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- Monday October 30, 2017
Would only consider buying the HJM boar if modded to this
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Ahahahaha! It comes close!
Would only consider buying the HJM boar if modded to this
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3 day report on the Zenith... The tips have split two or three times in some cases, it now feels like a scrubby cloud on the face but thankfully the bloom isn't too exaggerated. In use it's been a revelation, I'm producing consistently fantastic lathers which it's being a good piggy and not eating.
So far, so good. Easily the best boar I've used, in fact it's just as good as a badger or synthetic in my book... Which is quite something considering I previously wrote them all off as useless!
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Can I ask where you purchased your Stirling boar brush from? Thanks. p.Here is my latest acquisition; a Stirling boar brush. So far I am impressed.
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Pitralon forever - Real pens have a nib - If it doesn't tick, it's not a watch.
... the golden age of the italian cinema, including Marcello Mastroianni, Luchino Visconti and Vittorio de Sica.
I believe The Bicycle Thieves to be one of the most important European films of the post war era. My 'golden age' of Italian cinema is the 'Giallo' era - but that might be just me!
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I've been comparing two Omega 80265's I have, one of which has been in use for about 6 months and the other I just took out of the carton and soaked it for 2 days in cold water. Even though both brushes are the exact same model there is some differences between the two.
The one in use didn't have much of an odour but has been shedding a huge amount, which is a shame as it has quite a nice bloom to it and is quite nice to use. To begin with it's tips were very prickly and took a while to break in.
The one I have been soaking has quite a strong smell, but it has softer tips than the other one (when it was new).
The Shaving Time Company.Can I ask where you purchased your Stirling boar brush from? Thanks. p.
Thanks, out of stock just now but I will keep checking. P.The Shaving Time Company.
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Pitralon forever - Real pens have a nib - If it doesn't tick, it's not a watch.
The Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette), is an all time classic. I guess one can say that for the italian cinema is as famous as "Gone with the Wind" for the american cinema. Conventionally, by golden age, it is regarded the age from after WWII, to 1980 (with 1970-1980, being the beginning of the end). Then the cinema crisis begun and number of productions plummeted. One could also argue that the cinema ran out of actors of the same caliber as before.
I have also read about Omega not using the same bristle quality in different batches of brushes of the same model. Your bristles don't even look yellow, but the photo is blurry. My 80265 with green handle, has yellow type bristles.
Yes, mine are also yellow type bristles - my camera's not the best!
Italian cinema between 1970-1990 is one of my favourite era's of film - the directors Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci etc made some truly wonderful and crazy films.
I do not soak my brushes, boar, badger or synth, just hold 'em under tap, works for me.
What you say seems to make sense. I just put mine under the tap, but tomorrow will give the soaking method a shot. Thanks for the information.As long as it works, fine. However, i have read that the if you don't soak the boar, the boar will start absorbing the water from the lather, as it's just how it works. This can have a slight effect on lather creation, depending how you build it, but depending on what else is dissolved into the lather water, it may damage the boar bristles, making the brush shed or making the bristles stiffer over time. Which given the low price of boars isn't a problem price-wise, but time to break-in a new boar brush is a whole different thing, because you can't buy a pre-broken in brush.
Fortunately i don't have 1st hand experience, just reporting what i have read googling from shaving forums. And at least theoretically, it makes sense. I mean, that the boar bristle has the propery to absorb water and only stops absorbing it when it's saturated. So if you lather it once it's alread saturated, it won't absorb components found into the lather.
What you say seems to make sense. I just put mine under the tap, but tomorrow will give the soaking method a shot. Thanks for the information.