Abandoned On an Island

Alright Gents, time for your opinions:


You are going to be abandoned on an Island all by yourself for a lengthy period of time. You are given a choice to take one razor, one brand of blade, one brand of soap or cream, and one brush, and only one book to read, what would they be?

 

My abandoned-on-an-Island set-up:

Brush: Thäter Silver Zip Nr. 4292 in Cocobolo wood
Soap: Kent's Luxurious Shaving Soap
Razor: a Straight, and it would be my limited edition 6/8" Wacker Silver Steel, 1/2 hollow grind
Book: Larousse Gastronomique

 

Merkur 34C, Feathers, Mitchell's Wool Fat, Shaving Shack Buccaneer Pure Badger and 'Robot Series' by Isaac Asimov.

 

Don't plan to be stranded on a desert island. If I was then the question would be a moot point cause no water on a desert island!

But if I was stranded on a tropical island then I would go with these:

Razor: 1907 Elite GEM Jr SE
Blade: Ted Pella PTFE coated SE
Soap: Tabac
Brush: One of my several Boars
After Shave: Clubman Club Complete

 

Razor: Clix 500
Blade: Derby
Cream: TSD Wheat Cream - Iced SubZero
Brush: E.J. Badger
After Shave: TSD Splash - Iced SubZero
Book: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

 

Razor: Fat Handle Tech (not my favorite, but durable for island life!)
Blade: Astra Superior Plat.
Soap: MWF
Brush: C&E Best Badger
AS: TSD Bergamot
Book: Bible

 

Gillette Ball End Old open comb
NOS British Wilkinson blades
J M Fraser's Original s/c
Omega Professional boar brush
Proraso a/s splash
The Bible - Revised Standard Version

No moving parts on the Gillette, so there's less to go wrong with it, and the old Wilkies shave better and last longer than anything else I've tried.

Fraser's has always been my favourite cream and if I only get one, Fraser's is the biggest tub going.

The Omega Professional is my favourite brush, hands down - wouldn't go without it.

I thought about taking 4711 eau de cologne instead, but you said aftershave so I stuck with the Proraso

Pound for pound there's more comfort and entertainment in the Bible than any book I know of, and the RSV has always been my favourite translation.

goshawk

 

Dovo 5/8
Proraso soap
any brush will do
Aqua Velva
Manly Hall's "The Secret Teachings of All Ages"

 

Brush: C & E Pure Badger
Soap: Williams
Razor: M.P. R 89 (open comb pre-redesign with the Fatip head)
Blade: Red Pack Personna
Book: the CCC.

 

-Merkur HD
-Proraso
-Vulfix Badger
-Personna Reds
-"Heart of Darkness" Joseph Conrad

Please tell me there is a hot spring on this island.

 

there better be or I'm not going.

 

razor: Fat Handled Tech
blade: Iridium
cream: C.O. Bigelow
brush: my EJ 25mm silvertip
book: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand


btw, :signs097

 

Razor: Joseph Elliot's Silver steel 11/16th's thumbnotch in original black marbled micarta.
Cream: Art Of Shaving's Sandalwood EO
ASB: The Shave Den's West Indian Sandalwood
Splash: Saint Charles Sandalwood EO
EDT: Truefit's 1805

Book: Henry David Thoreau's Walden or Emile Zola's "La Germinal"

David

 

Razor: Aristocrat
Blade: Feather
Cream: TSD Wheat Cream - Iced SubZero
Brush: Kent H8 Badger
After Shave: TSD Splash - Iced SubZero
Book: Illusions by Richard Bach

 

Razor: my own open comb w/ extended tech handle
Blade: Lord's
Cream: Industrial Size 50 gallon drum of Body Shop Maca Root Shave Cream
Brush: Jade Chubby
After Shave: - none
Book: How To Survive on a Deserted Island for Dummies

 

Ha! What a book choice.

I am new to wet shaving so some of my answers are limited to the limited things I've tried.

Razor: I've only used the the Merkur HD and the Weishi, but I'm absolutely loving the Merkur HD

Blades: I've only tried the Wilkinson Sword. They have left me with some nicks and a cut, but last night I had my first nickless shave and no razor burn. I would be happy taking this blade with me.

Soap: I'm loving my Proraso with menthol. I've got a couple other soaps, as well as a few much more expensive creams I ordered with the razors (all of which are great) but I like the menthol a lot.

Brush: I first purchased a couple cheap bore brushes, and the Wilkinson Sword works well, but I now have a Vulfix 660S Small Super Badger Shaving Brush which I would certainly be taking with me if I had to choose just one.

Aftershave: Right now I'd have to simply go with my Glysomed cream, but I'm ordering some from TSD store that I hope will be great.

Book: Man oh man! There are too many to choose from. The Bible would be a good choice, both from a religious standpoint and for shear volume of great stories. (The Princess Bride, The Complete Works Shakespeare, something by Grisham: all would be acceptable backups.)

 

-Gem Push Button Gold (to use the gold plate as a signal reflector)
-Gem SS coated blades (for infinite utility uses after they are done with shaving tasks)
-Arko Stick (assuming very hard water)
-Tweezerman Badger (nothing fancy)
-A survival book with star charts and chapters on on edible/medicinal plants.

My goal would be to survive so I could live to shave another day.

 

I's switch the razor for my Vauen Gandalf Churchwarden pipe, the brand of blade for Cheiftain's Islay tobacco, the soap for my Ronson pipe lighter and the brush for pipe cleaners. After all, why shave when you're alone on a stranded island? As far as the book is concerned I'd take the LOTR trilogy (in one big volume) with me.

 

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I hate these -- I've probably answered 6 or 7 in my career, and I bet no two of my posts have anything the same in them. :mad:

Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: Feather Platinum
Soap: AOS Sandalwood
Cream: TSD Iced Subzero
Brush: Savile Row 3124
Book: Amazon Kindle