Thread: Chicago Wet Shavers Get Together

This event was simply amazing. The hospitality from Anthony, his family and the Merz folks was unbelievable. 300 attendees. The opportunity to get to meet Geo in person as well as Mantic59 was an experience I will always be grateful for. I'm sure there will be a couple of videos coming out from the presentations soon. I also got to meet some of our members and some from the other forums. I hope that all the forums will get on the bandwagon and start sharing the love. The folks at this event really showed that it's all about the art of wetshaving and the pleasure we get from it.

I also got the opportunity to help Anthony, his brother and Geo learn to hone and each of them was able to shave with a razor that they honed. It doesn't get any better as you can see from Geo's video. Now I'm jonesin' for the next event!!!

Thanks guys!!!

Amazing is definitely the word I would use to describe as well! It was great to finally put face to names and Merz (AQ, TQ, and the rest) did an outstanding job (Merz's tables full of wetshaving goodies was like the shaving version of a toy store, and their regular store at the Palmer House was incredible by itself)! The Palmer House is one classy place too--"old school" without being too stuffy or pretentious.

While attending the Great Shave Event in Chicago at the Palmer House Hotel, my friend Todd lost his Semogue Silvertip, 2010 Ltd. Edition. Unfortunately, this line of Semogues is no longer made, and is said to perform unlike any other brush Todd has used. To date, the brush has not been recovered by the Palmer House Lost & Found. As for the brush, it is in an opaque plastic brush tube (made by Muhle). The brush itself is silvertip, handle is a mix of white and clear acrylic, and is octagonal in shape. On the bottom it says Semogue 2010, with a "00" -- the latter signifying that this was the prototype of this edition. If you have been fortunate enough to have found this, please let me know so I make arrangements to get it back to Todd.

This is indeed a bummer. I hope he finds it!

Here is a video of me at the event. Make sure you check out Mantic's and Geo's too.

smallflowertv's Channel - YouTube

You should definitely attend the next one if possible!

Have fun

Argh! Can't believe I had to miss this one. I should have taken a gap year and stayed home instead of going away to college in Virginia.