Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - May 28th, 2024
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
May 28, 2024 – Bleu Teusday
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Brush: Brad Sears Scotsman XL 28mm Super Badger
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Razor: Puma 89 11/16 Full Hollow
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Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Deep Blue Sea - Soap
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Toner: Thayers - Lemon - Toner
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Aftershave: Stirling Soap Co. - Deep Blue Sea - Aftershave
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Fragrance: Chanel Bleu de Chanel
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Talc: Yardley Gold
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
I’m returning to Bleu Man for the day and using my Puma 89 again. Such an enjoyable experience using a 75 year old straight razor with the excellence of modern-day soaps, splashes and fragrances.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
I wonder how different it really was 75 years ago. Were soaps that much worse? If Palmolive sticks, Mitchell’s wool fat and hard milled Klar soaps are a guide, it might have been quite nice then as well.
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
Well, today, there’s bound to be more choice available to consumers. And, there are bound to be more artisans that aren’t limited to marketing locally. As for soap quality, today’s top tier soaps are certainly not worse than the old favorites. The rest is subjective. While I find MWF, Klar, and Tabac very nice, I also have Wholly Kaw, Barrister and Man, WestMan, Faena, Eufros, and others that I think are better product lines. And the variety of fragrances today is amazing. You wouldn’t see something like Leviathan as a popular scent in 1949 (though The Holy Black’s Gunpowder Spice would probably play well).
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 4 months ago
Ah, I misunderstood your point. Yes, the mind boggling number of options we have today is new.