Three Shaving Related Products You Want to Try in 2014

The last in a series of three threads.

What three (and please limit it to three / no honorable mentions) products for shaving do you want to try in 2014. This time I will not start but will chime in later on. Remember to keep it clean.

O.K. begin!

 

1) Gem Junior-just getting into SEs and this is a popular one
2) MMOC- one of the most aggressive shavers is its reputation
3) Cella-my good experience with Proraso red has me wanting to try other Italian soaps and this is one of the best rated.

 

1-Slant Razor.....not sure which one!
2-TSD AS Milk
3-HTGAM Synergy shave soap

 

As to the razor, do you prefer long handles or short handles. Merkur 37c is short 39c is long. What ever you like in the handles you use is a good indicator of which way you should go next.

I will be trying another scent of HTGAM Synergy shave soap in tomorrow's shave. The Bay Rum scent is excellent.


O.K. so what is on your list of three.

 

MDC and Floid Blue are about the only things that are peaking my interest at the moment.

 

• SRD's Lime SS
• SRD's Bourbon Vanilla SS
• mystery item

The soaps are on order and will arrive just before New Years. But, they won't get used until after that, so I'm counting them.

Mystery item? I'll know it when I read about it. You know how it goes... you think you've tried everything you could possibly want to use, ever. Then you just have to have / try something else that you just read about.

 

Well you know, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)!

 

I remember those PSAs!

 

Maca root shave cream
Merkur vision
Merkur slant

 

• Martin De Candre soap
• Ikon Slant (tried the two Merkurs in 2013)
• Cobra Razor
(dang…all this stuff is pricey!)

 

1. Petal Pushers soap. Either Black Tea or Unscented.

2. Ingram Extra Cool. This one comes in a green tube and it's made in Egypt.

3. Razorock soap. Not sure of the scent. Either XXX, Captain's Choice Bay Rum, or ABCBA.

 

1.) Vintage Merkur Progress
2.) A safe slant of some sort.. if there is one!
3.) TBD

I have MDC and love it as will anyone that tries it. The stuff seems like it will last forever! If there was a way to shave some off safely I'd be glad to shoot out a couple samples but don't want to ruin the nice flat top.

 

1. RazorRock Soap
2. How To Grow a Mustache Soap
3. A Big old boar brush

Already ordered #'s 1 and 2 and my buddy Scott is making my a custom 27mm boar brush as we speak.

 

1. Myrsol (Leaning towards Emulsion for dual purpose pre/post)
2. Musgo Real shaving cream
3. Feather AS-D2

At least I know I can afford 2 of the 3, my list is actually quite large but these are the ones that immediately come to mind.

 

1. A Slant - preferably vintage, but probably contemporary in order to fit my budget.
2. Feather Artist's Club
3. More foreign creams!

Just taking one day at a time...

 

1. MEM Olive cream
2. A good badger brush, time to treat myself
3. Captains Choice Lime AS, for summer use.

 

A. Another Pony brush
B. Maybe a Parker razor..for the handle
C. A few more combinations of homemade soap concoctions...

 

1. Simpsons Chubby 2 2-band
2. M & F Finest 2XL
3. Jabonman Soap

 

Ohh boy...

1. Merkur 37C (or 39C, but I think 37...)
2. Valobra stick soap
3. Straight razor shaving

All 3 products are more or less taken cared of. Just not ordered/received yet.

 

Either the 37 or 39c will do the job! I suppose it depends on if one likes the extra heft of the Sledgehammer's handle (I did!). Both are extremely efficient with a fairly shallow learning curve, unlike...
Straight razor shaving—where the steep learning curve simply takes time to master properly; where slow & steady with ample concentration seem to be some of the keys to early success.