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- Tue Oct 25, 2022 10:20 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Coming home and seeing the changes after two years…
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2814
Re: Coming home and seeing the changes after two years…
My supplies will far exceed my remaining years, so it's rare that I buy anything new. I have razors and brushes that are pert' near perfect. Still, every so often I'm tempted to try something new to see if it's even better, and it generally isn't. I also have hoarded more blades and soap than I will...
- Mon Oct 10, 2022 8:06 pm
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: Cover me, I'm going in
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1286
Re: Cover me, I'm going in
I had both of my cataracts removed this past spring. I'm glad to have it done.
I'm wary of any surgery, but the cataract removals weren't bad.
- Murray
I'm wary of any surgery, but the cataract removals weren't bad.
- Murray
- Wed Oct 05, 2022 7:09 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: The General vs. DE razors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2253
Re: The General vs. DE razors
Thanks for your perspective, too, Chris.
- Murray
- Murray
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 11:04 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: The General vs. DE razors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2253
Re: The General vs. DE razors
Murray, I find the Jagger and Muhle razors to be mild.When I use my Rockwell it’s plate #4 or #5. So we differ on those razors. In my opinion, the General is not an overly aggressive razor BUT, it uses AC blades which are extremely sharp. The razor design benefits from these sharp blades. I think t...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 1:41 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: The General vs. DE razors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2253
Re: The General vs. DE razors
My concern is that I require a mild razor for "sensitive" (in reality, delicate) skin. I often hear of razors that many of my co-wetshavers consider outstanding, motivating me to buy one. Then I most often discover that the razor in question is way too aggressive for me. (For example, many...
- Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:58 pm
- Forum: SOTD - Shave of the Day
- Topic: SOTD Sept 26, 2022 - Oct 2, 2022
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1296
- Wed Sep 07, 2022 11:06 pm
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: Legalize the worlds oldest profession Why?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2153
Re: Legalize the worlds oldest profession Why?
I see prostitution in much the same way as I see the War on Drugs, which has been about as successful as was Prohibition (of alcohol) in the US. I think it would be better to legalize and regulate these to hopefully eliminate the criminal class (organized crime, pimps, and such) that exploits these ...
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 9:08 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Fifteen years on this forum
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2427
Re: Fifteen years on this forum
Congratulations on your fifteen years, Roger!
Yes, I now too have a veritable hoard of shaving equipment and expendables. Way more than I will exhaust during my remaining years.
- Murray
Yes, I now too have a veritable hoard of shaving equipment and expendables. Way more than I will exhaust during my remaining years.
- Murray
- Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:13 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Where is Everybody?!
- Replies: 60
- Views: 14505
Re: Where is Everybody?!
Great to see you, Lynn!
- Murray
- Murray
- Wed Jul 27, 2022 4:26 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: From Iberia with Love…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2048
Re: From Iberia with Love…
It's a bit like learning to be proficient in French in the UK, then trying it out in Canada. Mind you, it's worse for the Quebeçois visiting Paris: they get laughed at as a bunch of hicks. I love accents, but I'm not good at north American ones, which have mostly admixed into an indistinguishable t...
- Tue Jul 26, 2022 1:48 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: From Iberia with Love…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2048
Re: From Iberia with Love…
Brutus, languages and linguistics are my passion, and I especially love the Portuguese language. I went to Portugal speaking good Brazilian Portuguese, and the difference came as quite a shock. I went through something of a linguistic cultural crisis ("I speak Portuguese, but this isn't the lan...
- Tue Jul 26, 2022 1:31 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: The end of Tabac original formulation
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6748
Re: The end of Tabac original formulation
Gary, I would really be surprised if there is any health issue related to the use of tallow in soap. If we can eat beef, I can't imagine that smearing the fat on our skins would be in any way harmful, unless the tallow in question is rancid or otherwise compromised.
- Murray
- Murray
- Tue Jul 26, 2022 1:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: What was that acronym?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2653
Re: What was that acronym?
Hi Gary and Chris -
I find acronyms frustrating (possibly because I have difficulty retaining them in volatile memory), as the same acronym can mean entirely different things in different contexts.
- Murray
I find acronyms frustrating (possibly because I have difficulty retaining them in volatile memory), as the same acronym can mean entirely different things in different contexts.
- Murray
- Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:30 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: From Iberia with Love…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2048
Re: From Iberia with Love…
I've always favored smaller brushes, so my Semogues in badger and boar - along with most of my other brushes - have 22mm knots.
My synthetics are mostly larger (up to 24mm) because of their different splaying behavior.
- Murray
PS. Brutus, do you speak Portuguese?
My synthetics are mostly larger (up to 24mm) because of their different splaying behavior.
- Murray
PS. Brutus, do you speak Portuguese?
- Sun Jul 24, 2022 5:34 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: From Iberia with Love…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2048
Re: From Iberia with Love…
Good to hear from you, Brutus! I lived in Brazil, 1975 - 1977, and in Portugal, 1978 - 1981. I lived in Faro, in the Algarve, in Portugal. Those were different times, but I toy with the idea of going back to live in Portugal. I was attracted to Semogue shaving brushes, originally, because they were ...
- Sun Jul 24, 2022 5:24 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: The end of Tabac original formulation
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6748
Re: The end of Tabac original formulation
Hopefully, Tim (TRBeck) will weigh in on this one. As I recall, Tim did quite a bit of research and experimentation in his soap-making, and he came to the conclusion that stearic acid near the top of the ingredients list contributed more to a good shaving lather than did tallow on its own. As I reca...
- Sun Jul 24, 2022 5:15 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: What was that acronym?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2653
- Fri Jul 15, 2022 4:11 pm
- Forum: SOTD - Shave of the Day
- Topic: Brush of the day
- Replies: 1003
- Views: 175654
Re: Brush of the day
Hi All - My shaving soaps (artisan, Valobra Shave Stick, Valobra-made AoS) are "hard" soaps, but they are not "triple milled." Mitchell's Wool Fat is another well known hard soap that isn't milled. (I believe Valobra quadruple-mills their bath soaps, but they don't mill their sha...
- Fri Jul 15, 2022 4:01 pm
- Forum: Shaving Brushes
- Topic: Simpson Brushes History
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5822
Re: Simpson Brushes History
Thanks, Gary. Great to see you here again!
- Murray
- Murray
- Thu Jul 14, 2022 4:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Breaking the Seal
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2460
Re: Breaking the Seal
Buzz, congratulations on your Quadruple Chai Birthday! (Is Chai a Hebrew letter with a numeric value of 18?) I turned 70 last November, which can hardly compare with the significance of a quadruple Chai, but I had watched it closing in on me for years. Now it's past and here I am. I have well over a...