Thread: art of shaving

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Use a snurdler or you’ll blow though a tub in a month or two.

What's a "snurdler?" Urban Dictionary's definition doesn't really apply...or does it?

Nevermind. A little further research led me to this: http://straightrazorpalace.com/soaps...-snurdler.html

Urban dictionary failed me, but it did give me a laugh.

A snurdle is a dollop of shave cream. If you dip a wet brush in a tub of cream, the extra water will melt your cream.

So take a coffee stir stick, Popsicle stick, silver spoon or whatever and put a dollop or snurdle into a cup and lather up about a ½ X1/2 inch scoop depending on the cream.

I have baby spoons, from Bone, Rosewood, bamboo, silver and pate knives work well and can be decorative.

I guess I ought to stop dragging my knuckles, quit using my finger tip and start snurdling like a gentleman.

Originally Posted by feltspanky

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So Bademester what shaving creams do you find that suits your palate.

The soaps/creams I have tried thus far and liked include the following:
Mitchells wool fat, Proraso sandalwood, Musgo Real Lime basil, Truefitt & Hill No. 10, Valobra stick and C. O. Bigelow.
I like all of them, and can´t really say I have a favorite among them.

Once Again - I´m sorry if I stepped on toes here. That was not my intention.
I´m just contributing to the dabate, and wish I´d gotten another scent while I was at it.

Originally Posted by Bademester

The soaps/creams I have tried thus far and liked include the following:
Mitchells wool fat, Proraso sandalwood, Musgo Real Lime basil, Truefitt & Hill No. 10, Valobra stick and C. O. Bigelow.
I like all of them, and can´t really say I have a favorite among them.

Once Again - I´m sorry if I stepped on toes here. That was not my intention.
I´m just contributing to the dabate, and wish I´d gotten another scent while I was at it.

You didn't step on anyone's toes. We are all entitled to our favorites. Just wanted to know which direction your olfactory receptors were pointing.

Originally Posted by feltspanky

You didn't step on anyone's toes. We are all entitled to our favorites. Just wanted to know which direction your olfactory receptors were pointing.

Thank´s - good to hear. I´d hate to be the "troll".
have a nice sunday.

It was a tub of Unscented AoS cream that first got me going with wet-shaving. I still have that tub and frankly, don't use it.

I find their products okay but their prices are offensive.

Here is a small sample of my Snurdler collection.

First on the left is a plastic Ice Cream sample spoon, Plastic and Wood Coffee Stir Stick, Stainless Spatula, Pate knives, Rosewood Baby shoehorn, Bone Baby spoon, Horn baby spoons.



Been wanting to make some from old scales, one of these day…

So someone gave me a trial size unsceented of their products. I have never tried pre shave oil and I actually liked it. Any suggestions on other pre shaves?