Semogue 620 boar brush
Tim's "Irish Spring" soap
Rockwell 6S on plate 5
Medical Prep shave #6
Lucky Tiger Face Tonic
Swiss Army Classic EDT

Semogue 1800 brush
Lav-lemongrass soap
Rockwell 6S DE razor
Personna Med blade
Lucky Tiger a/s tonic
Guerlain Homme edt

Good words, Bryce. I appreciate and agree with what you wrote.

Semogue 830
Valobra soap
Rockwell 6S
Medical Prep
Lucky Tiger
Guerlain Vet

Semogue Torga C5 boar
Tim's blue cypress soap
Rockwell 6S DE plate 5
US Personna Med Prep
Lucky Tiger aftershave

Semogue 1470 in boar
Tim's blue cypress soap
Rockwell 6S on plate 5
Personna Medical Prep
Lucky Tiger a/s & tonic
Eau de Rochas Homme

It is indeed discontinued. I have searched for and not found a really spot-on replacement. Terre d'Hermes is earthier; Hermes Eau d'Orange Verte is close in its topnotes, albeit more complex and much more expensive. Harris Windsor, more or less a Terre d'Hermes clone, is actually not as earthy as Td...

Semogue 830 boar bristle
Tim's Soap - Sandalwood
Rockwell 6S DE - plate #5
Personna Med Prep day 1
Lucky Tiger splash & tonic

Semogue 1800 bristle
Speick hard shave stick
Rockwell 6S on plate 5
US Personna Med Prep
Lucky Tiger aftershave
Eau de Rochas Homme

Rereading Nobody Knows My Name by James Baldwin, an excellent collection of essays.

Reading Who Ate the First Oyster? for some light fun pop history.

Reading Zora Neale Hurston's short stories in search of some to use with my students.

Semogue 1470 boar bristle
Valobra hard shave "stuck"
Rockwell 6S DE on plate 5
Personna Medical Prep #5
Lucky Tiger Splash & Tonic
Guerlain Homme Boisee

I'm sorry you feel so persecuted, Gary. This thread had run its course before the Hong Kong analogy, so if you're "puzzled by the hysterics," you're either being obtuse or you just want to post things to blow off steam without a response. That's what social media is for. This is a forum where others...

Bryan, I'm with you, but sticking it to the evil big government seems preferable to concern for others in me-first America. Covid-19 is real, masks actually help protect those around you, and not wearing one is no great demonstration of liberty but rather a perfect embodiment of me-first ideology. ...

I don't really have a preference based on hair description; what moves me is the feel on the face. A thin brush with a loose knot is too soft on the face - it's a painter, and it surprises me how well some of them make lather (A bit like Dr Johnson: " It is not done well; but you are surprised to f...

Semogue Torga C5 boar
Homemade lav-orange
Rockwell 6S on plate 5
Voskhod blade shave 1
Lucky Tiger aftershave

The blade sucks. I got a 5-pack free with something. Not impressed.

Semogue Torga C5 boar
Homemade "ivory" soap
Rockwell w/Silver Blue
Lucky Tiger aftershave
YSL Live Jazz EDT spray

Semogue 1250 brush
Tim's Blue Cypress*
Rockwell 6S plate 5
Silver Blue shave 6
Lucky Tiger splash
Guerlain Vetiver edt

Torga brush
Speick soap
Rockwell 6S
Silver Blue
Thayer's a/s

The Torga is growing on me.

Semogue C5 Torga boar
Valobra hard soap stick
Rockwell 6S on plate 5
Gillette Silver Blue #4
Lucky Tiger aftershave
CdG Vettiveru edc spray

New boar - day 2 - so the lather was a bit thin for pass 2. Will see how it develops as the brush breaks in.

Chris, they all look wonderful. The Harris brushes are shaped like some of the early 2000s Rooney supers, handle-wise. T&H had some rebranded Rooney Supers in that day, too, and up until about 2012-2013 IIRC. Excellent brushes, those T&H and Rooney examples I have used. I sold a Rooney 1/2 rebranded...