Snood
01-07-2010, 03:22 AM
I just thought i'd check in,
I've been "lurking" for a while after i first started researching badger hair brushes a couple of months ago.
I started using a body shop synthetic brush and the body shop shaving cream a year ago, I've been shaving with the various Mach 3 variants since i started shaving. I found using the brush and cream to be much more theraputic and, more importantly, it give a better shave than what i was using before.
A couple of months ago i left my body shop brush at my girlfriend's place (in Sweden, i live in the UK), so i decided to research badger hair brushes. At the time i decided to just buy another cheap body shop one due to financial constraints. While i was researching i also discovered this place and that DEs were being used these days, i was quite supprised to find a whole community of guys using them!
My girlfriend has since bought me an Edwin Jagger pure badger brush (which works soooooo much better than the synthetic i'd been using) for christmas, which has sparked a desire to start using DE razors.
I've just ordered a Merkur 38C (long handle HD) as well as a sample pack of blades and some D.H Harris Arlington shaving soap. I thought i'd try a soap as i've been using the same cream for a year, i can already see various aquisition disorders forming.
Anyway, I've probably been babbling too much. I must say though that it's so refreshing to come across an online community where nobody has anything negative to say to anyone else. There's a real sense of community, comradery and common and interest.
I've been "lurking" for a while after i first started researching badger hair brushes a couple of months ago.
I started using a body shop synthetic brush and the body shop shaving cream a year ago, I've been shaving with the various Mach 3 variants since i started shaving. I found using the brush and cream to be much more theraputic and, more importantly, it give a better shave than what i was using before.
A couple of months ago i left my body shop brush at my girlfriend's place (in Sweden, i live in the UK), so i decided to research badger hair brushes. At the time i decided to just buy another cheap body shop one due to financial constraints. While i was researching i also discovered this place and that DEs were being used these days, i was quite supprised to find a whole community of guys using them!
My girlfriend has since bought me an Edwin Jagger pure badger brush (which works soooooo much better than the synthetic i'd been using) for christmas, which has sparked a desire to start using DE razors.
I've just ordered a Merkur 38C (long handle HD) as well as a sample pack of blades and some D.H Harris Arlington shaving soap. I thought i'd try a soap as i've been using the same cream for a year, i can already see various aquisition disorders forming.
Anyway, I've probably been babbling too much. I must say though that it's so refreshing to come across an online community where nobody has anything negative to say to anyone else. There's a real sense of community, comradery and common and interest.