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    Quote Originally Posted by Obie View Post
    Gentlemen:

    I can do well with one straight razor, one strop, one brush, one shave soap and one styptic pencil.

    I can also get by on one meal a day.

    But I think I prefer six small meals a day — and a glass of fine wine for the evening.

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    Obie
    Yes, and a fine brush is like a fine wine. The wine cellar must be fully stocked.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
    Yes, and a fine brush is like a fine wine. The wine cellar must be fully stocked.
    My dear thebigspendur:

    How well you speak.

    Yes, the wine cellar must be fully stocked.

    And it is.

    After all, Pliny the Elder said, "In wine there is truth."

    Regards,

    Obie

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chelicerae View Post
    I've got dozens of straights, and still manage to acquire at least one a week. Enough shaving soaps and creams that I could shave for the next 4 months and never use the same one twice, and I'm currently fighting the urge to place another order for another 3 or 4. The 9 or 10 hones that I have are certainly insufficient and I'm looking to splurge on a high-end stone such as a CF, Thuri or Escher real soon. My after shave selection grows steadily, and have even experimented mixing my own.

    I have 2 brushes, a $4.00 boar from the drugstore, and a $10.00 pure badger Bass which I bought because it came with a matching plastic holder. I see all these brushes going from a few dollars to over $400, and I doubt that I could tell the difference between the 2 extremes. I feel like I'm missing out on something wonderful. An unrefined, crude, uncouth boor that cannot appreciate the angelic kiss of a Plisson High White Mountain Badger or Kent Silvertip.
    I once convinced myself I needed only one brush! Then I got a second a third and.................. then I published this:

    Fido's Shaving Brush Blog

    So beware.

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