Bakunin17
New member
Spent several weeks with the young folks on Reddit's Wicked Edge forum and saw how the old-time shaving wisdom of the earlier 2006 era shaving forums has really changed.
The classics: Trumper, Taylors, Harris, MWF etc. have been displaced by artisan soaps pretty much completely. Creams are just totally ignored while artisan soap and after shave combos are de rigueur.
Badger and Boar brushes have given way to Synthetics brush use, it's taken for granted that this is the number one choice. Brush knowledge or expertise on the finer points of badger and boar use is non-existent.
The Gillette's and Merkur 34 HD that many wet shavers started on as standard are not recommended while the Henson or Rockwell razors are. Instead of Dovo or Thiers as first razors prospective users were directed to ebayer's selling shave ready vintage straights.
Like in many things, it seems shaving wisdom has been dumbed down.
The classics: Trumper, Taylors, Harris, MWF etc. have been displaced by artisan soaps pretty much completely. Creams are just totally ignored while artisan soap and after shave combos are de rigueur.
Badger and Boar brushes have given way to Synthetics brush use, it's taken for granted that this is the number one choice. Brush knowledge or expertise on the finer points of badger and boar use is non-existent.
The Gillette's and Merkur 34 HD that many wet shavers started on as standard are not recommended while the Henson or Rockwell razors are. Instead of Dovo or Thiers as first razors prospective users were directed to ebayer's selling shave ready vintage straights.
Like in many things, it seems shaving wisdom has been dumbed down.