This month, I marked the one year anniversary of discovering, and joining B&B. I actually bought my first DE razor over 20 years ago as a collectible curiosity, and I failed miserably in my attempt to use it. So into the bathroom cabinet it went. Rediscovering the razor last year, piqued my interest again, and a internet search led me here.
Although my post count may not be prolific, I've thoroughly enjoyed being a part of this online community. A slave to the drudgery, and horror of shaving with an electric for far to long, I decided that a revisiting of wetshaving was in order. I'd always considered myself a bit of an anachronism, in high school in the late 80's I dressed 1950's etc. I'd always collected old stuff, now dubbed vintage, so I considered myself retro before the catchword even existed.
My point being, I feel like I fit right in with the community here, who appreciates, and endorses doing a common task in a rather uncommon manner. The bottom line is, I enjoy the task of shaving now, and yes somehow I did believe early on that I'd be saving money by not having to purchase Fusion carts etc....yeah, I believed that until the various AD's kicked in. So with that in mind I decided to do a one year in shave gear inventory.
Razors: Eleven
62 Gillette slim
51 Super speed
51 black tip SS
58 Blue tip
56 Red tip
75 Gillette 109
Blue Lady Gillette
Gem G-bar
Gem Contour II
Hoffritz slant
Brushes: Eight
Klenzo restore
Klenzo butterscotch
Ever ready 200T restore
Edwin Jagger Super Badger
Bullardo butterscotch
V.P. Boar
Ever ready 600N Nylon
Hoffritz travel brush restore
Soaps:
Vintage Yardley
1970's Old Spice
1940's Old Spice
C.E. Sienna
1970's Chicago SS
Williams
Colgate
Ralph lauren Safari
5 Col Conk's various scents
Creams:
Proraso
TOBS St. James
Blades:
155 Personna platinum chrome
85 Wilkinson Swords
50 Gem SE
15 Hoffritz
5 Sharks
Bowls-Mugs-Scuttles etc:
4 bowls
5 mugs
1 scuttle
2 barbicide jars
Aftershaves:
OS telescope
Dominica Bay Rum
Pinaud AS
osage rub
2 Aqua Velva's
Graphite blue
Lucky for men
I didn't even count the colognes, or the various boxes, racks, holders etc. for razor gear storage etc.
Whew.....that's it a year in. before I came here my batroom was just that, a bathroom...now it's called a shave den, so now I wonder what the two year anniversary inventory will be like?
Although my post count may not be prolific, I've thoroughly enjoyed being a part of this online community. A slave to the drudgery, and horror of shaving with an electric for far to long, I decided that a revisiting of wetshaving was in order. I'd always considered myself a bit of an anachronism, in high school in the late 80's I dressed 1950's etc. I'd always collected old stuff, now dubbed vintage, so I considered myself retro before the catchword even existed.
My point being, I feel like I fit right in with the community here, who appreciates, and endorses doing a common task in a rather uncommon manner. The bottom line is, I enjoy the task of shaving now, and yes somehow I did believe early on that I'd be saving money by not having to purchase Fusion carts etc....yeah, I believed that until the various AD's kicked in. So with that in mind I decided to do a one year in shave gear inventory.
Razors: Eleven
62 Gillette slim
51 Super speed
51 black tip SS
58 Blue tip
56 Red tip
75 Gillette 109
Blue Lady Gillette
Gem G-bar
Gem Contour II
Hoffritz slant
Brushes: Eight
Klenzo restore
Klenzo butterscotch
Ever ready 200T restore
Edwin Jagger Super Badger
Bullardo butterscotch
V.P. Boar
Ever ready 600N Nylon
Hoffritz travel brush restore
Soaps:
Vintage Yardley
1970's Old Spice
1940's Old Spice
C.E. Sienna
1970's Chicago SS
Williams
Colgate
Ralph lauren Safari
5 Col Conk's various scents
Creams:
Proraso
TOBS St. James
Blades:
155 Personna platinum chrome
85 Wilkinson Swords
50 Gem SE
15 Hoffritz
5 Sharks
Bowls-Mugs-Scuttles etc:
4 bowls
5 mugs
1 scuttle
2 barbicide jars
Aftershaves:
OS telescope
Dominica Bay Rum
Pinaud AS
osage rub
2 Aqua Velva's
Graphite blue
Lucky for men
I didn't even count the colognes, or the various boxes, racks, holders etc. for razor gear storage etc.
Whew.....that's it a year in. before I came here my batroom was just that, a bathroom...now it's called a shave den, so now I wonder what the two year anniversary inventory will be like?
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