A short note on shaving soaps by The Grumpy Old Bastard (that below proves that he deserves that epithet).
When I read how much appreciation some budget shaving soaps get at B&B I often wonder if my recollection of how I have perceived their performance might be totally wrong. It’s even happened that I’ve bought new specimens of soaps I’ve sworn to never touch again just to try them once more. Every time I’ve been reminded of what Einstein once stated: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. Lately I’ve dug deep into my soap drawer and have been shaving with low cost shaving soaps, and yes there are good shaving soaps among them like LaToja, LEA (I recall that it should be the same soap as LaToja), Macarot, Nivea and others. They are really good, but often not quite as good as more expensive soaps. However there are popular low cost shaving soaps, that I hopefully never will be stupid enough to put onto my face again. I guess that part of the answer to why some cheaper soaps get so good reviews is due to that they are the first shaving soaps new wet shavers try out and everything is better than the canned goo that is the only reference they’ve got.
Having stated the above; There are expensive shaving soaps that I’ll never buy again too, like the classic British three “T”:s. I never managed to get Trumpers’ Rose to lather for instance.
On to my razor for the coming week. I love the engraving (not etching) on this old Kobar razor. It’s nothing fancy but the maker had obviously set out to do as functional a product as possible. I love the sound of a really hollow razor and this one makes the stubble scream out loud in agony while being moved down.
I face lathered with an Omega 49 synthetic brush using Wickham Shangri La shaving soap (musky Rose scent). This is not one of the cheap soaps mentioned above, but it’s one of my favourites.
After the shave I used my usual Bison horse butt strop, Nivea face cream and ended by putting Aramis Calligraphy Rose EdP on my face. I like rose scents, always have and always will. I don't care much if some men don't find rose scents to be manly enough. I've never bothered about what men think of rose scents as long as their wifes like it when I wear them.
I wish you all a very nice weekend.
View attachment 1140250
Nice Kobar Arne [emoji6]
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
.
