The Beginning

[Queen of Blades]

What products did you all start your wet shaving obsession with? Do you still use any of the products you started with?

My starting line-up

Schick Injector
Injector blades from CVS
Tom's of Maine Calendulla shave cream
Tweezerman brush
Alum block

Only item from that list that I still have and use is the alum block.

[Mottern Man]

70's Superspeed (still in use)
Williams SS (no)
Burma Boar Brush (no)

[bearbeard]

Merkur long handle
Burma shave brush
william's mug soap.


quickly went to col conk's amber.

today I still use the conk
but I use a Slant bar
Badger Brush
Sandalwood soaps

[Michael]

Wetshaving?
"Barbershop" pure bristle (used it for years - no more!)
Williams soap (Ditto)
M3 or similar (still used, but only if yesterday's shave left me with :mad:)

The Obsession?
My dad's 1960 SS
Taylor's Lavender
EJ Medium Silvertip
all still part of the rotation

[Scorpio]

Well let's see if I remember:

Burma Boar brush
Williams Mug soap
I think it was the Sensor

Maybe 3-4 years ago...

Raf

[msandoval858]

AOS gift box from my wife about 4 or 5 years ago.

Lavender Cream
Lavender Preshave
Lavender Balm
Pure Badger Brush

Used the M3 with it.

[Smedley]

Ship safety razor
Wilkinson (German) blade
Proraso Green cream
Wilkinson boar brush

The only one that is still in my rotation is the Proraso. Maybe I'll get nostalgic one day and see how the old equipment functions with my mad new skillz. :cool:

[TraderJoe]

Shaved for years with:
M3 Turbo, or Sensor, and
Their Respective blades
Old Spice Canned Cream
Old Spice, or Aqua Velva Aftershave

Then, in April 06 with:
Merkur Classic OC
Merkur DE Blades
Herban Cowboy SS
Herban Cowboy Boar Brush
Same aftershaves as above

The collection multiplied weekly and at an exponential rate, and the only thing from the above listings that I still use is the Velva

[Michael]

...at an exponential rate

Ain't THAT the truth?! Truly amazing!!

[madmedic]

Originally when I started:

Ingram Shave cream
Wilkinson Sword Brush
Gillette GII (Atrac)

When I started to get serious:
Proraso Soap
Merkur Futur
Proraso Brush

I have spent an absolute fortune since then!

[Michael]

I have spent an absolute fortune since then!

Not to mention the £70.00 you're about to spend on the BK8!! :drool

[madmedic]

Not to mention the £70.00 you're about to spend on the BK8!! :drool

That remains to be seen;)

Any sign of your BK4?

[madmedic]

Fergie.....you have awakened an urge for a Kent....but as I am covered for creams.....I fancy a T8 or a T12......and I really MUST have one.....'cause I won't be spending £70.00.....only a maximum of £50.....that means if I do I will save at least £20.00. HELP:eek:

[Michael]

Monday, I guess. Thought it would be here yesterday or today, but no luck. Guess I'll have to suffer through using the 8. :p

[sparky5693]

60's gillette superspeed
proraso cream
feather blades
proraso brush (omega boar)
proraso AS balm

All the proraso stuff was available locally, so it was much more tempting.

[rick]

...I cant even remember what I had for lunch today !!
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Merkur HD - Long gone
C&E BBB - Ditto
Proraso Green - NO MO
Col Conk Amber Glycerin soap - Still in use
AQUA VELVA - will relinquish when it is pried from my cold, dead hands.

[Htownmmm]

-Merkur HD(yes)
-Savile Row 220(yes)
-Col.Conk Amber & Bay Rum SS(no to either)
-Merkur blades(absolutely not!)


Marty

[Lyrt]

Feather AC
Vulfix #2236
Salter Rose Cream
Dior’s Dune Splash

The Feather still remains my favourite tool.

[Bob O.]

Vulfix 2197 (Currently collecting dust at my brothers house...he was borrowing it)
Merkur HD (Still here.)
Merkur Blades (Nope...)
ToOBS Lavender SC (Still in the rotation.)
Thayers WH (Still going strong.)
Nivea Sensitive ASB (Still in the rotation...not very often though.)

[Queen of Blades]

Welcome to The Shave Den Bob!

[Bob O.]

Welcome to The Shave Den Bob!

Thanks Joanna...

[_JP_]

I was taught to shave with a Gillette DE and canned foam of some sort (whatever was Dad's favorite at the time). I still use Gillette DE's but not the canned stuff.

