B&B Confidential #2: Meet the Stewards!

**hornm** · 06-08-2010, 12:29 PM

Congrats to all the new stewards. I've had the pleasure to actually meet up with joshmpdx and I think ya'll made an excellent choice "promoting" not only Josh but the rest of these gents.

Once again, Congrats

Michael

**mouscacha** · 06-08-2010, 01:44 PM

I like the group effort! I'm so glad that each section is handled by not just experienced members, but seasoned ones as well. This will definitely help the growth of B&B. I'm glad to be a member here :)

**huntmol** · 06-08-2010, 02:45 PM

Great thread! Really nice to get the chance to "meet" all of you. Keep up the good work!

**Bit2** · 06-08-2010, 07:05 PM

Congrats to all.
Many stewards here have helped me in one capacity or another.
Thanks and your help is appreciated.
John

**Umbranaut** · 06-08-2010, 08:44 PM

Thanks to all, I feel I know all of you a little better now. This is the only place on the Web I've felt compelled to join. Seems I can't get through a day without seeing whats going on here.

Terry

**tlanning** · 06-08-2010, 09:08 PM

congrats guys. Keep the ball rolling

**Topgumby** · 06-08-2010, 09:22 PM

Great bios.

The picture of the reporter with the fedora on the front page is superb.

**thunderball** · 06-09-2010, 02:09 AM

Great choices all 'round as far as I can see.

**pauls51** · 06-09-2010, 11:04 PM

Congrats to the new stewards and great read...

Nice to meet you all!

**Gymea** · 06-21-2010, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by luvmysuper

I'm Phil and I Steward the General Shaving Discussion.

You lie!

Wow, that was short lived -- did you draw the short straw and got promoted (demoted) to Moderator, Phil?

Cheers,
Jimmy.

**luvmysuper** · 06-21-2010, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Gymea

You lie!

Wow, that was short lived -- did you draw the short straw and got promoted (demoted) to Moderator, Phil?

Cheers,
Jimmy.

What? You never wore two hats before?

**Gymea** · 06-21-2010, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by luvmysuper

What? You never wore two hats before?

Oh wait...you mean all Moderators are Stewards as well?? That's good to know.

Now I won't have to stop the nearest Moderator and ask, "um, I'm getting low on peanuts. Would you mind letting the Steward know?"

Heck, how convenient is that?!

Ducking,
Jimmy.

**Topgumby** · 06-21-2010, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by luvmysuper

What? You never wore two hats before?

It's a survey. It's a new rank, like Sergeant Major or Major General...y'know, Corporal Captain, Steward Moderator....

**Aberneth** · 06-21-2010, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by jkh

Hello, my name is Jeremy (jkh) and I'll be lording over, uhm, stewing, no no, serving as Steward to the Shaving Brush forum.

I first became interested in finding a better way to shave late in 2005. My wife and I ran across Proraso shaving cream and an Omega boar brush at Target. She tried to talk me into getting them, but I declined. Knowing what I know now, I really should have listened to my wife. The gear at Target did spark an interest because the next day I stumbled upon Badger and Blade. Holy moly, this place totally blew my mind. Seriously, people join a forum and talk about shaving, seriously? I read a number of posts about what I should buy, but there were so many choices about razors, soaps, brushes, creams, etc that my head became dizzy and I lost interest. Two years later while visiting family one of my wife's relatives, who was my age, said he was using a boar brush and shaving soap and his results were phenomenal. Again, I did some internet research and this time I stumbled across Mantic's videos and Badger and Blade (again). A week later my first order arrived from Classic Shaving: Merkur Long Handled Classic, Vulfix 403 in Best, Proraso shave cream, and TOBS Lavender cream. A few days later the sampler pack from West Coast Shaving arrived (at the time, blades were the only item sold by WCS). As they say, the rest is history ...

To date I have lots of favorite shaving items. However, my acquisition loving id is in constant conflict with my minimalist ego. Seriously, I'm tortured, so I'm either binging or purging in the B/S/T. So actually devising a list of my favorite shaving anything is quite difficult to do, but I guess there are a few items that I consider staples: Soap (Tabac, MWF, Palmolive), Cream (Proraso Green), Brush (Somerset Simpson Duke 3 in Best), Razor (Oh, I love them all), AS (Speick, Aqua Velva, Alt Innsbruck, Nivea Balm).

Why do I keep coming back to Badger and Blade? Heck, there are lots of reasons, but the main reasons are the caliber of talented, interesting, and willing members and the general brotherhood felt among men who have found a better way shave.

Yes, stewing, that's the one! An blimey, another Willamette Valley wetshaver! It's very popular here.

Very interesting thread to read. It sounds like this forum is in capable, lathery hands.