My current razor is a Merkur 34c, coming from a VDH TTO model that was not horrible, but not like the Merkur at all. I'm actually looking at purchasing an Ikon 102, as I want to try a slant, but I don't want to drop $250 on a RR stealth slant before I decide if I like slants or not.
My favorite brush that I use every day is a Whipped Dog 24mm silvertip. I love it, especially for the price. I am looking into another brush too, (see a pattern here) possibly a 30mm whipped dog.
I love/hate feather blades. I am actually looking into polsilvers and silver blues to try something new. I tried lab blues and they were not sharp enough to me, which I need to revisit now that I have some really good soaps and have improved my lathering technique.
Soaps are my fastest growing collection, primarily because I'm looking for other options. I absolutely love the D R Harris Windsor scent, but there are definitely soaps that perform better. RR Son of Zeus is my current go to. I also like the B&M Cheshire. I have some Tabac soap and some strop shoppe on the way. Now my other thread is growing a nice list for me to work on!!!
Finally, I use the D R Harris aftershave milk in Windsor as my posts shave. I'm trying some new aftershaves too including Fine, Lucky Tiger, and some others. Looking to try some PAA and maybe just a good ol' alum block to see how that goes.
All that being said, I have never been so interested in shaving before. I actually look forward to it, especially since I've got all this new stuff in the mail and I'm about to die to try it all.
