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My faux ivory and chrome Chatsworth is THE razor for me. The handle is FAR superior ergonomically to anything else I've used. I had and sold a Merkur Barberpole too, so I have compared it to regular Merkurs. It's my best shaver bar none!

Another TOBS Eton College day (cream & a/s - no cologne as I was late in the day shaving and the a/s held) EJ Chatsworth Gillette Swede (first shave) Rooney Custom Horn Same thing this morning. This has been my shave for the last few days - I'm finishing off the pot of TOBS EC this week, so I'm...

Hang in there, Dave!

Praying for you,
Michael

Hey, Southpaw, is it fair to ask where in SC? I'm near Charleston. I'm actually moving back to where I was born and lived until I was 18 - Newberry, SC, roughly 45 miles N of Columbia. As to test shaving in the house, nope. Didn't even cross my mind to try it. We're not buying it - it's a parsonage...

The piston filler in my mont blanc fountain pen went south. My local mont blanc store wants to send my pen to Timbukto to install a new one. Where can I get a simple piston filler? You can't. You'll need to have it professionally serviced, either by a competent repair person or by MB - you're choic...

Another TOBS Eton College day (cream & a/s - no cologne as I was late in the day shaving and the a/s held)
EJ Chatsworth
Gillette Swede (first shave)
Rooney Custom Horn

Hi gang, I'll be scarce for a while. We're moving the last week of this month from eastern NC to SC. Wife will be hunting for a new job, so keep that in your prayers, as well as the move. I'll pop in when I can. See ya around! Michael (walks off wondering - in true shavegeek fashion - how the water ...

Cool thread, and an appropriate one as I've been enjoying my late 1920s Sheaffer Oversize Flatop all day.

Not a concern in the world dealing with Tom (aka GollyMrScience). THANKS!

Wednesdays and Thursday's shaves:

TOBS Eton College s/c, a/s, and cologne.
EJ Chatsworth Faux Ivory
Gillette Swede
Large Moss scuttle

In no particular order: Visconti Blue (be beware, I hear a reformulation has happened, and no, I'm not joking - fuming mad over it if it's true, actually) Pilot Iroshizuku kon-peki Diamine Prussian Blue (darker blue or blue-black) Waterman South Seas Blue (turquoise) Diamine Tropical Blue (turquoise...

My favourite post shave habit is to massage excess lather from the brush into my face after my 3rd pass rinse. This started because I loved the scent of the Fat and wanted it to linger while I cleaned up. It leaves my face so much smoother (again, not everyone gets the same experience). Ick. After ...

Hi Gordon, First step is to have your water tested, preferably with multiple samples (at least two, one from each bathroom since the problem seems to be inconsistent in the house). This can be done for very little expenditure and in some cases/locales, for free. I'd suggest contacting your local wat...

Thanks for the update. The TOBS Lavender water has me intrigued.

As to the site, I too am all in favor of anonymous contributions for site servers, etc.

I am looking at these scuttles from the perspective of a bowl-latherer. It has been made clear that the Moss scuttle is not designed for lathering, but rather simply to keep the brush and the lather contained therein warm. The Georgetown and/or Dirty Bird Scuttle was designed with bowl-lathering in...

I use a stand to hold my EJ Chatsworth and either of my Rooneys.

Saturday's shave:

TOBS Eton College cream
TOBS Eton College a/s
EJ Chatsworth razor
Gillette Swede (first shave)
Emillion

PM sent, Sam. Let me just say over on FPN it is clear that contributing entitles you to absolutely nothing. :lol: :wink: You do it just because you want to help support the community. From time to time some folks even have benefit sales, with a certain percentage going to support the site. Of course...

Might I humbly suggest that a means for contributing to the upkeep of the site be established? This would help offset the costs of the server. We do this over at FPN and it works nicely. Contributing or not contributing makes NO difference in your membership. It's just one way to help support the si...

With my Emillion or Rooney Custom Horn and our water, I could squeeze two shaves out of it if I pushed it.