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by JimT
Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: Please help! Need advice for boyfriend's gift! Thanks!
Replies: 7
Views: 2129

Lara, I have read pretty much all posts over the last two years at both ShaveMyFace.com and BadgerandBlade.com so what I am going to give you is a summary of the lower cost products that seem to be recommended most frequently but which are still very effective. Many of these products have worked so ...
by JimT
Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: my little ideal line up
Replies: 13
Views: 1400

Sal, You say, "Rooney Finest style 3 size 1". Is the size small, medium, or large? I am looking at the Classic Shaving web site for the size reference. Since you recommend this brush with the Truefitt and Hill Luxury Shave Soap, I am assuming that it is a more stiff brush without excessive...
by JimT
Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:37 pm
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: Noxzema white shaving cream review
Replies: 60
Views: 22127

Gents,

Would you please post all of the ingredients? Thank you.

JimT
by JimT
Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:56 pm
Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
Topic: Merkur DE ThrowDown
Replies: 35
Views: 7538

The Merkur Heavy Duty (HD) Classic Straight Bar Razor is my overwhelming favorite.

JimT
by JimT
Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: What Works for Me
Replies: 11
Views: 2171

Randy, Thank you for the compliment. If you read the fourth and ninth paragraphs again, you will see that I already agree with you. My comments relative to experimenting were really focused at adjustments in how you use a given product rather than using a variety of products. As I recall from past p...
by JimT
Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What Works for Me
Replies: 11
Views: 2171

Gents, Thank you both for the kind comments. I appreciated the feedback. I am not sure why my little manifesto did not garner more comment but so be it. I wanted to give back to SMF the essence of what I had learned in over a year of double edge razor shaving and studying SMF posts. I have tried Cad...
by JimT
Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What Works for Me
Replies: 11
Views: 2171

What Works for Me

Have you acquired new wet shaving perspectives, preferences, or insights since you started? My perspective and technique have evolved considerably since I started shaving with a double edge (DE) razor in February 2006. I now perceive shaving as a more enjoyable experience rather than a chore. My bea...
by JimT
Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:28 am
Forum: General
Topic: Which Shaving Item would you give up first?
Replies: 24
Views: 3853

I would only give up the luxury shaving soaps or creams. The Merkur Heavy Duty Classic Straight Bar Razor and Proraso Omega shave brush are here to stay and are easily the two most outstanding shaving product discoveries I have made from shave forum reading. I can get a really close, comfortable, an...
by JimT
Thu May 24, 2007 10:30 pm
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: which soap for a soap newbie?
Replies: 20
Views: 4426

If you can learn to get a close, comfortable, and fun shave with Williams Mug Shaving Soap then you can pretty much lather anything. Try lathering Williams with a Proraso Omega boar hair shaving brush. This one doesn't cost you much to practice with either.

JimT
by JimT
Thu May 24, 2007 10:14 pm
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: another shave soap burning face thread...
Replies: 4
Views: 880

Chris, I have had a similar experience with mild facial skin burning on rare occasions using Taylor's Rose Shaving Cream caused by using too much cream after switching from Nancy Boy shave cream which requires more cream. The Nancy Boy shave cream never gave me this problem. Do you have any idea whi...
by JimT
Sun May 13, 2007 9:02 pm
Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
Topic: Merkur HD Slant vs Merkur Progress
Replies: 25
Views: 6070

What kind of a shave do you get with the Merkur Heavy Duty Classic Straight Bar Razor? Have you put a Feather blade in it and, if so, how did it work for you?

JimT
by JimT
Sat May 12, 2007 8:16 pm
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: dang it, I LIKE Williams soap!
Replies: 25
Views: 5634

With practice, I have been amazed at how close and comfortable a shave I can get with Williams Mug Shaving Soap - no facial skin drying, abundant lather, and enough viscosity in the lather to protect my face from the blade edge without adding any other product. I get a great lather without much trou...
by JimT
Thu May 03, 2007 9:41 pm
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: Tried JACKS
Replies: 7
Views: 2490

Jack,

Did you use the scented or unscented Jack's Shaving Cream? Would you please post the ingredients? Thank you for the help.

JimT
by JimT
Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:53 pm
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: Best cushioning soap/cream in your opinion?
Replies: 3
Views: 944

I have to agree with the Nancy Boy Signature Shave Cream and Aftershave Gel selection. This is the easiest shave cream for achieving a consistent shave and the combination is very enjoyable. Get some of the bath soaps too.

JimT
by JimT
Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Beard Getting Coarser
Replies: 6
Views: 1565

Wish I could say the same..........

Now that I am enjoying shaving more, the shaves are close enough now that if I shave in the morning before work, I can skip a day without looking too scruffy the second day. So much for BBS.....

JimT
by JimT
Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:35 pm
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: A Lesson About Rotations from a Random Act of Kindness
Replies: 5
Views: 1094

Clive, Gordon, Oscar: My future shaving cream or soap rotations will be very limited as a result of this experience. I am much more interested in a consistent close and comfortable shave than I am in shaving cream or soap variety. I am also much more likely when confronted with a shaving question to...
by JimT
Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:46 pm
Forum: Shopping
Topic: New Cyril R Salter Luxury Shaving Cream
Replies: 7
Views: 1751

Can you post the ingredients for all of the shave creams on your website?

Thank you.

JimT
by JimT
Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:31 pm
Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
Topic: A Lesson About Rotations from a Random Act of Kindness
Replies: 5
Views: 1094

A Lesson About Rotations from a Random Act of Kindness

I gave an older friend of mine the last of my Nancy Boy Signature Shave Cream and Aftershave Gel along with the last of my Taylor of Old Bond Street Rose Shaving Cream. He has a very course dense beard that grows very fast and shaving for him has alway been a pain so I thought I would introduce him ...
by JimT
Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:37 pm
Forum: ShaveMyFace University
Topic: Crabtree and Evelyn
Replies: 22
Views: 4563

Which C&E shave soap did you get?

JimT
by JimT
Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Some Special Thanks After a Year of Double Edge Razor Shaves
Replies: 4
Views: 813

Some Special Thanks After a Year of Double Edge Razor Shaves

After a little more than a year of double edge razor shaving since starting in February 2006, there are a few SMF members that readily come to my mind as having provided insights that greatly contributed to the close comfortable shaves I am currently enjoying. Joe Lerch: Joe’s posts on double edge a...