SMF

Check the Shopping forum. Vintage Blades is running a nice sale on Shavemac silvertip brushes if you are interested in trying a silvertip.

Currently this: Brush: Custom Shavemac with D01 bristles Soap: M-P Aloe (I feel about this soap like some feel about MWF) Razor: Slim Adjustable or Merkur Barberpole Balm: Trumper's Limes Skin Food or Caswell & Massey Jockey Club (they say this was JFK's choice) Blades: Feather or Swedish Gillet...

So, a K4 would be 1965?

I have a couple of Slim Adjustables I might want to sell. Where do I find the date codes so I can provide an accurate description?

Transaction completed. Thanks, SMF!

It doesn't have to be new -- just in decent shape. PM me if you have one that's fallen out of your regular rotation.

The guy who runs Shavemac and is very cooperative regarding special orders, custom brushes and such.

Gordon, I figured I would have received some type of warning, but you never know. The "banned" screen came up literally within moments of my post. I was thinking, "I know Bernd is well-regarded around here, but they sure are protective!"

Thanks, Dr. Moss. It only happens intermittently, but the first time it did was right after I posted that I had had problems corresponding with Bernd at Shavemac via email. I really thought I might have been banned for that remark and that I was going to have to plead my case. Happily, I have had go...

Obviously, since you're reading this post, I haven't been banned, but quite regularly when I come to the forums lately (a shortcut to the index page), I get a page that says I've been banned from the forum. A short while later, I can get to the forums just fine. Is anyone else having this problem?

I have ordered the 21mm brush with Shavemac's style 163 acrylic handle. I'll report on it after I've had a chance to use it. At this point, I can report that Bernd was very responsive to my emails and very helpful in the selection process. I don't know why our communications have broken down in the ...

Bernd responded quickly to my most recent email, recommending a 23mm knot with a 56mm loft or a 21mm knot with a 53mm loft in response to my query about lather release. Perhaps the extra loft is the key. I have emailed him back asking for ordering instructions. I am wondering if the larger knot will...

When you guys speak of flow-through, are you referring to the opposite of a lather-hog? Hogging lather has been my number one complaint with the high-end brushes that I have tried. I am a soap-using face-latherer. I like the backbone of a dense knot, but not having to work to get the lather on my fa...

Can you PM me? I've tried to PM you, but the message is sitting in my outbox. I don't know why.

I have been very disappointed with emails to Bernd. I have had several go unanswered, and if he does answer, it takes quite awhile to get a reply. Thus, while interested in getting a custom brush, I have never actually ordered one because I feel like I'm carrying on a one-sided conversation. Any tri...

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Is that Swedish Gillettes?

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Ben, if you can't find anyone on your side of the pond, I can help you.