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by LouisIII
Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:19 pm
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: Saville Row brush help
Replies: 11
Views: 3001

Andrew, I don't own a Savile Row brush, but have those size knots in Shavemacs/Thaters, which are the same shape and similar-identical hair. They're so different to a Simpson Chubby (well to mine - in 'best') that its difficult to draw a meaningful comparison. I think the Thater Chubby 'II' I have h...
by LouisIII
Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:28 am
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: Wilkinson Sword Stick - highly underrated
Replies: 10
Views: 2975

Hi Louis, welcome aboard. So you're dappling with sticks by accumulating close to a dozen. That's the spirit man. Cheers Squire. Also have Boots stick, the new Erasmic one and an artisan one. Welcome Louis!! And thanks for reviewing a product that doesn't get a great deal of discussion. Might you h...
by LouisIII
Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:35 pm
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: Wilkinson Sword Stick - highly underrated
Replies: 10
Views: 2975

Wilkinson Sword Stick - highly underrated

Gents, I've been dabbling in shaving sticks lately. I've accumulated soap sticks from Palmolive, Erasmic, Valobra, Arko, La Toja, Speik, D.R.Harris, Tabac, Sir Irisch Moos, and a couple of others I cant readily remember. The WS blue stick is perhaps the best of the lot. In terms of lather quality on...
by LouisIII
Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:03 pm
Forum: Shaving Brushes
Topic: Chubby and other ramblings
Replies: 27
Views: 7217

Hello Gents, The Chubby 1 (Best) is one of three brushes I have settled on and plan to keep/replace as needed. The others are a Shavemac Silvertip and an Omega boar. All three I consider 'best in class'. The Chubby is an exceptionally dense brush, but one I found really quite intuitive. The key to g...
by LouisIII
Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: A very interesting video about G.F. Trumper
Replies: 35
Views: 5598

Thanks for posting the video Gareth, I haven't seen it before. It's a shame that Trumpers have to use a Shavette these days, but I suppose that UK health codes forces them. Having researched this I discovered there are very few places where the use of a traditional cutthroat razor is prohibited, an...