I've been using a brush for years and years. Since I was a teenager, I think. I got two brushes at a garage sale - one is stiff and terrible, and flips soap at the mirror while making a latherless mess. The other is soft and fantastic, creating lots of bubbly shaving foam with very little work. I've used it daily (mostly) since I got it, and it looks and works exactly the same as it ever did.
I have a shaving mug, which is just like a regular mug, but with little nubs in the bottom to hold the soap, and I just throw all our old soap slivers in. They lather up beautifully, and if you're showering with soap you like, you'll like the soap you shave with. Every year or two I scrape the mug out and start semi-fresh. Re: Topics later in the thread. The blades I use are Gillette Mach 3(? 5?) Three I think. The older ones that go for weeks. They aren't cheap, but I don't find I buy them very often, either. I used to cut my own hair until about 5 years ago when my vintage clippers died and the new ones I got were just TERRIBLE. Now I just go to the barber, and they do a better job than I could. Philip www.biketinker.com On Sunday, November 3, 2013 11:14:45 AM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I might have to buy one of those shaving brushes. > > What's the best soap to use it with? > > I don't worry about haircuts -- 7 years since I saw a barber, so > liberating! -- but I do shave. > > (I hack off 2" off the tail every six months or so: cinch tightly, grip > tightly, and chop with sharp scissors. Sometimes relatives do a smoother > job.) > > > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 10:31 AM, James Warren > <jimcw...@earthlink.net<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> I'll bet the next-door barber conspicuously started using this in the >> last couple of weeks: >> >> >> http://www.rivbike.com/proraso-shave-brush-p/goo21.htm >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 3, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Jim M. wrote: >> >> On Saturday, November 2, 2013 4:53:43 PM UTC-7, BSWP wrote: >>> >>> >>> Anyone tried the barber next door yet? I may soon be needing a new shop >>> for my short haircuts, and would go out of my way to get a good cut with >>> interesting conversation. >>> >>> The best barber in the Creek is DiMaggio's, which is south a few blocks >> at 1379 N. Main. The owner (1st chair) is a 2nd cousin of Joltin' Joe. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> James Warren >> jimcw...@earthlink.net <javascript:> >> >> - 700x55 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* > Certified Resume Writer > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > patric...@resumespecialties.com <javascript:> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > > Albuquerque, NM > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
