This is somewhat inspired my Mike's thread here.... Thanks Mike! ......although, I was thinking about it prior to his thread Just curious what some of the great finds and bombs were for 2008? or........ just the new things you liked or hated in 2008 Some of mine..... Hits... Czech & Speake Cuba Penhaligon's English Fern EDT D.R. Harris Sandalwood Aftershave Olivia's Tallow Shave cream Red Personna DE Blades Misses.... Trumpers Hard Shave soaps, didn't work well for me at all Penhaligon's English Fern Tallow Shave Soap....I know I am not alone in my dislike for their soaps Spanish Floid Menthol, I liked it.....my wife didn't Penhaligon's Opus 1870 EDT, smelled horrible on me and didn't last Oh.....and it doesn't have to be shave related
Why do I have a sneaky suspicion that marriage may come up again under the heading of MISSES. Mikes Misses: Tabac Aftershave Hit's Gillette Aristocrat
Off the top of my head Hits: C&S #88, Penhaligon line, Creed Green Irish Tweed/Boid De Portugal/Virgin Island Water, T&H Rose, Shapton Ceramic Hones, Tim Zowada Straight, IK Soap Miss: Floid Blue, Norton Hones, Length of life on my Creed colognes, Taylors Rose Cream, Olivia's Rose Cream (trouble lathering), One livi razor that tore up my strop, Sejanus Winter soap (sorry ken) Thats all i can think of now... Ohh..and the stock market
+1 I got one of those too! They sure are cute, but man can they produce some waste! Shaving related hits: Derby blades, 1937 Gillette Sheraton, C&E shaving cream, Williams shaving soap, Susie's Bubbles shaving soap. Shaving related misses: Dorco blades, Zorrik blades, Sharp Stainless blades, a 1970 Gillette adjustible, a 3-piece feather travel razor, Derby Menthol Shaving Cream, using Edge gel for superlather
Hahaha, Lee...Been there...too funny @ Isaac, I have been lathering the Olivia's Rose cream rubbing the brush directly into the jar like soap....works great. My K2 Radical 100 inline skates have been AWESOME I am liking my new camera a lot too
Greatest Hits: Wetshaving - Just started in January, love it Double Edge razors in general. Canon XTi DSLR TSD Soaps Wesley and Scott ASB Wood Turning My Son Safety recalls Misses: Razors that arrive damaged Sellers that lie - "no cracks in the handle! never used!" I am sure I will add more to the lists, but those came off the top of my head. Generally I have been very happy with my purchases.
Hits. Omega Professional brush,Gem Razors and Personna s/e blades,Wahl shaving cream. Misses. Fat Boy,Weishi,Dorco blades.
hits: migrating to Linux and abandoning Microtrash (hopefully a hit) My new Imac which I'll buy for christmas japanese hones getting a LARGE Thuringian for very little money straight shaving grades at university discovered CSI (original series) my new Canon PSSX100IS (great addition to my EOS350D) misses: no summer-job invested WAY too much money in wetshaving and can't sell any of the gear because no one wants it Spyderco UF dealing with a guy who still owes me money and doesn't respond any more (50+ USD) Leaving a German wetshaving-community due to morons posting in every thread
Hits Belgian Coticules - nice to use something that really works Shapton 16k - best finisher I have used Rooney Heritage Nancy Boy Signature shave cream Proraso AS Splash - nice balance of sting & soothe MB Lime Ice Milk - genius concoction British Gillette DE's Misses Norton - couldn't get consistent results SCS shave creams - liquified in the warm months TOBS Avocado - triggered my grass allergy GFT Skin Food - I don't like having a shiny face Booster AS - cool-aide
Hits: Red personna blades Joris shave soap Nancy boy products especially SC and bar soap Osage Rub TGR ASB-go to balm Misses: T&H shave soap-smells great but doesnt do it for me Any merkur razor Any SCS edt I really wanted to like them but too damn picky C&E shave soaps
HITS: Discovering wet shaving Almost any DE razor that says Gillette Almost any DE razor that says Merkur Almost any SE razor that says GEM or Ever Ready Almost any.....Oh, you get the idea! JOINING TSD MISSES: Getting banned from B&B Oh wait, I'm sorry -- that also belongs in the "HITS"! :happy102
Hey me too! Hits: Discovering wet shaving Proraso! Vintage Thin blades Misses: Coates cream Merkur razors and blades
Now, if you don't have something nice to say... Say it in the dirty jokes Forum. :happy102 Actualy, we just don't like to see members pick on other websites. Kumbaya
