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These are mine for 2015
Hits.
Simpsons Chubby 2 Synthetic – this was my disappointment of 2014 when I bought one from the initial batch with a loft of 50mm which required a lot of force to splay (I think Dipesh described it as like lathering with your elbow and he wasn't wrong.) In the Black Friday sale I then bought another and requested one with the highest loft and most fan-like shape. I'd heard reports that batch 2 was a bit different and even on batch 1, once splayed, I found the Simpson fibres to be amazing. My second brush has a loft of 53mm and rather than being shaped like a pointed tube actually has a natural spray and it's fantastic: one of the product highlights of my shaving year.
Bowtie Soaps – great slickness, protective lather and subtle scents.
Shavemac 2-band Silvertips - customable plus a great balance of soft tips and back-bone.
Boab – keeping the forum alive and changing to the current one after the dodgy upgrade mid-year.
And finally:
Nico1970 – for his amazingly generous pass-arounds of high end razors.
Misses.
The forum ‘upgrade' we had in the middle of the year.
A couple of artisan soaps that didn't make the grade for me.
Poor Supply Vs. Demand of several razors and brushes: Wolfman; various Razorocks; Mongoose & Alugoose; Varlet; Paladin.
Happy New Year - Paul.
Hits.
Simpsons Chubby 2 Synthetic – this was my disappointment of 2014 when I bought one from the initial batch with a loft of 50mm which required a lot of force to splay (I think Dipesh described it as like lathering with your elbow and he wasn't wrong.) In the Black Friday sale I then bought another and requested one with the highest loft and most fan-like shape. I'd heard reports that batch 2 was a bit different and even on batch 1, once splayed, I found the Simpson fibres to be amazing. My second brush has a loft of 53mm and rather than being shaped like a pointed tube actually has a natural spray and it's fantastic: one of the product highlights of my shaving year.
Bowtie Soaps – great slickness, protective lather and subtle scents.
Shavemac 2-band Silvertips - customable plus a great balance of soft tips and back-bone.
Boab – keeping the forum alive and changing to the current one after the dodgy upgrade mid-year.
And finally:
Nico1970 – for his amazingly generous pass-arounds of high end razors.
Misses.
The forum ‘upgrade' we had in the middle of the year.
A couple of artisan soaps that didn't make the grade for me.
Poor Supply Vs. Demand of several razors and brushes: Wolfman; various Razorocks; Mongoose & Alugoose; Varlet; Paladin.
Happy New Year - Paul.