I'll have mine cooked well done and piri piri please. I'll take those 6 arkos thenI'm always happy to meet customer requests Nishy
I'll have mine cooked well done and piri piri please. I'll take those 6 arkos thenI'm always happy to meet customer requests Nishy
Any soaps you'd like to give away would be welcome into my home lolI have said before that without the purchases and the thrill for me of new items then it just becomes shaving which is just a mundane daily activity and I may as well return to cartridges and canned gloop. I am giving away soaps so I have the excuse to go buy some more. The only caveat to that is I will no longer buy new products directly from the U.S. The razors are already expensive and I am not adding £50 on top for the privilege of owning new razors. Buying, testing and enjoying, or not, is what makes shaving into an enjoyable hobby for me. Without new stainless razors all that is left is pot metal ancient Gillettes and I know many in the community love these but not me. I'd rather use a BIC.
Buying is one part of my persona, my shaving ritual is something that just happened one day when the soap, razor, brush and aftershave all worked in harmony and it was like wow that was so relaxing. Lol I know some will see me as a loon but I also know there will be some that totally get it. I shut out the world and for that prep, those 4 passes and the clean up and post care i'm in my meditation. Buying is the part that ensures my meditation is done with the right kitYeah I cannot disagree with your comment, buying for me is the largest part of the enjoyment for me. Shaving is just the thing I do to keep hair free on my face.
I come at this from a completely different point of view. From the time I started shaving in 1965 or thereabouts, I've used a brush and hard soap - the only thing that changed was the razor. The first revelation was soft soap in a tube, Ingrams or whatever, it lathered much better than a hard soap. All of a sudden, different razors became available, the Gillette Tech (I think), with a wind on strip of steel that was probably the worst shave ever, but quickly followed by cartridge blades, which were absolutely brilliant.I have said before that without the purchases and the thrill for me of new items then it just becomes shaving which is just a mundane daily activity and I may as well return to cartridges and canned gloop. I am giving away soaps so I have the excuse to go buy some more. The only caveat to that is I will no longer buy new products directly from the U.S. The razors are already expensive and I am not adding £50 on top for the privilege of owning new razors. Buying, testing and enjoying, or not, is what makes shaving into an enjoyable hobby for me. Without new stainless razors all that is left is pot metal ancient Gillettes and I know many in the community love these but not me. I'd rather use a BIC.
My journey is very similar apart from not using a Straight until recently and I started shaving in the late 70's. If I remember rightly what brought me to forums was looking at something called a razor pit (I think) some device for sharpening cartridge razors. I thought someone must know if they are any good. Searched for shaving forums and Voila.I come at this from a completely different point of view. From the time I started shaving in 1965 or thereabouts, I've used a brush and hard soap - the only thing that changed was the razor. The first revelation was soft soap in a tube, Ingrams or whatever, it lathered much better than a hard soap. All of a sudden, different razors became available, the Gillette Tech (I think), with a wind on strip of steel that was probably the worst shave ever, but quickly followed by cartridge blades, which were absolutely brilliant.
Gillette and Wilkinson competed in terms of how many blades they could get into a cartridge - and then Gillette added a battery - and that was, at the time, the best shave I'd ever have. In fact I don't think I've ever improved on that shave, despite trying straights, SE razors, DE razors and all kinds of weird things from the 1900's onwards.
My current favourite is a Schick Proline SE blade in either my Cobra or General. Other days, I prefer one of my straight razors - but what doesn't change is a decent badger brush and soap. That's the definition of shaving to my mind.
Well,Wayne it just goes to show how fate or whatever, works. My epiphany was getting a Saturday morning haircut where I noticed that they had added a couple of barber chairs that tilted backwards for a proper shave. I accepted the offer of a straight razor (shavette) shave and within a week had ordered a proper (Dovo) straight razor and a few things for pre and post use. What I didn't need to change was the brush and soap - until, of course, I joined a couple of forums, and soon realised that my Crabtree and Evelyn soap was not acceptable, and neither was my long used brush.My journey is very similar apart from not using a Straight until recently and I started shaving in the late 70's. If I remember rightly what brought me to forums was looking at something called a razor pit (I think) some device for sharpening cartridge razors. I thought someone must know if they are any good. Searched for shaving forums and Voila.
Good GRIEF! Why would C & E be acceptable? some of my absolutely favorite shaves have been with their vintage products!Well,Wayne it just goes to show how fate or whatever, works. My epiphany was getting a Saturday morning haircut where I noticed that they had added a couple of barber chairs that tilted backwards for a proper shave. I accepted the offer of a straight razor (shavette) shave and within a week had ordered a proper (Dovo) straight razor and a few things for pre and post use. What I didn't need to change was the brush and soap - until, of course, I joined a couple of forums, and soon realised that my Crabtree and Evelyn soap was not acceptable, and neither was my long used brush.
You have to be careful with C&E soaps. From what I understand the vintage soap was excellent. Then the formula was changed a while back and the soap became a poor performer. That was followed by another formula change and the most recent version is again a good performer. I believe the shave shave creams were unaffected by formula changes and are good performers.Good GRIEF! Why would C & E be acceptable? some of my absolutely favorite shaves have been with their vintage products!
Has it hit the bin yet? If not...pls advise and I will gladly take any of it off your hands.
Thanks, Glenn
+1 @HirsuteB4You have to be careful with C&E soaps. From what I understand the vintage soap was excellent. Then the formula was changed a while back and the soap became a poor performer. That was followed by another formula change and the most recent version is again a good performer. I believe the shave shave creams were unaffected by formula changes and are good performers.
Bob