Astra SS or SP?
Your Regrettable Purchases?
- Thread starter Zig the Pirate
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Ha Ha that was my first brush purchase! Mine lives on as my travel brush. My least favorite brush but it is serviceable. I wouldn't buy it again
Rhody
I'm a Lumberjack.
Thank you I’m too traumatized to even type the full name
ASP, but have tried the stainless and find them equally tuggy. Also don't appreciate the gigantic grease marks stretching right to the cutting edge.
Haven't regretted any purchases that I can think of. Enjoyed the journey and experiencing various items. I've regretted letting a few things go, but c'est le vie.
I had the exact same thoughts till I read Shane himself post in one of the threads here that it is good if one shaves riding the guard. And it does! I can now use it as one very efficient razor this way and purposely make the angle shallow when I need that insane aggressive blade feel for super efficiency. It has not cut me once after this technique change.
Thanks @luv2shave I will give that a go.
I have made a lot of purchases since I started shaving with DE razors and several things haven’t worked out but they all helped me to refine and define what I like and what I don’t like. I guess my biggest regrets are buying vintage Gillette razors. I really wanted to like them. I purchased one British Aristocrat (now in a new home) and two Gillette post war Techs (One in a new home). I found them all way too aggressive compared to all of my modern razors. I guess the point I want to make is I have learned through trial and error what works for me and what doesn’t, what I like and don’t like, and the only way I could find those things out is through buying stuff that didn’t work out. Regret? I dunno. I think I paid the price for knowledge.
I always wonder how many newbies nick their fingers, attempting to extract a waxed-up Astra SP from its wrapper.
OTOH, I get a perfectly good result with ASP, the wax stops them jiggling around in transit and blunting themselves, and it rinses off easily with a dash of boiling water.
A purchase I don't regret is a pair of long-nose pliers dedicated to blade handling.
Perfect (but hilarious!) solution my friend! I have thought about using a lighter, but hadn't thought of pliers to hold the blade!
Now you know why my wife insured my hands when we first got married! Ya don't see many one armed barbers!
Forgot to add the Gillette Techmatic band razor I bought in college. Would have had more luck shaving with a shard of broken glass. All that beer money wasted.
Both Phoenix bakelite slant razors
At least you figured it out quickly. I am embarrassed to admit that prior to joining B&B I used Trumper for about 10-15 years. I’ve still got one unopened puck, that I likely never will open.
It takes effort to load Trumper's hard soap, but I have found it makes a great lather.
Any tips? Let it bloom? Start wetter, drier?
In 2014 there were only 50 B&B brushes offered and they were going fast. So I got a great brush for face lathering - lots of backbone and some scrub - without investigating the options.
Sounds good, right? Except I didn't face lather, scuttle with large, soft brushes. This B&B brush was not a scuttle brush. I used it 2 or 3 times and it's been sitting on my shelf since then. I'm glad you reminded me, I need to sell it and let someone who face lathers and likes those characteristics put it to good use.
Sounds good, right? Except I didn't face lather, scuttle with large, soft brushes. This B&B brush was not a scuttle brush. I used it 2 or 3 times and it's been sitting on my shelf since then. I'm glad you reminded me, I need to sell it and let someone who face lathers and likes those characteristics put it to good use.
I agree on both. I’m a b&m fan, and hallows just doesn’t resonate with me.
B&M Terror AS. I love menthol and will try just about anything with menthol. The synthetic menthol in Terror is horrendous. It’s not as cold as real menthol, and the chemical stays on my hands and face all day no matter how hard I tried to wash it off—and despite not feeling cool on my face it burned other areas. Touch my eye—burn. Rub my nose—burn. Go to the restroom—you get the idea. I enjoyed the soap but the aftershave went down the drain.
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