Since I'm participating in the 2014 gift exchange, I figured I may as well make a wiki entry to help anyone [strike]stalking[/strike] shopping for me.
I started wet shaving in early 2013 (I think) after years of dissatisfaction with my electric shaver. I had always been fascinated with the use of a straight razor, so after acquiring the necessary skills and equipment associated with DE shaving, I made the jump to straights and haven't looked back. My current possessions:
Straights-here's a representative list of brands/types, but not all-inclusive:
Filarmonica JMP 14
George Brittain 9/8+
A variety of Japanese straights (maybe 25% of my collection, but no framebacks or Japanese-style folders, yet)
A variety of stubtails
Craftsman
Greaves
Heljestrand
Feather DX folder
Weck Sextoblade (looking for one with nice or unique scales)
Palmera
Max Sprecher
Wade & Butcher
ERN
Hones:
YG Thuri
BG Escher
Nakayama Kiita Maruka Jnat (I call it "JP's Jnat" in my posts, since he was the source of this cool stone)
unknown Jnat; not sure if I like it or not. I can't make it work (yet), but a couple of pros say it's a good stone.
Apache Strata: I have one each of the tan and red ones; I'd like to try a darker grey one
Asano nagura (x4, including Koma)
Chosera 1K
Strops:
Nakayama 70K
Nakayama 3
Tony Miller linen-only strop
Brushes:
Vintage Blades-brand x 3 (one used for travel). I love these brushes. After selling off a boar and a Simpson's, I have no desire for any other brushes.
Soaps/Creams:
Arko
Mistero
MdC-regular scent
Smolder
Hungarian cream (can't remember name off top of my head)
Van der Gulde
Things I'm not a fan of, or don't wish to re-buy/re-try:
Mike's Soaps
Queen Charlotte Soaps
Simpsons soaps and brushes
Frictionite 00
Wants (this is all-encompassing at the moment, and NOT a request for my 'Secret Santa'; I'm not THAT greedy!):
-Mitchell's Wool Fat puck (I have the dish because I think it looks cool, and I've tried a sample and know I like it; just need the actual soap for the dish now).
-Hones: I'd like to try more tomos on my Jnats, and I'd like to test another Koma, as I don't know if the one I have is good or not, based on the mediocre results I've gotten (i.e. is it the tool or is it me?). Would like to try a dark grey Apache Strata. I don't want to buy, but would like to try a Gokumyo 20K some day, to see what all the hype is about.
-Straights: I'd like to try a Japanese frameback, as well as a Japanese-style (i.e. kami) folder. I REALLY think stubtails are cool; the older they are, and the better condition they're in, the better. I'd like to replace the Fili Sub Cero someday that I foolishly traded away. Customs--some day when I can justify the expenditure (i.e. kids out of college??), I'd like to get a Brown and/or Zowada custom. I'd like to increase my collection of 8/8+ old Sheffield razors. I'd like to replace the Jeness custom that I bought recently off the BST but was lost in shipping.
-Strops: no desire to change what I have
-Brushes: same; no desire to change
-TOBS Jermyn street aftershave. I bought some off the BST once, but it got stolen/confiscated in shipping. The shaving cream is nice too.
I started wet shaving in early 2013 (I think) after years of dissatisfaction with my electric shaver. I had always been fascinated with the use of a straight razor, so after acquiring the necessary skills and equipment associated with DE shaving, I made the jump to straights and haven't looked back. My current possessions:
Straights-here's a representative list of brands/types, but not all-inclusive:
Filarmonica JMP 14
George Brittain 9/8+
A variety of Japanese straights (maybe 25% of my collection, but no framebacks or Japanese-style folders, yet)
A variety of stubtails
Craftsman
Greaves
Heljestrand
Feather DX folder
Weck Sextoblade (looking for one with nice or unique scales)
Palmera
Max Sprecher
Wade & Butcher
ERN
Hones:
YG Thuri
BG Escher
Nakayama Kiita Maruka Jnat (I call it "JP's Jnat" in my posts, since he was the source of this cool stone)
unknown Jnat; not sure if I like it or not. I can't make it work (yet), but a couple of pros say it's a good stone.
Apache Strata: I have one each of the tan and red ones; I'd like to try a darker grey one
Asano nagura (x4, including Koma)
Chosera 1K
Strops:
Nakayama 70K
Nakayama 3
Tony Miller linen-only strop
Brushes:
Vintage Blades-brand x 3 (one used for travel). I love these brushes. After selling off a boar and a Simpson's, I have no desire for any other brushes.
Soaps/Creams:
Arko
Mistero
MdC-regular scent
Smolder
Hungarian cream (can't remember name off top of my head)
Van der Gulde
Things I'm not a fan of, or don't wish to re-buy/re-try:
Mike's Soaps
Queen Charlotte Soaps
Simpsons soaps and brushes
Frictionite 00
Wants (this is all-encompassing at the moment, and NOT a request for my 'Secret Santa'; I'm not THAT greedy!):
-Mitchell's Wool Fat puck (I have the dish because I think it looks cool, and I've tried a sample and know I like it; just need the actual soap for the dish now).
-Hones: I'd like to try more tomos on my Jnats, and I'd like to test another Koma, as I don't know if the one I have is good or not, based on the mediocre results I've gotten (i.e. is it the tool or is it me?). Would like to try a dark grey Apache Strata. I don't want to buy, but would like to try a Gokumyo 20K some day, to see what all the hype is about.
-Straights: I'd like to try a Japanese frameback, as well as a Japanese-style (i.e. kami) folder. I REALLY think stubtails are cool; the older they are, and the better condition they're in, the better. I'd like to replace the Fili Sub Cero someday that I foolishly traded away. Customs--some day when I can justify the expenditure (i.e. kids out of college??), I'd like to get a Brown and/or Zowada custom. I'd like to increase my collection of 8/8+ old Sheffield razors. I'd like to replace the Jeness custom that I bought recently off the BST but was lost in shipping.
-Strops: no desire to change what I have
-Brushes: same; no desire to change
-TOBS Jermyn street aftershave. I bought some off the BST once, but it got stolen/confiscated in shipping. The shaving cream is nice too.
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