Shaving Kit Giveaway

After just getting into the Wonderful World of Wet Shaving at the tender age of 50 with a feather weight butterfly style razor known as the "Micro Touch One" and some unknown blades that came with it I set forth in replacing that gear almost immediately after the initial shave because after removing the turnicut from my neck before everything went black to halt the bleeding I realized that I had just given myself the closest shave I had ever had from using a plethora of electric razors and multi layered cartridges that promised me nothing except a greater hole in my wallet.  A year now after the beginning of this quest I have one new butterfly style razor, two brushes, a couple soaps and a few balms.  But in this small but growing collection of facial mowing  materials stands a brush that is alone in feel and performance over brushes made from the hair of badger, boar and noble beasts of burden and that is my "Satin Tip the Purist".  After having this brush for a couple of months now I can not see having a better experience with a natural hair brush.  These few items have turned a few minutes of drudgery into something to look forward in my day.

I would like to be considered. My favorite piece of shave gear is the shavette/shaper that my father gave me. It is worth about nothing in monetary terms. Although it means a lot to me. It belonged to my grandfather. A few years back my family and I were going to Chicago. I phoned my grandfather and told him that when we returned we were going to fill his freezer with steaks and take him out for father's day.

About a week before father;s day I got a call from my dad and he said nobody had heard from my grandfather in a few days. I attempted to contact him but I did not get an answer.

A few days later I got another call from my dad. They found my grandfather in his truck out in the parking lot next to his apartment complex. He had died a few days before they found him.

The only things I have of my grandfathers are that razor and a picture of him in his Army uniform.

My most appreciated piece of gear would be my open-combed Fatip.  The first time I used it I was still fairly new to DE shaving, and thought, mind you, thought I was using light pressure. That shave HURT. Wow. I learned the hard way what 'aggressive' meant in terms of razors.  It took a while to learn and understand that razors are kinda like people; all are different, and you gotta spend quality time with them to really know and appreciate them. That was a few months back, and I have a great appreciation for my Fatip, and for using light pressure every shave, no matter what razor.

I might not use my Fatip the most, but I can tell you it is dear to my heart; it taught a much better technique, and gave me a new found appreciation for patience and observance - especially when it comes to my face!

Hi to all :-) I just started DE shaving this year so I'm still learning on what I have. So far I think its my brush by Ambroley. It's a badger hair brush that I got from Amazon. Really like the way it make a lather. Later that's probably going to change as I get better and trying new gear as time goes by. As for now my badger hair brush out shines my other shaving gear. Thank you

Thank You for oportunity, please allow me to be considered.
I am not the happy type of user that everyone seems to turn into as soon as they try DE or straight razor shavinh, or maybe simply changing to a quality brush and quality cream/soap. Unfortunately I am the user with very dry and thin skin that is instantly getting allergies from any soap that has comedogen ingredients or anything that is a bit more aggressive. It took me a very long time of trial and error trying to figure an ingredient that is causing allergy unfortunately I couldn't decide over any ingredient at all. Tried various blades and had random results with them. What I did buy at some point that changed everything was, not a razor, nit a blade but, a brush: Plisson.
It was this brush that teached me how a lather should look like, how much water can actually be added to the lather, how much more work I should have put into lathering to reach the perfect lather state that was reached in no time with Plisson and most importantly, how stable should be a lather when worked correctly and drying a lather can be if is not brought to the yoghurt state which Plisson delivers immediately. This is the piece of gear that will never be missing from my den, as it was the reason today I am a part of the happy shavers group as well.
Happy shaving

Good day shavers, my favorite piece of shaving gear is a butterfly razor that my wife bought for me just over a year ago.  It came in a kit that was purchased at a big box store.  I started to use the kit, soap, brush etc.  Not knowing I was using this set all wrong (not knowing proper technique for soap loading and lathering), I used this for about a year.   All along I knew I was NOT getting good results from my lack luster technique.  So one day (3 months ago) I did a quick search on You Tube on how to shave and I found the TSE and watched all of the Tips for New Wet Shavers videos.  Which helped me out a GREAT deal.  Also I never knew there was an industry dedicated to this hobby because I never knew it to be hobby.  But once finding this out (by watching many many videos) I dove right into this hobby.  I have in the last two weeks upgraded my butterfly razor to a Merkur 1904 straight bar and now I look forward to buying my first open comb razor.  My shave den is still in its infancy but I look forward to trying many soaps, creams, razors, brushes and especially aftershaves.  So this butterfly razor from my wife, is my favorite piece of gear for the simple fact that it opened up a whole new hobby to me.  Thank you wife,  thank you  TSE Chris Bailey and thanks to every wet shaver out there who is having a great time doing this.  Shave On Shava  
                                                                                                                                                                 Shaving Sean

My favorite piece of shave gear is my micro touch one safety razor, lol! I bought it not even knowing what wet shaving was. Because of this razor, it opened up this awesome hobby for me and now I'm an addict to products and you tube videos!

Hi to all, I started wet shaving at Christmas ? when my wonderful daughter bought me a Bluebeards Revenge razor set. I have very fast beard growth due tablets that I am on(shave in the morning, come 6 o'clock at least 1-2mm growth) & have a course beard. I used a Wilkinson Sword Quattro titanium razor as this lasted longer than the rest & was a good shave. But it was getting very expensive. So when my daughter bought me a DE razor & told me it will save me money. Well she wasn't wrong and after learning to shave with the DE & getting good shaves, there was a bonus as well. I have sensitive skin to cap it off as well but the Bluebeards Revenge post shave balm is great it cools & calms my skin without drying out my skin but the bonus is it has decelerine in it which after 2 months use it slows your beard growth & it does. So my favourite shave item is Bluebeards Revenge Post Shave Balm. Thanks have agood day.

Hi guys and thanks for all the great posts. I put the numbers in randomizer based on post number and the winner is Post #95. It appears username Baconator has post #95. Baconator - send me a PM with your address and I'll get this out to you this week.

Congrat baconator!