What do you have 'Out for Delivery' ?

A souvenir spoon with the famous Spruce Good in Long Beach, California, where I grew up, for scooping shaving cream.  I always have admired the airplane's  bizarreness.

Just came today, Semogue 1305 and Haslinger Sandalwood puck

ADP shaving soap. Stuck shipment

It's actually kinda silly for me to post this now,because it'll likely be a month before I receive it, but I decided to give boar another shot.  I had a very underwhelming experience using a Semouge 620 years ago, so unimpressive that I haven't tried another boar brush since.  Anyway, after doing some research, a few days ago I placed an order for the Jade Omega 011842 from Connaught.

It's actually kinda silly for me to post this now,because it'll likely be a month before I receive it, but I decided to give boar another shot.  I had a very underwhelming experience using a Semouge 620 years ago, so unimpressive that I haven't tried another boar brush since.  Anyway, after doing some research, a few days ago I placed an order for the Jade Omega 011842 from Connaught.

Those Omegas break in quickly with just daily use for a few weeks while Semouges take at least a few months in my experience.  Especially the 620.

A Semogue Torga C5 Premium Boar. Looking forward to breaking this one in!

It's actually kinda silly for me to post this now,because it'll likely be a month before I receive it, but I decided to give boar another shot.  I had a very underwhelming experience using a Semouge 620 years ago, so unimpressive that I haven't tried another boar brush since.  Anyway, after doing some research, a few days ago I placed an order for the Jade Omega 011842 from Connaught.

Those Omegas break in quickly with just daily use for a few weeks while Semouges take at least a few months in my experience.  Especially the 620.

Have you tried the cold water in the refrigerator break in method?  I think I saw something either here on DFS or a Mantic video where you stick the brush in a glass of cold water in the refrigerator for a day then shake it out and towel strop it for a while and put it back in for another day and do the same thing.  I tried it with a new Semogue OC Taj resin boar and also a model 620 and it worked pretty well especially on the OC which is a better grade of bristle than the 620.

Just to follow up on my previous post, I find the Semogue model 620 to be hard to like. I have 2 OC boars, cherry and resin handles, a 1305 and a 2000 all of which I really like. The 620 isn’t as nice as those.  I also have an Omega 1049 that I like. I ordered another Omega from WCS a month and a half ago that hasn’t showed up yet. I don’t know if it’s pandemic delayed or just lost but I figure I’ll go into PayPal and reverse the transaction.

Cool Water After Shave

Another Gillette Old Type with a thin cap to add to the growing collection of Old Types!