Agree totaly.
Find the mug or scuttle that suits and use creams or stick.
I have a limit to the shelf space she'll alow me in the bathroom ! lol
Over Priced Garbage
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Agree totaly.
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I have a limit to the shelf space she'll alow me in the bathroom ! lol
I can partly agree with this. I have found one that is excellent for touch up passes,but not for pre shaving.
I think you are making creamy, pasty lather like I do, rather than airy lather.
My Truefitt & Hill bowl works fine for the type of lather I make.
Renato
The Gentlemen's refinery cream.
Do you remember which version Remington you had? I don't think you can generalise about elecric shavers based on Remington alone.
The old Remington Lektro blade shavers from the late 70s were noisy, but did the job. Mine still works fine.
The next Remingtons were marketed as "Close as a blade, or your money back". They had a long piece of foil with long cutters underneath, and they did cut as close as a blade - for two weeks. Then it was downhill all the way, and replacement cost of the cutters and foils were nearly as great as the electric shaver itself.
Phillips rotary shavers were much better - not quite as close as a blade - but they lasted heaps longer. And their double-action cutters, which I still use, can cut 3 and 4 day old beards. I go back to my Remington while waiting for my face to heal after getting too adventuous with my DE razors. In the end, Remington started making their own rotary shavers, which aren't too bad, though I haven't tested them on 3 day old beards.
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Renato
I paid $10 for a badger brush from China, and can't tell any difference in its performance from that of my expensive $50 Edwin Jagger badger brush (well, expensive relative to my $2 and $20 wild boar brushes).
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Renato
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There are three factors that define the value of a product for me. The actual cost of a product and the performance of said product. And the esthetic of the product. For a product to be valuable to me and become something I want to buy the cost has to be in a range that I like and it must perform the way I would like it to. Plus its esthetics must be appealing to me. If something would cost me an arm and a leg and yet not perform any better than something that I can get at a cheaper price whats the point?
I have three badger brushes that I found for less that 10 bucks each. Two of them. Shea Moisture Shave Brushes cost 4.00 bucks a piece. They perform perfectly for me.
Would a more expensive brush perform better? Maybe. But the price aint right! So there is no value in that product for me.
I have come to realize that a lot people equate quality with price. Case in point. In the area where I live there is/used to be some guys who handmake recurve bows. One of the fellows was my wood shop teacher. He told me that they have to sell them at a premium price so that people will actually buy them.
The same is true for shaving products. Its not always the case though. Some cheap items are cheap made. It all comes down to satisfaction and each of us find that in different ways.
I have three badger brushes that I found for less that 10 bucks each. Two of them. Shea Moisture Shave Brushes cost 4.00 bucks a piece. They perform perfectly for me.
Would a more expensive brush perform better? Maybe. But the price aint right! So there is no value in that product for me.
I have come to realize that a lot people equate quality with price. Case in point. In the area where I live there is/used to be some guys who handmake recurve bows. One of the fellows was my wood shop teacher. He told me that they have to sell them at a premium price so that people will actually buy them.
The same is true for shaving products. Its not always the case though. Some cheap items are cheap made. It all comes down to satisfaction and each of us find that in different ways.
you guys talking "overpriced" works as good or better stuff are way off topic... OP asked for garbage and pieces of **** (i presume)... i'd like anyone to stand behind a $100+ blade, strop, or brush and call it a piece of **** .
the only real garbage I have come across was a very thin knot, tortoise hollow handle german made brush we don't see often... they overpriced, but not expensive though .
I'd hate to say what I think is the most overpriced junk, lest I wish to sell it.
Pre-shave oil
anything by Truefitt & Hill
anything by Truefitt & Hill
Filarmonicas
wow... just wow... if you don't have any you don't want, let me know...
Haven't yet come across anything I'd call garbage. However, I don't think my expensive (over $100) badger brushes were worth the money. They're wonderful and all, but I like my Turkish horsehair brush (for $2.45) pretty much just as much. And I've got a couple of boars I like too. The badgers are prettier and softer. My preference is for brushes with more body. If I had it to do over, I would not buy those expensive brushes again.
Same for modern razors. Some of them are great, but I don't think they're generally as good a value as the vintage ones. A user quality Fat Boy was recently offered up for $20 on B/S/T and sat there for hours. I haven't found a razor I like better. Slims and Black Beauties can routinely be had for $30 or less. Superspeeds turn up for $12 or $15 (less if one hunts around). Techs and the open combs are less expensive yet. They're all phenomenal razors.
Same for modern razors. Some of them are great, but I don't think they're generally as good a value as the vintage ones. A user quality Fat Boy was recently offered up for $20 on B/S/T and sat there for hours. I haven't found a razor I like better. Slims and Black Beauties can routinely be had for $30 or less. Superspeeds turn up for $12 or $15 (less if one hunts around). Techs and the open combs are less expensive yet. They're all phenomenal razors.
We might as well close this thread because it is destined to spiral into an argument over YMMV
I love the scent of 3P in the morning, and it's yellow tub with the red cap, bellissimo!
Caswell Massey shave soap
If you are speaking of the EJ brush I would agree. Not a good product from a company that normally sells quality stuff that is well made. Confusing actually. And you can tell until you put water to it which I assume makes it non-returnable.
I don't know, I used to think that. End result, maybe the same, but the more expensive brushes build lather far more rapidly in my experience, and with less product.
no, it was a hans baier brand
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