Thread: Da - BOMB cream?

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

As always, different strokes... I have tried two, and they were very nice. For artisan products, they are indeed outstanding. That said, they are not the very best I have tried. And being a subscriber to the beginners-should-get-the-best-they-can in the pre shave preparation department, I would beg to differ with respect to this round-robin recommendation - albeit slightly.

Regards,
Robin

That just does not make sense to me. Why make the best the enemy of the good, especially for people new to wet-shaving? Are you honestly saying that a beginner should spend rather large (and in some cases superfluous sums of money on a product the quality of which they have no means of appreciating? By that rationale, a new driver should learn to operate a clutch on a Ferrari, or a toddler should learn to read by starting with Shakespeare or Goethe.

If I were a beginner, I doubt your advice would encourage me. Rather, it would make me think straight-shaving is an elite and well to-do club whose ranks were not open to me. Yet is not the point precisely the opposite?

My apologies if I diverted the thread needlessly.