Yeah, I'm seeing it too
sgrdddy
joined 1 year ago
Yes, there are enough guys around that shave with a straight that you should have a few choices with that. I know Maggard Razors does it.
this sorted oddly. Maybe that's why it's empty
Nice! Deserves get some good air time! I love Gentleman too.
Maybe one of those edge protectors like a chef might use?
!!!!! :-)
One of the worst scents in a shaving soap I've ever used was the TOBS Sandalwood. Smelled like a truck stop urinal cake! AND... it wouldn't go away. I smelled it on myself for several hours later that day!
But on the flip side, the one tub of TOBS I kept was Jermyn St. Love that scent.
This is a question that often comes up.
The deal is that blades were different back then. They were thicker, so a sharpener could potentially restore an edge.
Blades these days are thinner, more precise, and often ground at multiple bevels.
Single-edge GEM style blades might be helped by a good sharpener, though. They're thicker.
But in terms of DEs, it seems that this question gets asked every 4 months or so, and to my knowledge, no one has ever come back from trying it (often out of pure curiosity) and said that they are now able to use their blades a lot more, because of the sharpening.
Besides, with proper technique on the razor and with a super slick, wet lather, most guys can get up to 30 uses relatively easily. And some go further. Buy your blades in the 100 pack and that's a pretty money-friendly set up right there.
But... with all that said, if you can't resist the curiosity to try a sharpener, then do it... and report back! :-)
(great username btw!)
I may not like Trumper's and TOBS creams, much... however, I do like their sturdy tubs!
I bought one at first years ago. But even then, I was underwhelmed with the performance. Kinda like TOBS.
Yeah, later I would learn that many "older" sandalwood shaving products just naturally had all those florals and other things in there.