Well, you don't need to buy a brush. Certainly there is some old scrub brush in the kitchen somewhere, or maybe an old shoeshine brush (do wash out the old polish).
Truth be told, I don't think a true BBS shave exists..... though I don't have a baby around to prove my case. If I had all my whiskers removed via laser, electrolysis or some other method, my face would still be rougher than a baby's bottom.
After a particularly close shave and liberal application of Lilac Vegetal, I mentioned to my wife that my face felt as smooth as a baby's butt.
Ah, my face is extremely smooth and soft. Definitely as soft as a baby’s bottom, if not softer than most babies. I guess it’s from a lifetime of avoiding the sun because of my translucent blue Scottish skin.
I'm a mutt. I don't know much about my bio dad's DNA but suspect it's similar to my mother's family, from what I've been told: British, Scottish, Irish, French and German.
I don't understand the snobbery. Straight razor shaving isn't even all that difficult.
A very small number of people perpetuate that it is.
I have this very exact Old Type with the ‘use ivory soap’ inscription. It’s one of my favorite DE’s to use.
Nothing that a little Green Freeze won't sooth and cure.Unless the baby had some horrific diaper rash….
Yep, it is a great community. For me, transitioning from DE to SR was mostly about following instructions. With the help and encouragement of some specific members here, I basically got a free "helicopter ride to the top" of the mountain.
There was a member here years ago. He doesn’t post anymore so I won’t mention his name, but the minute I showed interest in straight shaving on B&B, he PIF’d me my very first straight razor, along with offers of keeping it honed for free until I could learn to do it myself, along with making the time and effort to answer the many PM’s of questions and shaving advice. It doesn’t get any better than that, anywhere else in the entire world.
