Ever Ready N600 (Grandpa's brush. Not in rotation)
1 Mixed
RazoRock Amici
DE Razors
Mulhe R41 (2011) w/Weber Classic handle
Merkur 33C
Pureman Prototype (shame this never saw production)
Straight Razors
Hart Steel 7/8
Thiers-Issard 7/8 Blades Grim
W&B 6/8 Wedge (pre-1890)
Ralf Aust 6/8
Boker 6/8 Silver Steel
Boker 5/8 Edelweiss
Boker 4/8 Tree Brand
Henckels 5/8 Graef & Schmidt
Dovo 6/8 Palisander
Dovo 5/8 Natural
...lest we forget the Gold Dollar 6/8 66
Soaps
Gentleman's Groom Room Scottish Heather
VDH Deluxe
Cade
C&E Sandalwood, Sienna, Nomad
Cella
Proraso (green and red)
Mystic Waters Sandalwood Rose
MWF
Klar Kabinette (LOTS of it)
RazoRock XXX (old formulation), Don Marco, ABCBA
La Toja Manantiales
Napa Soap Company Honey Pot
Sticks
La Toja
Boots
Palmolive
Arko
Tabac
Derby
Cream
TOBS Rose, Lavender, St. James, Eton College
AoS Sandalwood
Proraso Sandalwood
Ingram's
C.O. Bigelow
T&H 1805
Vulfix Lavender
La Toja
Arko (but very, very little)
Blades
Many and varied.....I'm not going there. Sure have a lot of Astra Stainless though
Strop
Tony Miller 3"
I know this lot pales in comparison to those that many of you all have and I truly respect your focus and determination. Acquiring and maintaining a healthy supply of shave gear is not necessarily an easy endeavor.
Actually I would recommend anyone take a few minutes and scrutinize their inventory of gear. I think it will afford you a different perspective...and you may even find something you forgot you had. Always a fun thing.
Now back to the B/S/T.............
New year beginnings are always a good time to assess the overall picture of one's general situation.
Among those things to possibly review are the many items of shave gear we have, don't have, had and regret getting rid of, want, don't want, need, and can live without.
Keeping that in mind, I decided to do a brief inventory of my gear...
This proved to be a good thing as afterward, looking back at the list, I acknowledged the bottom line-I surely need nothing else. That's a fact.
However, the tale does not end here. There is still:
Items I want (but hardly need and just ain't gonna buy anytime soon, maybe sometime in 2016 or thereabouts:
-a Boker brown micarta Tree Brand razor
-T&H Grafton shave cream
-Panna Crema shave cream
-a Dovo Prima Klang Extra Hollow razor
-Merkur Futur Brush (or a long-handled one like it)
....and no doubt some other stuff but that will do for now.
Like I said, it is MOST doubtful I will acquire any of it, in the foreseeable future. Why??
Here's my current inventory as of today, thought I would share...hopefully I did not miss anything:
Brushes
6 Boar
Omega
11126, 10049, (2) B&B Essentials (green and yellow..Go Bulls!!!)
Semogue
1305, SOC Cherry handle
7 Badger
Vulfix 2235 Super
Simpson Colonel
Rudy Vey Custom Silvertip
Vie Long Zurrito handle re-knotted with a TGN Finest badger
Rooney 2/1 Silvertip
My first ever brush (not sure but I think it's a Hoffritz Silvertip)
Cling Fast vintage re-knotted with a TGN Finest badger
4 Synthetic
Omega Hi-Brush
Omega 346235
Muhle V2.0 Turnback
Ever Ready N600 (Grandpa's brush. Not in rotation)
1 Mixed
RazoRock Amici
DE Razors
Mulhe R41 (2011) w/Weber Classic handle
Merkur 33C
Pureman Prototype (shame this never saw production)
Straight Razors
Hart Steel 7/8
Thiers-Issard 7/8 Blades Grim
W&B 6/8 Wedge (pre-1890)
Ralf Aust 6/8
Boker 6/8 Silver Steel
Boker 5/8 Edelweiss
Boker 4/8 Tree Brand
Henckels 5/8 Graef & Schmidt
Dovo 6/8 Palisander
Dovo 5/8 Natural
...lest we forget the Gold Dollar 6/8 66
Soaps
Gentleman's Groom Room Scottish Heather
VDH Deluxe
Cade
C&E Sandalwood, Sienna, Nomad
Cella
Proraso (green and red)
Mystic Waters Sandalwood Rose
MWF
Klar Kabinette (LOTS of it)
RazoRock XXX (old formulation), Don Marco, ABCBA
La Toja Manantiales
Napa Soap Company Honey Pot
Sticks
La Toja
Boots
Palmolive
Arko
Tabac
Derby
Cream
TOBS Rose, Lavender, St. James, Eton College
AoS Sandalwood
Proraso Sandalwood
Ingram's
C.O. Bigelow
T&H 1805
Vulfix Lavender
La Toja
Arko (but very, very little)
Blades
Many and varied.....I'm not going there. Sure have a lot of Astra Stainless though
Strop
Tony Miller 3"
I know this lot pales in comparison to those that many of you all have and I truly respect your focus and determination. Acquiring and maintaining a healthy supply of shave gear is not necessarily an easy endeavor.
Actually I would recommend anyone take a few minutes and scrutinize their inventory of gear. I think it will afford you a different perspective...and you may even find something you forgot you had. Always a fun thing.
Now back to the B/S/T.............
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