I only use the brush and soap or cream. It doesn't take me long and it does not dry out on my face. In addition I like the whole deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blade Wielder
Hey but whatever gets you through the night!:cool:
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I only use the brush and soap or cream. It doesn't take me long and it does not dry out on my face. In addition I like the whole deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blade Wielder
Hey but whatever gets you through the night!:cool:
It's all I've used in the last several years and really is one of the best products I have ever used. It's silky smooth and almost invisible on my face. I can watch with glee as I scyth each hair away. Read Dr. Phong's current Test Tube blog for more details.
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I've been a wet shaver for over 40 years and I've tried every gimic that comes up. I used canned stuff and gel for a long time, but eventually went back to the brush. I felt like I hadn't really lived unti I started using English creams early this year. I wouldn't give up that luxury and smoothness of the shave for anything. I even started shaving the night before so I wouldn't have to shortchange my shaves.
Oh, I still have some canned stuff around, but I only use it in a pinch, usually with an M3P, when I need a sub-5 minute shave.
I think the brush and soap routine is an integral part of the straight experience. To me, using the canned stuff would be like buying a BMW 5 series and putting a motor from an old Yugo in it.
But like they say its a free country and you gota do what makes you happy
I totally agree that the brush is part of the genuine straight razor experience; and when I first started this hobby it was one of the first things that I purchased. I got myself both the Williams' soap and later on, some expensive Italian cream. Still, I couldn't get as creamy or satisfying a lather as I could from the canned cream.
But from what I'm hearing, these English creams seem pretty good. I'll have to give them a try.
Anyone have any recommendations on which ones are best? Or... most affordable, but still really good? And where to get them?
I like the Taylor of Old bond Street Sandlewood. Classicshaving.com has it. I use the soap but had a sample of the shaving cream both sandlewood and Lavander both pretty good but I didn't much like the Lavander smell. :hmmm:
I used the edge gel my first couple times. Didn't work so well for me though, then I tried mixing it with a little hot water. It made it work a lot better, not just with the straight, but with the mach 3 as well.
I think I've tried just about everything and to me the two best shave soaps going are either the Trumpers or the Haslinger. I usually get the trumpers straight from them on their website however there is a place called londons here in the U.S that has them on the web. The Haslinger is a herbal soap sold by shavemac its made in Austria. The only problem with Shavemac is its in germany and the shipping is steep unless you buy alot.
BladeWielder:
Taylor's cream is the best buy of the three T's. I've gotten it through qedusa.com as well as classic shaving. If you go to qed, try the crusella tabac AS. It's a damned nice AS for the price. I also like his DaVinci water and shave sticks.
Wayne, deep into SCAD
Still a novice and experimenting with soaps (no creams yet) to see what I like.
One "cream" that I learned about from a barber (couldn't shave worth a hoot) is a generic hair cream rince called "Aura" from Sally's Beauty Supply. Get the Rosemary Mint Rinse. It has a little menthol or something like that in it and is really slick. I used it with a M3 for years and occasionaly use it with a Str8.
Mike