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Chris
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- Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:38 am
- Forum: Shopping
- Topic: Private barber here, I still do hot lather face shaving
- Replies: 2
- Views: 41
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:23 am
- Forum: Straight Razors
- Topic: Open razors - the chosen few
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9974
Re: Open razors - the chosen few
A straight razor won't harm anyone unless they are clumsy with it. And if there are small children in the house it can be kept on a high shelf. I sometimes wonder if there was a rumour started by Gillette that any house with small children in it ought not contain a straight razor. No one even though...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: Cooking & Recipes
- Topic: A Cook's Diary
- Replies: 128
- Views: 58928
Re: A Cook's Diary
And hot cross buns, a practice run for Easter:
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:08 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Review of the "new" Mitchell's Woolfat
- Replies: 12
- Views: 820
Re: Review of the "new" Mitchell's Woolfat
Correct, Murray.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:05 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: I'm Back
- Replies: 4
- Views: 125
Re: I'm Back
I used to joke that the corruption of youth is one of the few remaining pleasures of old age. And in that vein, don't you think it's time to learn how to use a straight razor?
C.
C.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:03 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: Cats
- Replies: 8
- Views: 253
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:37 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: Diet soft drinks
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6290
Re: Diet soft drinks
You make me blush. Now we have to do something about that beard of yours.....
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:08 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: Face Masks - technical, non-political issues
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6169
Re: Face Masks - technical, non-political issues
You're welcome. I have never read so much medical misinformation online as I have about vaccines since 2019. And for those convinced that mRNA vaccines cause a multitude of ills, I give you the case of the German man who had 217 covid vaccines over a 27 month period (about one every four days): http...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:33 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: Green tea
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Re: Green tea
And frankly, if you think that drinking vinegar of any kind will improve your health.....well, the less said the better.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:30 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: Green tea
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Re: Green tea
Welcome, Jim, I think - an argumentative start to your life here! Tastes mature as people do, and there are many tastes that older tongues delight in yet seem repulsive to youngsters. Green tea and dark chocolate are good examples. There is also the issue of a genetic oversensitivity to sourness: th...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:24 am
- Forum: Cooking & Recipes
- Topic: A Cook's Diary
- Replies: 128
- Views: 58928
Re: A Cook's Diary
Made Chelsea Buns yesterday: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53549723098_801abaae70_b.jpg Recipe: For the dough • 260g strong white bread flour • 30g caster sugar • 4g instant dried yeast • ½ tsp mixed spice • ¼ tsp fine salt • 150ml whole milk • 1 small egg • ½ lemon, zested • 45g soft butter F...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:18 am
- Forum: Skin Care & Hair Care
- Topic: Trumper's Eucris vs. Green Floreka Hairdressing
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7806
Re: Trumper's Eucris vs. Green Floreka Hairdressing
Welcome to SMF, Beau!
Chris
Chris
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:05 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: Simple Poem to make me smile
- Replies: 2
- Views: 507
Re: Simple Poem to make me smile
I think nursery rhymes are not part of modern culture at all. Kids probably never hear them and certainly aren't taught them. That one has several possible explanations, of which I choose to think the astronomical one is best. Constellations Leo (cat), Lyra (fiddle), Taurus (cow), Canis Minor (littl...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:35 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Review of the "new" Mitchell's Woolfat
- Replies: 12
- Views: 820
Re: Review of the "new" Mitchell's Woolfat
Curious thought: rendered pork fat = lard rendered beef fat = tallow rendered mutton fat = ? Lanolin is obtained from sheep's wool, and cannot substitute for tallow or lard: it does not saponify to form a soap, but rather remains in the soap unaltered as a lubricant. Fat lambs certainly exist (see H...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:15 am
- Forum: Shaving Brushes
- Topic: inherited some Shaving Brushes. Looking for info
- Replies: 6
- Views: 858
Re: inherited some Shaving Brushes. Looking for info
There are obsessive collectors, but even more important is using them! The sheer delight of whipping up some warm gorgeously scented lather, applying it with a good brush, and enjoying a close shave is a treat that far too many men have either forgotten or never experienced. It leaves your face refr...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Review of the "new" Mitchell's Woolfat
- Replies: 12
- Views: 820
Re: Review of the "new" Mitchell's Woolfat
I don't have a good feeling about this! Tallow and lanolin was what made it special.
Chris
Chris
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: Shaving Brushes
- Topic: inherited some Shaving Brushes. Looking for info
- Replies: 6
- Views: 858
Re: inherited some Shaving Brushes. Looking for info
Next set: a Plisson and two Rooneys. All excellent brushes. You have the start of a good collection! Far too good to sell, in my view. If you are a wetshaver, you are all set. If not, stick around and learn how!
Chris
Chris
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:23 pm
- Forum: Shaving Brushes
- Topic: inherited some Shaving Brushes. Looking for info
- Replies: 6
- Views: 858
Re: inherited some Shaving Brushes. Looking for info
The first is a Kent BK, which came in three sizes, 4, 8 and 12. Look on the bottom and it should say which it is. A soft brush, but surprisingly good with soaps. The second is an older Simpson Persian jar, again this came in several sizes and yours is the smallest. It is made with "super Badger...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:32 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Cream versus Soap?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2271
Re: Cream versus Soap?
After a week of TGR creams, I decided to revisit the Cyril Salter creams. I have a full set of the old style, all sealed in plastic film except one, and a full set of the new versions (save one that has been consumed entirely). The old tubs included an almond scent that was not initially available i...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: Straight Razors
- Topic: What Did You Hone Today?
- Replies: 152
- Views: 54890
Re: What Did You Hone Today?
Last week I took out the seven day set of TI Eagle 6/8 razors. First time I've used a full hollow in a while, and it's been 2½ years since I last honed and used these razors. But simply stropping and shaving shows they have kept their edges. Given that I collected these nearly twenty years ago, I wo...