Back in 2007 I got my first DE, a Merkur, along with the lavender cream at the Art of Shaving in Copley in Boston. That sent me down the rabbit hole. Since then I have had Muhle, Joris and Edwin Jagger DE's, countless brushes, creams and soaps, straights, kamisori, strops, an entire whetstone progression and dozens of fragrances. I had an original Chief and Disco Haze from Chief Broom, and B&B brushes. And I had a $10 Omega 10048 right at the beginning.
It's all gone. Everything. Except.... the 10048. This morning I tossed my well-used, well-loved, well-broken-in 10048 into a sink of hot water for ten minutes, and as I shaved it occurred to me that through over a decade and a half of owning every high-end badger brush imaginable, the one that remained was the lowly, cheap Omega. The tips are soft, the splay is wonderful, and the lather it whips up is thick and creamy. And I cringe remembering a period of time several years ago when people were freezing their boar brushes overnight to expedite the break-in.
I suppose the journey is complete, at least until something else pops up and I'm sent back down the rabbit hole.
Has anyone else gone through anything similar?
It's all gone. Everything. Except.... the 10048. This morning I tossed my well-used, well-loved, well-broken-in 10048 into a sink of hot water for ten minutes, and as I shaved it occurred to me that through over a decade and a half of owning every high-end badger brush imaginable, the one that remained was the lowly, cheap Omega. The tips are soft, the splay is wonderful, and the lather it whips up is thick and creamy. And I cringe remembering a period of time several years ago when people were freezing their boar brushes overnight to expedite the break-in.
I suppose the journey is complete, at least until something else pops up and I'm sent back down the rabbit hole.
Has anyone else gone through anything similar?
