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What Sound Do You Love To Hear?

Living in such a digital world, we sometimes get disconnected by the real and audible world around us. I have been listening to the rain today and the singing of the birds recently. I was wondering what the gentlemen at the "Barbershop" enjoy hearing. What do you love to hear? Do certain sounds...

Lathering advice

Hey all. I have a question about lathering. Try as I might, I can never seem to get the thick, pillowy looking lather I see people posting on here all the time. I've read through all the lathering tutorials, and I can't quite figure out what I'm not getting. Lathering goes as follows. 1....

Proraso Appreciation Society!

Most of us love Proraso and there's no getting away from the fact it is great and it does make you feel good! While the green and white have been around for a while now in tub form, the red has recently been produced in the tub! Now, the burning question! Will the Blue with Aloe and Vitamin E...

What do I need?

So I am thinking it might be easier for me to get into straight razor shaving by making one, or in this case modifying one. I seen all the posts about the Gold Dollar razors and what people can do with them and thought "wow, this may be a way for me to have a decent looking and working shaver"....

Razor/Blade Combination epiphany!

Since I've only been wetshaving a few weeks now, I had trouble understanding how using different blades in different razors could cause such different experiences. I had just been trying my EJ DE89 with Feathers, Astra SPs, Derbys, and Sharks, and had had insane tugging and irritation with the...

Guide me to a red ink.

My quest for my minutely feathering, zero shading, deep, dark, saturated black ink is slowly coming to an end. For a water soluble ink I really prefer Aurora black. My water repellent heavy-weight is currently Sailor nano black. I'm now on the hunt for a red I can appreciate and enjoy using....

1953 "silver" Gillette President.

Over the weekend, I won an auction for a Gillette President that the seller said was "silver". I thought all Gillette Presidents were Rhodium. Am I correct in assuming this razor was mislabeled as "silver"? I'm curious. Any input is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Most Aggressive Razor That's Not A Merkur Slant?

Title says it all guys.

Acquisitions for May 2013

My first badger brush!

Got my first badger brush in the mail just now - a Vulfix black badger with faux ivory handle http://www.fendrihan.com/vulfix-pure-black-badger-shaving-brush-faux-ivory-handle-p-1225.html). I was wondering what kind of prep I needed to get this brush ready for my shave. My other brush is boar...