ItalianBarber.com JUNE update : La Toja, Tabac, Palmolive & more!

**Anthony_MQ** · 07-26-2012, 04:25 PM

I don't think it's at all fair for shaving shop owners to be going off on vacations like this and leaving us stranded, alone in our empty shave dens, unable to order stuff

**bastimret** · 07-26-2012, 05:06 PM

Our dens are anything but empty! Not to say that there isn't room for just one more puck though!

**elsmooth** · 07-27-2012, 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by bastimret

Our dens are anything but empty! Not to say that there isn't room for just one more puck though!

Big +1!

**Illadelphia** · 07-27-2012, 08:40 AM

Joe being away has saved me the money I would have spent on the new soaps...

Thanks Joe!

<-------- Most random smiley ever..lol

**bastimret** · 07-27-2012, 09:03 AM

Illadelphia is quite the sir!

**CapnPanther** · 07-27-2012, 10:19 AM

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Amazing shave today with a new RR prototype razor and the IB brush by Semogue...[/QUOTE]

Oh, boy, just when I declared a purchasing moratorium...........

**otto76** · 07-27-2012, 10:25 AM

I think I've missed something...had Semogue put out an IB brush, is it a prototype, and where or when can I get one?!
Anybody have any info?

**Rev. Jim Ignatowski** · 07-27-2012, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by otto76

I think I've missed something...had Semogue put out an IB brush, is it a prototype, and where or when can I get one?!
Anybody have any info?

Thanks for posting this as I'm wondering the same thing...

**Illadelphia** · 07-27-2012, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by bastimret

Illadelphia is quite the sir!

My favorite meme! Followed closely by "like a boss"

**SEnSE** · 07-27-2012, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Rev. Jim Ignatowski

Thanks for posting this as I'm wondering the same thing...

Originally Posted by otto76

I think I've missed something...had Semogue put out an IB brush, is it a prototype, and where or when can I get one?!
Anybody have any info?

See post #198 in this thread. It's a prototype razor & brush. Looks like a painted & undyed 1305.

**otto76** · 07-27-2012, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by SEnSE

See post #198 in this thread. It's a prototype razor & brush. Looks like a painted & undyed 1305.

Thank you!

I saw that post, just haven't seen anything else on it. It said the razor was a prototype but the brush is IB by Semogue. I thought maybe it was in production or that there was more info somewhere.

**CyberJCM** · 07-27-2012, 11:19 AM

This isn't going to turn into another, "It couldn't possibly be TFS in a Razorock container" product is it? It rocks guys, don't ask it to explain why it does!

**mikeon** · 07-27-2012, 11:20 AM

Amazing shave today with a new RR prototype razor and the IB brush by Semogue...

i absolutely love palmolive cream!

**bastimret** · 07-27-2012, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by Illadelphia

My favorite meme! Followed closely by "like a boss"

My current desktop @ work :) Downsized for you folks as I drive dual 22" widescreens

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**otto76** · 07-27-2012, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by CyberJCM

This isn't going to turn into another, "It couldn't possibly be TFS in a Razorock container" product is it? It rocks guys, don't ask it to explain why it does!

???

**BallisticBurrito** · 07-27-2012, 12:04 PM

Oh lawdy..don't sell it in a special kit. I got everything I need..except my beloved bakelite. :o

There will be tears my beer.

..except that I don't drink~

**lpe492** · 07-29-2012, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by RazoRock

Also, here is an article I recently posted on pre-shave soaps...

Joe, for the uninitiated, how do pre-shave soaps compare to Proraso pre-shave?

Many thanks,
another satisfied customer (and I would recommend IB to a friend!)

**RazoRock** · 07-29-2012, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by lpe492

Joe, for the uninitiated, how do pre-shave soaps compare to Proraso pre-shave?

Many thanks,
another satisfied customer (and I would recommend IB to a friend!)

Hi Jeff,

Different people have different pre-shave needs. For me, pre-shave creams do a great job of softening the beard; many guys that have a thick course beard really appreciate this quality in Proraso pre-shave. Personally, I prefer 3P cream to Proraso pre-shave, just seems to work a bit better for my skin.

The pre-shave soap does a few different things... firstly, it cleanses, getting rid of grim, dead skin and clearing the face of excess sebum; secondly, it softens the beard, the fact that excess sebum is removed from the whiskers means softening takes places even quicker; thirdly, if you use your finger tips to massage the soap into the beard, you will help to lift and loosen the whiskers/stubble; fourthly, by leaving a lather of the pre-shave soap underneath your shaving cream/soap, it will add slickness to the skin and make the razor glide much easier.

For me, I will no longer shave without a pre-shave soap(whether I use another pre-shave treatment or not), since learning how to use it, my shaves have been super smooth and absolutely irritation-free.

**otto76** · 08-03-2012, 11:39 PM

Still pretty curious about that brush. Anybody got anything?

Really, not wondering "why it rocks" or who makes it (post pretty obviously said it was a Semogue)....I just see a Semogue brush made for Italian Barber but it's not for sale on the site and a google search turns up nada.