New Chubby

[jlander]

I think ... maybe I should change the title?

I finally pulled the trigger on a new Simpson Chubby #1 in Super.

Now, I would like a little help in deciding on the first shave with my new toy.

I have limited my choices to ...

Soaps
Mama Bear Dragons Tears
Mama Bear 100% Natural EO Lavender
Mama Bear Natural Patchouli
Mama Bear Patchouli & Lavender
Mama Bear Ylang Ylang
Mama Bear Marauders Citrus
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Geo. F. Trumper Violets
Geo. F. Trumper Rose
Geo. F. Trumper Limes
D R Harris Arlington Shave Stick
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet
QED Wild Rose Limited Edition
QED Badger & Blade Limited Edition
QED Sandalwood
Saint Charles Shave Sandalwood
The Gentleman's Quarter Leatherneck
Tabula Rasa

Creams
Castle Forbes Lavender
Truefitt & Hill Rose
Taylor of Old Bond Street Avocado
The Gentleman's Quarter Highlander
The Gentleman's Quarter Savon de Comte
The Gentleman's Quarter Desert Ironwood
J. M. Fraser's
Saint Charles Shave Fairway
Saint Charles Shave Savory Rose
Saint Charles Shave Lime
Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet
Penhaligon's Opus 1870

Razors
Silver Plated Bulldog Handle OLD TYPE
1920 Triple Silver Plated BIG FELLOW
1921 Triple Silver Plated BOSTONIAN
1921 Triple Silver Plated OLD TYPE
1921 Heavy Gold Plated BIG FELLOW G
1930 Gold Tuckaway
1930's Chrome NEW GILLETTE CRITERION Deluxe
1930's US Aristocrat
1948-49 English Super Speed (Rocket)
1950's English #66 (British Silver Aristocrat)
1950's Gold Aristocrat
1952-54 British HD Double Ring Super Speed (Rocket)
1955 Executive
2006 Badger & Blade Limited Edition in Horn (Edwin Jagger Georgian)
Merkur Futur

Now you know why I need help. (No comments Mark ).

I have to think about something until Lee gets the little devil to me.

 

[JimmyHAD]

I think you need to get a Merkur Slant to compliment the Chubby

 

[htownmmm]

I would sure hate to see the list you would have compiled w/o a limit!


Marty

 

[hyperwarp]

So s-o-r-r-y to see that your choices are SO LIMITED!!!!

That's a danged shame !!!

Maybe you need so more kit to go with the Chubster!!!

 

[Xavier]

If you call that limited choices, what does a newbie inventory called? Teensy, Teeny, Weeny
Enjoy your shave!!!

 

[letterk]

Well, with a Chubby, you need to go soap. I vote for Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet. And with a fat brush, you need a fat razor. Perhaps the B&B?

 

[boboakalfb]

Well, with a Chubby, you need to go soap. I vote for Penhaligon's Blenheim Bouquet. And with a fat brush, you need a fat razor. Perhaps the B&B?

Beat me to it...I say to go BBS...go Blenheim Bouquet Soap and the B&B Razor. A nice way to break it in.

 

[jlander]

I would sure hate to see the list you would have compiled w/o a limit!


Marty

I have been assimilated!

 

[murph]

I think you need...











a bigger bathroom!

 

[jlander]

I think you need to get a Merkur Slant to compliment the Chubby

A slant is definitely in my future. I have a couple of deals in the works, but that thing makes me nervous just to look at.

 

[jlander]

I think you need...











a bigger bathroom!

I do too. Thankfully, it's all mine! And it's still too small.

Welcome aboard! I am honored that this would be your first post.

 

[rickw]

Why not try one of your Sheratons?

 

[jlander]

Why not try one of your Sheratons?

I'm currently using them in rotation (switching the same blade between them each day) to make sure one of them is acceptable for a trade. Both are shaving well, but I just used them, and I would like to go for something different.

 

[murph]

Thanks, Jay I'm afraid I'll be classed as a bit of a philistine here though, as I use straight razors.

 

[Baloosh]

QED Sandalwood.

 

[jlander]

Thanks, Jay I'm afraid I'll be classed as a bit of a philistine here though, as I use straight razors.

Not so sir!

I occasionally forray into the dark side. I am re-learning to use a str8. That is how I learned to shave some 40 yrs. ago from my grandfather. I still have one of his razors as well as a couple I've picked up.

 

[TimmyBoston]

QED Wild Rose and Gold Aristocrat, no question.

 

[Doc4]

"I have limited my choices to ..."

I am with LetterK that you need to go BB soap ... definitely!

For the razor ... this is why you need a Mastro Livi sitting in reserve!

 

[jlander]

"....Snip ...
For the razor ... this is why you need a Mastro Livi sitting in reserve!

I do have a Heribert Wacker Quarter Hollow Ground 6/8 Spike Point with Blond Horn Scales that is really quite nice, not the same league I know, but I haven't gotten the str8 AD (yet) so my choices are extremely limited in that field.

 

[jnich67]

I'd keep the brush feeling at home and go with a hard English soap - The BB sounds like a great choice. Go with the Wacker too!

Jordan