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Thanks Dave, appreciated
Thanks Dave, appreciatedBeautiful pic and set up. I need to try the Signature soap soon. Pastuers in New York is sold out of the Hibernia which I wanted to get to try. Anyone know other sellers of these in the States ?
Gillette Rocket HD, GSB
Hand-carved Ash Barbershop Boar
MWF
Vintage Shulton Old Spice
Boots Freshwood ASB
I’d forgotten just how voluminous MWF’s lather can be. Explosions of the slick and silken, skin feeding wonder stuff! My favourite so far in this return of mine to the world of pogonotomy. Can’t beat a ruddy great boar brush for whipping it into a real frothy frenzy.
Technique trumps tools.Um, where to start? Decided to great reset my shaving routine as I find myself thinking about shaving gear too often, I have a bit of an obsessive personality and hobbies can take over my life if not kept in check. So for until I decide otherwise I'll only be using foam and a cart in order to reset my brain. I did this in the past with hifi, going from relatively high end separates (a few £K worth) to nothing but a cheap bluetooth speaker, it worked... After a couple of months I could listen and enjoy the music itself again rather critically listening only to the sound quality of the music.
Proraso foam, it's been 5 years since I properly used foam... I always used to buy Nivea gel FWIW. Applying it using my hands felt barbaric but apart from that no problem. Menthol strength was more pronounced than either white shaving cream or soap, scent is almost the same maybe a bit fruitier. In use it was slick and protective... Nothing to criticise, is it better than I remember other foams to be? Not really but you do get a huge 300ml can for £4 so it's not bad.
Feather F3 cart, I got this as it looks cool, simple as that! Intention is to fit F2 carts at some point. Anyway, very comfortable to handle, the cart was sharp and smooth, no pulling or irritation. This is the bit which knocked me for six... One single pass gave me a BBS as close as I ever got with an R41 or Blackbird, it was a mixed direction pass so I went wtg in sensitive areas and xtg everywhere else, still blown away by the result as there was no hint of irritation afterwards.
I feel a bit weird about it still... Cart people, I shall mock you no more! Turns out technique is all that matters, not equipment.
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This is my older Ash brush, not one of the new handles. Three of them are finished the carving process (except decoration for one perhaps two). I need to find my forstner bits but I could ‘dig’ the knot holes manually? Aye, I may try that - hard work on the hands but that’s what I like…We do, of course, need pictures of the finished brushes.
Thanks Chris. I’ve spoken to @Dave in KY@BrianH is the owner of Signature Soaps and is a member here. He may be able to advise
Thank you for your very kind comment. First of all I should say I am no sort of expert . I enjoy playing around with my SOTD Photos. For lighting I have a little light tent like the one below and then just have a normal Angle Pose light with an LED bulb in. In this case the light was positioned straight down but angled slightly away to reduce the shine.So curious about your SOTD light set up. Yet another master piece of light manipulation from you!
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