I am 39 and began shaving with a Kent badger gifted by my father in 1985. When he passed away in 89, I then inherited his Kent V2 and a shell handled badger, the latter I used till about four years ago. (Both the Kents fell out of my hands and broke the handles). I incidentally managed to lose my grandfathers straight razor when we were moving houses amongst other goodies like a shell and an invory cigarette holder, a single edge shaving kit, with all the gizmos I cant recall.
My father taught me how to lather and use a DE, but not a straight. HOwever, being lazy and pursuing other interests as a teenager, I stuck to Gillette two tracks then.
I then bought a super badger off the net on which I'm sure i got ripped off. It's started to go "bald" in the middle. Last year when my wife visited the US, she bought me TWO very handsome silver tips from her aunt's ex-husband. And her grandfather gave me his old brush whose bristles are of dubious ancestry.
That said, I have for 23 years used Gillette two tracks, Contours, Sensors and till very recently Mach 3 razors with my brushes and shave soaps (Col. Conks, Nivea, Dettol, Old Spice amongst others) and for the last one year a disposable blade cheap plastic handled straight razor and a (very nice) SS rip off of a '70's Old Spice DE, which I usually prefer.
Being of Indian origin, I have dark black and a thick growth and am very fair for Indian standards. I have constantly had a green patch on my face even after having had a GREAT shave, irrespective of the razor used.
Any thoughts.
My father taught me how to lather and use a DE, but not a straight. HOwever, being lazy and pursuing other interests as a teenager, I stuck to Gillette two tracks then.
I then bought a super badger off the net on which I'm sure i got ripped off. It's started to go "bald" in the middle. Last year when my wife visited the US, she bought me TWO very handsome silver tips from her aunt's ex-husband. And her grandfather gave me his old brush whose bristles are of dubious ancestry.
That said, I have for 23 years used Gillette two tracks, Contours, Sensors and till very recently Mach 3 razors with my brushes and shave soaps (Col. Conks, Nivea, Dettol, Old Spice amongst others) and for the last one year a disposable blade cheap plastic handled straight razor and a (very nice) SS rip off of a '70's Old Spice DE, which I usually prefer.
Being of Indian origin, I have dark black and a thick growth and am very fair for Indian standards. I have constantly had a green patch on my face even after having had a GREAT shave, irrespective of the razor used.
Any thoughts.