I have downsized the den

After much procrastination, and a bit of laziness, I have finally made some inroads into downsizing the den.  There will be a few pictures to follow but I am busting with pride.  My downsized operation consists of:

[1] 30 badger brushes;

[2] 34 Soaps and 2 creams;

[3]  only 12 double edged razors.

The real progress is in the DE razor category.  I went down from 20 to 12.  Surprisingly, some standards such the 38C and 39C and several Ikon razors were retired for now.  I have been thinking about retiring the Ikons for awhile, but I could not forget how excited I was when Greg started the company. Although I still think that they are very good, high quality razors, I think that other artisans have eclipsed them - ATT, Rockwell, RR Wunderbar and now the new adjustable Parker Variant.  I will hold on to them and see if I miss them.

Any way, that's all for now.  Have a great holiday and new year!!

Downsized to 30 brushes, eh?

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I am being practical...I'm not a fanatic!  

I am being practical...I'm not a fanatic!  

I hear you. I was like that with injectors for quite a few years. I'll bet I had 40+ at one point in time and never shaved with any of them, really. now I'm down to probably less than 8 and a few of those still need to be listed for sale....

...but you're enjoying them more, right?  Please say yes.

I have downsized my safety razor collection to 4( with only two in weekly/bi-weekly rotation) from about 25. I definitely get more consistent and comfortable shaves now. (Blackbird, 34C and occasionally Tech, Slim) will only buy a BBS-1 if they open the list which I assume will never happen. I usually shave with a razor for 10-15 days then move on to a new one.

Trying to downsize my straight razor collection from 8 to 2/3 but no luck in trying to sell them at a fairly discounted price.

Brush: If I don't start to enjoy my Shavemac after 15 more uses, I plan to sell all/most of my badgers and keep boars mostly as I really enjoy them/ find them easier and more fun to use. I have two synthetics, might add a 26mm plisson style one.

Aftershave: Unless I am really intrigued by the scent profile, I will not add any aftershave to my collection of ~25 of them and whoever visits my house is encouraged to take an aftershave or two . Only unrefined shea butter, unscented Stirling balm for me. And AoS Sandalwood. And Myrsol Blue.

Soaps and Creams: Oh well, this is where I am going crazy these days. But I have started to sell brands that I don't like for one reason or another. So apart from my trusted Artisan/Commercial brands, I have decided to explore only through Pasteurs. I have about 40 now. At it's peak I had about 55.

I really feel good about downsizing as now I get great shaves consistently: I started this traditional route with the primary aim of getting irritation free shaves. So while exploring new things and having a larger den is fun, it is not worth the occasional rough shaves.


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...but you're enjoying them more, right?  Please say yes.

I haven't used an injector in probably 6+ months, if not longer. my rotation basically consists of the general, feather as-d2 and a fat handle gillette tech.

I still have the razorock hawk & slant to try...

Thirty brushes is downsizing? Holy cow dude, that must have been a monster collection. . Glad to see you are enjoying wetshaving so much. Just curious, but which brushes are the thirty? They must be pretty darned good.

Off the top of my head, I have:

• 11 Simpsons
  

• 7 Shavemacs
  

• 3 Rooney
  

• 1 Morris & Forndran
  

• 1 Wiborg White Badger
  

• 3 Vie-Long Epsilons
  

• 1Thater 4125/B
  

• 1New Forest Tubby 2
  

• 1TGN/Rudy Vey handle
  

• 1 Tipsoft
  

Congratulations, Ted.