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- Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:43 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Where is Everybody?!
- Replies: 60
- Views: 14363
Re: Where is Everybody?!
All forums seem pretty dead these days. I really do think that Social Media is largely to blame. But forums are social media. Just as they replaced other forms of virtual communities, forums themselves have been largely replaced. Things new and improved supplanted what came before, even if some fol...
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 4:39 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Where is Everybody?!
- Replies: 60
- Views: 14363
Re: Where is Everybody?!
Our forum is dead. What’s going on? It is not just SMF, forums of all sorts are rapidly turning into to ghost towns, or disappearing altogether. They were great for learning and discussion, but also had a lot of churn and conflict. Just as forums displaced usenet, other social media platforms displ...
- Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:06 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Sustainability
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9627
Re: Sustainability
What about horsehair brushes? Ol' Seabiscuit makes a pretty good brush. The horse hair comes from normal grooming, and does not harm the animal. Horse hair is also not derived from petroleum products. Those wanting a premium brush can buy a High Mountain White Horsehair brush. They are made from a r...
- Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:51 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Wet Shaving and the Internet
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10648
Re: Wet Shaving and the Internet
I found myself unwilling to go through with it, as there was so much simple nastiness to be found. Are shavers such horrible people? Is it a testosterone/beard-growing thing? Not traditional wetshavers in particular, but people in general. I don't think it is everyone, but many folks just can't res...
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:13 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Pre shave oil
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13249
Re: Pre shave oil
I tried the pre-shave oil in the Art of Shaving pre-shave oil - shaving cream - aftershave balm samplers. My shaves were better without the pre-shave oil than with it. If you have an AoS near you, you might want to go by and get a couple of the samplers to see if pre-shave oil works well for you. If...
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:08 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Has anyone ordered Connaught Shaving and Shaving.ie lately?.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7456
Re: Has anyone ordered Connaught Shaving and Shaving.ie lately?.
Why U.S. vendors prices are so expensive that U.K. Vendors? Are they trying make money? It stands to reason that the U.S. vendors trying to make money. Some shaving products imported into the U.S. have a minimum price imposed by the manufacturer or U.S. distributor. Any retailer who sells below tha...
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: News about Straight Razor Place forum
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15209
Re: News about Straight Razor Place forum
Straight Razor Place is back online now, under the original ownership.
http://straightrazorplace.com
http://straightrazorplace.com
- Tue May 28, 2019 1:41 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Check this out: pretty bad shave, right?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3802
Re: Check this out: pretty bad shave, right?
I need advice please! My face never looks clean.... Here's my face about 2 hours after shaving. It feels mostly smooth, but looks horrible, right? You do seem to have a lot of redness and irritation. You say it feels smooth, too. One problem guys often have is wanting to get a baby bottom smooth sh...
- Tue May 01, 2018 10:44 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: What I've learned so far...
- Replies: 57
- Views: 24206
Re: What I've learned so far...
I think the original post is one of the best ever, and agree wholeheartedly with those who sing its praises. I do disagree with two of the points, though: -- Women just. Do. Not. Get. It. Oh they get it, but us men often fail to listen. -- Because the BBS is for US. Women, on the whole, either don't...
- Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:13 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Posting Has Slowed Down Lately
- Replies: 38
- Views: 10037
Re: Posting Has Slowed Down Lately
Most of the wet shaving "action" today is on other forums that cater to younger whippersnappers and every new "whiz bang" razor. Choice is good. However, the archives here are priceless and a resource for all to peruse. Most of the wetshaving action has moved to YouTube, Reddit ...
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:31 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Gordon or Bernards66
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8102
Re: Gordon or Bernards66
I guess he has other things to do, but it's funny that he just stopped posting without saying he wasn't going to be around anymore. People usually don't say "adios peeps, I'm hasta la bye bye" on forums. They simply stop posting , sometimes gradually drifting away. As you noted, there are...
- Fri May 20, 2016 1:13 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: popularity of things
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4091
Re: popularity of things
Its something that has bothered me for years really, for years. The popularity of things in the realm of shaving. Its common for newbies to be told that they should get themselves off the bat, a specific list of razors to use. Namely razors such as, Slim Fat Tech Krona It used to be that newbies wo...
- Thu May 19, 2016 10:29 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Are we there yet?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4968
Re: Are we there yet?
"What causes some members to discontinue posting? Is there a clearing at the end of the path?" Where are you on this path? Perhaps it is because they have said all they have to say and learned enought to get consistently great shaves? Shaving is not terribly complicated, and is a skill re...
- Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:28 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: What I learned in 7 years away from the shaving forums
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11860
Re: What I learned in 7 years away from the shaving forums
It's silly to blame and condemn the "forums" (a euphemism for "us"). Blaming the retailers is less than rational. :roll: I wouldn't say we are the forums, although we certainly are a very important part. "We" also do not equally determine the tone and direction a forum...
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 11:59 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Also new to this forum
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10520
Re: Also new to this forum
Look at it this way. The engineers and the men who built the hoover dam used DE and Straight razors to shave. The hoover dam has endured. So using a safety razor results in a dam fine shave? The engineers who built, designed, maintained something called "challenger" and ran the machines t...
- Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:01 pm
- Forum: Shaving Brushes
- Topic: Why Synthetic?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 20074
Re: Why Synthetic?
I do not have a large collection of brushes. Like 3 boar and 5 badger in best and silvertip variety. Do not use the boars very often because I have moved to more of a cream rather than soap user. Still use MWF and Tabac soaps. I am satisfied with all my badgers and use the two best badgers the most...
- Sat Apr 16, 2016 10:02 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: The benefit of in-person shopping
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5930
Re: The benefit of in-person shopping
I agree very much that there are benefits to the brick and mortar shopping experience. Just like always, some businesses come and go while others remain. The London Bathecary stores might be gone, but Maggards opened up and Q Brothers in Chicago became a separate, expanded store. Most people prefer ...
- Thu Apr 14, 2016 1:19 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Target wants to hear from wetshaving enthusiasts
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9707
Re: Target wants to hear from wetshaving enthusiasts
It looks like Mr. Target Wetshaving got promoted to Petcare, so we probably won't be seeing much of him anymore. At least he reached out to us. Sure, he was after profit, but so are the wetshaving retailers favored on the forums. The Pacific Caffeinated shaving cream they sell is pretty good.
- Thu Apr 14, 2016 12:57 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: what is elegant shaving?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6704
Re: what is elegant shaving?
Elegant shaving is when you extend your pinky while holding the razor.
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 3:11 am
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Gillette "Reintros" DE Blades
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8521
Re: Gillette "Reintros" DE Blades
they aren't going to reintroduce the de razor by Gillette again. no profit whatsoever. sure the india market has the low cost tech clones. but that market is currently being pushed into a plastic twin blade cartridge system last I checked. I didn't mean to suggest that a Super Adjustable re-introud...