[Baloosh]

Merkur HD -- still have... haven't used in weeks
Vulfix 2198 -- long gone
Taylor's Avacado -- love, still have and use
Proraso soap -- still have, using tomorrow
Wal Mart/CVS US Personna blades -- still have in back of medicine cabinet.. don't use

[SSLSTudio...]

Around March 2006.

-Gillette Thin Handle (will be sold maybe one day ill get a mint version in return)
-Israeli Personna's
-Tweezermann pure badger
-Proraso Green (2 times 500 ml prof barber tubes I thought that will be all I need to lather for atleast 5 years)
-M7 YSL aftershave (my 1st hi-end aquisition a/s wise)
-Carley's clear&smooth moisturiser.
-No EDT's in house.

weeks after that the disorders started with GFT creams, T&H products, tons of aftershaves, discoverd the world of EDT and EDC.

[Bronco]

1964 - My first shave
Gillette SS
Gillette stainless steel blades
Williams shaving soap
Rexall brush

Fast forward to 2002
Gillette slim adjustable (still in my rotation)
US Personna blades (in drawer)
Burma Shave soap and brush (LIS)

[Spirit_of_76]

My first shave was, if I remember correctly:
Merkur Futur w/ Merkur blade
Men U premiere Synthetic
eshave Green Tea

I don't bother with any of these anymore, I keep a jar of the White Tea cream on hand because I like the scent, just too bad that it burns like battery acid when I try and lather my face with it.
As for the Merkur blades I would rather stub a cigarette out in my eye than let one of those near my face ever again.
Nowadays if it doesn't say Puma or TI then I really don't want to know.
Regards,
Alex

[murchmb]

Merkur HD - Yes
Vulfix 2234 Super - Yes
Merkur Blades - Occasionally
Taylor's Avocado, Old Formulation - Yes, but almost gone
Taylor's Rose, Old Formulation - Yes
QED Lime soap - Yes
Trumper's Coral Skin Food, Yes

[DragonBoy]

Ohh.. The memories..

Long Time ago.. In a galaxy.. No wait.. :D

I have always wetshaved, but it was cartridge (GII and Sensor) and canned stuff from the beginning..

First Proper wetshaving setup was:

Wilkinson Sword Black Plastic DE
Wilkinson UK Blades
Wilkinson Black Bowl Soap
Wilkinson Boar Brush

This held on for quite some time..Until one day I found a googled a wetshaving forum.. And as they say..

HAPPY SHAVING!!! :cool: :D :cool: :D

[moviemaniac]

My very first wetshaving setup (after using 1 or 2 disposables, that is):

Gillette Sensor (still have it, not in use anymore)
Dad's Gillette Classic SC (he now uses it again, thanks to me)
Dad's boar brush (I bought him a badger brush recently)
some Denim A/S but I didn't use it for that as I always thought that A/S are colognes - I gave up pretty soon as the scent didn't last very long on me... :rolleyes: (not in use any more)


Several years later, when I rediscovered wetshaving last winter it looked like this:
(my first straight, a Dovo 5/8 was already on order as a christmas-gift as I knew I wanted to get into shaving with straights) (still in use)
Merkur HD (still in use)
Merkur blades (still in use)
MP best badger (23mm) (still in use)
Olivia SCs (still in use)
Bernd Wahr SS (not in use anymore)
the very same bottle of Denim A/S (gave it away to my brother)

after a few days into wetshaving I knew I liked it and all kinds of ADs started to kick in. Four months later my room now looks like a barber-supply-store :rofl

[Edcculus]

I started with the Proraso collection from Target:

Merkur HD
Sample blades from John
Omega Boar Brush
Proraso Pre/post
Proraso cream
Proraso ASB

I still use the HD like it was my best friend

[crackstar]

when I was just 14, daddy bought me my first razor, a Schick injector I believe, with a cheap brush, and a tube of Noxzema shave cream, which I used for many years. At that time, I was living in Israel, I had another cream called Lavendor, which I recently rediscovered. I think maybe, just maybe, I used canned garbage 6 times in almost 39 years of shaving.

[qhsdoitall]

I started with the Proraso collection from Target:

Merkur HD
Sample blades from John
Omega Boar Brush
Proraso Pre/post
Proraso cream
Proraso ASB

I still use the HD like it was my best friend

Me too except my wife bought me a Merkur Futur. I still use this combo when I want a barber shop day.