Thread: Are You Ever Satisfied?

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I try to expose myself to as many as I can.

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I do order some new ones occasionally, but for months now I'm constantly going back to the Truefitt and Hill. I can't (so far) find anything I like better.

I think the guys that have their soaps brushes and razors figured out and they have a small selection that they are happy with, don't spend a lot of time on the forums. I am in the camp of those always trying new things. I often switch up my straights, soaps and brushes. I also have the Macca Root. Nice soap, but I don't think I'm a one soap kind of guy. I think those that are are the ones that save money with shaving.

I have a stable of favorites. On rare occasion I'll try something new.

I'm always interested in trying something new, I have enough soaps now that what I've got pretty much covers the basis in terms of ingredients and scents, and I've narrowed down to really liking the MDC Fougere and Original scented, the Tabac, Acqua Di Parma is awesome, MWF, DR Harris, T&H completely awesome, and Barrister and Mann are right up there....those with mixing it up with various straights, DE's and brushes are proving very enjoyable, I can pretty much come up with something new and different each time.

These days my wild experimentation is all but over. Mitchell's Wool Fat and Tabac have earned the starter job and one of the two provides the 95% solution for most of my shaves. Occassionally I'll deviate and use other soaps/creams but it's becoming less and less common that I shave with anything but MWF and Tabac.

Maca Root, MWF, Shave and various other tubes/creams make up my mostly daily uberlather. Occasional single use of Williams (yes I can get a good lather from it), Cella and Fieldwork's Razor's Edge and face lather with those. There are a bunch that are not in their original containers and I can't remember their names (age, damnit). But I keep coming back to the original part of this statement - MR,MWF and S.

Great thread and a great problem to have - "what do I use today?"

We have a couple of great Pushers in the group (Obie, Geezer to name a few all-stars)

At this point it is a milestone to use all of anything...I am fortunate that I have a Brother and a friend who are very willing recipients of anything that it remotely "meh".

What's left in the basket(s) below the counter is all good - only shave once a day now that I use a Straight....so this will take some time, even more so if I keep reading these posts.

Smooth Shaving...

Originally Posted by MJC

Great thread and a great problem to have - "what do I use today?"
We have a couple of great Pushers in the group (Obie, Geezer to name a few all-stars)
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Smooth Shaving...

QUI MOI??? Only so long as garage sales, Second hand shops, trades for hardware, and really cheap special offers are available!
Get samples from the sellers!!
I am old enough to remember that any shave product other than Stanley, Mennen, Williams, and Old Spice were unheard of in the hinterlands!

And to paraphrase another post:
"Spice is the variety of life:

One year ago i was down to 4 soaps. I thought this a major accomplishment. Now I have about 20 pucks and creams. Several are samples but I still count them as you typically get quite a few shaves from a puck sample.

Hit the manufacturer's web sites and try their sample packs. Probably the most economical way to try different products.

Dave