karol.elec
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- Nov 30, 2023
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- Sydney
Interesting,My preferences are, loosely, 13/16 → 8/8. I have a couple of 6/8s but I find them too small and fiddly. Japanese half hollows are the perfect grind in terms of consistency and comfort, but it is hard to beat a Filarmónica 14. I much prefer natural edges over synthetic, and so does my skin!
Myrsol makes the best aftershaves, hands down. Speicks products are uniformly great; I have everything from their deodorant to their EdT. After using a badger for nearly two decades, I fell for synthetics, but am now heading back into natural brushes, with my first boar.
There are too many excellent soaps around to worry about unobtanium or the overhyped death of tallow. We are in the golden age of shaving soap production.
You asked!
Talking about preferences I have tried only 2 razors. One blunt and the other way sharper but I still do knot know if it was shave ready or not. I will see when comparing with a gold dollar I am going to get from last PIF. But checking only 2 razors I can already say they both feel completely different. Hopefully one day I will find the perfect one (maybe the one I have just sharp). I do not know what is soo magical about those filarmonicas. Everyone says they are the best. All of them are soo great or just the particular ones? Maybe one day I will have a chance to check by myself.
About the honing I have no idea as I never have chance to compare. I picked synthetic one as they say they are better for beginners. I was also very close to order a new coticule but after reading many posts I resigned. It is nearly impossible to pick the good one. I have read a post where some master said he had around 100 coticules and 1 was great, a few really good, some avarage and half of them rubbish. This is too expensive game for me especially that I would never be able to recognise good from bad
I have 5 brashes. 4 badgers and one pig. I am not going to buy any more as I think all of them are different but all of them are doing their job very well. To be honest any 1 or 2 would be good enough to shave for life.
Soaps. I have bought 6 popular soaps many people recognise as good ones. Arko, Cella, Tabac, MWF, Derby (like Arko) and bought myself a present - SV.
At the beginning I had a problem especially with Cella but after learning them it turned out all give me good leather. Tabac and MWF are a bit better than the others but I could use any of them. So scent is more important. Thats why I have mixed fillings with Tabac as I love the performance but I am not a big fan of the scent.
More I will be able to say in the future