Re: Help Me Please --- SHOEBOX SHAVESHOP stocking
Posted by Murray on March 11, 2009, 1:48 am, in reply to "Help Me Please --- SHOEBOX SHAVESHOP stocking"
Hi 'Warp - Neat idea!
On a smaller scale, I have a couple of new wetshaver kits just waiting for new guys in need!
I think the Weishi is an ideal razor for getting started, for testing different blades without dire consequences, and for sensitive skin. It is a well-made razor and the recipient doesn't feel like he has been given something cheap.
I think the more universally accepted blade (that is, almost no complaints) is the Crystal/IP. I would give a supply of these with the razors and encourage the new wetshavers to stick with these for a good while and develop their technique.
I can't speak to creams because I don't use them. For soaps, I think glycerin-based soaps are easier to lather early on, and they provide a good shave. My favorite soaps, otherwise, are Cella and the Valobra Shave Stick (converted into a cake). Institut Karite is also excellent.
For brushes, I would look at the Omega boar models. I think any of them would be good, and I have generally stocked the 49 for such occasions. The smaller Omegas would also be good, and the luxurious 31020, 31025, 31064, and 31156 from the Selected Boar Brush line would be a step up.
I'm not sure that I would get into giving badger brushes away. I think that pure badger outperforms anything else, but many find them prickly. (For me, the Omega 63171 in pure badger is awfully close to brush perfection.) Silvertip brushes make expensive gifts. Rather than buy badger brushes for this purpose, I would turn to the nicer Omegas I listed above, that sell for around $25.00 each. The new brush worked out by Zach and Giovanni with Omega may also be just the ticket.
Aftershaves are a rather individual matter. I use Thayer's Witch Hazel because most colognes and aftershaves attack my olfactory. I would say that your friends could just get whatever aftershave they already like at the local store, including the Nivea balm.
Hope this helps you, 'Warp -
- Murray
--Previous Message--
: So if you were building a ShoeBox ShaveShop
: what basic things would you put in the
: box....Remember
: your Shop is a Shoebox (well, maybe 2
: shoebox's )
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: What 2 or 3 razors?
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: What 4 to 6 brands of blades ?
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: What 3 to 6 badger brushes ?
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: What 3 to 6 Boar brushes ?
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: What 3 to 6 Shave Creams ?
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: What 3 to 6 Shave Soaps ?
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: What 2 to 4 AfterShaves ?
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: What little extra items, such as Alum Block,
: Styptic Pencils, etc.
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: Seriously guys your input & opinions are
: truly appreciated...Sigh, I might even go 3
: Shoebox's but No Mo'
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Message Thread:
- Help Me Please --- SHOEBOX SHAVESHOP stocking - hyperwarp March 9, 2009, 8:06 pm
- Re: Help Me Please --- SHOEBOX SHAVESHOP stocking - MichaelD March 9, 2009, 11:42 pm
- Re: Help Me Please --- SHOEBOX SHAVESHOP stocking - John C March 10, 2009, 1:12 am
- Re: Help Me Please --- SHOEBOX SHAVESHOP stocking - MattC March 10, 2009, 9:50 am
- Re: Help Me Please --- SHOEBOX SHAVESHOP stocking - J.J. Howard March 10, 2009, 1:22 pm
- Some good idea's & reco's....keep'em coming...Thanks - hyperwarp March 10, 2009, 7:58 pm
- Re: Help Me Please --- SHOEBOX SHAVESHOP stocking - GA Russell March 11, 2009, 12:11 am
- Re: Help Me Please --- SHOEBOX SHAVESHOP stocking - Murray March 11, 2009, 1:48 am
- SHOEBOX SHAVESHOP Initial Razor Stocking - hyperwarp March 11, 2009, 6:17 pm
- Well, assuming a box for a pair of Justin Boots size 12.5 ... - John the painter March 11, 2009, 7:24 pm
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