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by M6Classic
Mon Nov 14, 2022 3:50 am
Forum: General
Topic: Moustache Wax
Replies: 9
Views: 1603

Re: Moustache Wax

Don't consume hot liquids.

Buzz
by M6Classic
Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: Coming home and seeing the changes after two years…
Replies: 12
Views: 2760

Re: Coming home and seeing the changes after two years…

I am fortunate to have Colonial Drug in Newton, Massachusetts, as my local shave (& cetera) shop. Their stock remains marvelous, wide and deep. Some items are not the same as years ago...the formula on Trumper's shave soaps is different, Plisson brushes are pathetic...but there is much to buy an...
by M6Classic
Wed Jul 27, 2022 11:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: What was that acronym?
Replies: 11
Views: 2555

Re: What was that acronym?

How shall we classify LEitz CAmera? A Pithy Partial Portmanteau, or PPP? Yes, Chris, well, of course... While Leica did start out as an initialism, I think the universal opinion today is that Leica has become a proper noun defined as "The finest photo/optical equipment ever made," and thu...
by M6Classic
Wed Jul 27, 2022 2:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: What was that acronym?
Replies: 11
Views: 2555

Re: What was that acronym?

For the purists among us, YMMV and LOL, & cetera, are not acronyms , they are initialisms . An acronym , strictly speaking, is an accepted word that is spelled out by the first letters of a title, phrase, or saying. An initialism , while possibly pronounceable, does not result in a word. However...
by M6Classic
Tue Jul 19, 2022 1:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Shaving a friend
Replies: 8
Views: 2128

Re: Shaving a friend

Fort might have been more appropriate than castle, especially as it served as a British garrison for the slave trade. For reasons I no longer remember...this was about fifty years ago...the residents of Dixcove referred to it as "the castle."
by M6Classic
Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: Shaving a friend
Replies: 8
Views: 2128

Re: Shaving a friend

Many years ago I was staying in the slave castle at Dix Cove on the coast of Ghana. The place hadn't changed in about three hundred years; no running water, no electricity. There were five of us male travelers there. We set up a barber shop on the parade grounds and we shaved one another, lathering ...
by M6Classic
Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: Breaking the Seal
Replies: 12
Views: 2402

Re: Breaking the Seal

My son will get my two Plisson HMWs set in plexi, one of which is enormous and just south of display size. I got the smaller to replace my first HMW when I learned there was no more of that exceptional...perhaps finest ever...badger. I have no earthly idea why I bought the larger one except the Cath...
by M6Classic
Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: Breaking the Seal
Replies: 12
Views: 2402

Breaking the Seal

I recently turned 72, a significant birthday among Jews, as 72 represents quadruple Chai. Chai, the number 18, is the symbol for life. Anyway, I took this milestone to signal that it is time to use all of those shaving goods I have been saving for decades. I should enjoy them now while I still can. ...
by M6Classic
Sat Jul 02, 2022 4:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Colonial Drug...The Cabinet of Curiosities
Replies: 18
Views: 10904

Re: Colonial Drug...The Cabinet of Curiosities

Cathy and B.J. have moved thje shop from Harvard Square to Newton. Remarkably, they have maintained the zeitgeist of the old shop and it is piled from old wood floor to pressed tin ceiling with the most marvelous things and scents. This is a "must-see" stop if you love shaving and are ever...
by M6Classic
Fri Feb 11, 2022 3:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: Where is Everybody?!
Replies: 59
Views: 13919

Re: Where is Everybody?!

I haven't changed my shaving routine in about fifty-five years. Well, I did switch from Floris No. 89 to my vast new old stock of Trumper's sandalwood. Still using ancient Merkur razor and enormous Plisson HMW in plexi. Not much to say, I guess.

Buzz
by M6Classic
Tue Aug 03, 2021 3:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: Acquisitions thread
Replies: 275
Views: 135215

Re: Acquisitions thread

Greetings Chris and all my old friends!

I will hang around in spite of the decline of the House of Plisson! It is good to find a lively conversation.

Buzz
by M6Classic
Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:45 am
Forum: General
Topic: Acquisitions thread
Replies: 275
Views: 135215

Re: Acquisitions thread

Buzz is in hiding until Plisson starts making real brushes again.

See ya,

Buzz
by M6Classic
Fri Mar 13, 2020 2:23 pm
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: Is Plisson still in the hunt?
Replies: 18
Views: 15453

Re: Is Plisson still in the hunt?

I have a Plisson HMW brush with a Plexiglass handle in my rotation of 27 badger brushes. It’s a damn fine brush, but from Buzz’s description of the Golden Age HMWs, mine isn’t one; it has a white collar and the tips are not brilliant white. Nevertheless, it performs excellently and I like it better...
by M6Classic
Fri Mar 13, 2020 2:52 am
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: Is Plisson still in the hunt?
Replies: 18
Views: 15453

Re: Is Plisson still in the hunt?

Buzz, I agree. A few years ago I got lucky on ebay and scored one of the gentle plexi giants - 24 or even higher if there is such a thing. It's an heirloom brush I rarely if ever remember to use and I don't count it among my other more common everyday brushes. I'm extremely lucky to have it. You ar...
by M6Classic
Thu Mar 12, 2020 2:45 am
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: Is Plisson still in the hunt?
Replies: 18
Views: 15453

Re: Is Plisson still in the hunt?

No, there actually was a golden age for Plisson High Mountain White badger hair in the late Seventies to early eighties. Plisson must have sourced a few very special pelts and loaded the hair into their plexiglass handles. The hair is long, resilient and has brilliant white tips. The brushes can hol...
by M6Classic
Mon Dec 16, 2019 12:57 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Colonial Drug...The Cabinet of Curiosities
Replies: 18
Views: 10904

Re: Colonial Drug...The Cabinet of Curiosities

This is the curved hat brush and it does not appear on the Kent site or in their ebay shop. I believe it was a special order for a few old and loyal Kent retailers. If you wear felt hats and can find one, buy it.

Buzz
by M6Classic
Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: Colonial Drug...The Cabinet of Curiosities
Replies: 18
Views: 10904

Colonial Drug...The Cabinet of Curiosities

This is a cross post from shaving brushes... I was in Colonial Drug yesterday (it is now in Newton, MA, not at Harvard Square), and the shop remains a wonderful cabinet of curiosities, stuffed from floor to ceiling with all manner of special items...knives, razors, perfume, bathing products, shave s...
by M6Classic
Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:14 am
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: Plisson Sold?
Replies: 5
Views: 8107

Plisson Sold?

I was in Colonial Drug yesterday (it is now in Newton, MA, not at Harvard Square), and Cathie told me that Plisson had been sold to an individual buyer who knows nothing about the shave gear business. The new owner hasn't yet decided whether or not to continue making brushes. How sad. That said, Cat...
by M6Classic
Wed May 29, 2019 6:55 am
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: What is it about brushes?
Replies: 12
Views: 13978

Re: What is it about brushes?

Greetings, Chris! Good to hear from you, too. Leica and Plisson...when they pry them from my cold dead fingers. Any word from Gordon?

Bests,

Buzz
by M6Classic
Fri May 24, 2019 12:53 pm
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: What is it about brushes?
Replies: 12
Views: 13978

Re: What is it about brushes?

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Get one of these and accept no substitute. The only brush you will ever want or ever need. Vintage late 70s Plisson HMW set in plexi (size #24). The brush to its rear is an ivory CH3