I just spent three months in Italy, and for the first time since joining Badger & Blade, I didn't have all my DE razors, all my cartridge razors, and all my soaps and creams.
All I had was a Gillette DE razor, Schick Extreme Disposables, Proraso cream, Proraso soap and Prep Soap. And a Phillips electric razor (which I mainly brought along to use its clipper). My wife and I had been hopelessly over weight with our luggage, and I had to leave behind my kilogram bag of assorted shave sticks and creams that I had intended to take on the trip (and I still had to pay for excess baggage).
So - every day, pretty much the same old routine - do I use the DE or the cartridge? This Cream or that soap?
It got dull. Really dull. Changing the blade brands on my DE razor just didn't do it for me. I actually started using the electric razor again, just for variety.
I did find some more Italian brushless creams to use before I left, but they didn't amuse me after the first shave with each, as they weren't as good as the Proraso.
Now that I'm back home for a few days, that's all changed - used one of my Merkurs, my Jagger, my Weber DLC - with Trumpers cream, Kent soap - I'm back to shaving joy again.
Just thought I'd share this experience, for all the guys here who often mention having too much stuff, and feeling a bit guilty about it, and of what their wives think of their wet shaving mania.
When you don't have all that stuff, all you have is a boring chore in the mornings.
Regards,
Renato
All I had was a Gillette DE razor, Schick Extreme Disposables, Proraso cream, Proraso soap and Prep Soap. And a Phillips electric razor (which I mainly brought along to use its clipper). My wife and I had been hopelessly over weight with our luggage, and I had to leave behind my kilogram bag of assorted shave sticks and creams that I had intended to take on the trip (and I still had to pay for excess baggage).
So - every day, pretty much the same old routine - do I use the DE or the cartridge? This Cream or that soap?
It got dull. Really dull. Changing the blade brands on my DE razor just didn't do it for me. I actually started using the electric razor again, just for variety.
I did find some more Italian brushless creams to use before I left, but they didn't amuse me after the first shave with each, as they weren't as good as the Proraso.
Now that I'm back home for a few days, that's all changed - used one of my Merkurs, my Jagger, my Weber DLC - with Trumpers cream, Kent soap - I'm back to shaving joy again.
Just thought I'd share this experience, for all the guys here who often mention having too much stuff, and feeling a bit guilty about it, and of what their wives think of their wet shaving mania.
When you don't have all that stuff, all you have is a boring chore in the mornings.
Regards,
Renato
