Nightguard
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I was largely disappointed with all the Myrsol's I've tried. Also the Wolfman I managed to acquire didn't perform for me. Beautiful craftsmanship though.
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@Nightguard Are you looking to move it on ????I was largely disappointed with all the Myrsol's I've tried. Also the Wolfman I managed to acquire didn't perform for me. Beautiful craftsmanship though.
<5 minutes for an offer to buy Gotta love demand of the Wolfman
This.
Postage across Melbourne is normally more than Spain to Melbourne for example.
My biggest disappointment was Henri et Victoria Cognac and Cuban Cigars. Amazing scent, but it irritated my face something rotten. Happily, it went to a good home.
I've been a little disappointed with the consistency of P&B. Some soaps excellent, some not so much. PAA and Catie's Bubbles the same.
Most razors I've been happy with - except for a few dodgy eBay vintage straights - and was mostly unhappy due to them being too mild (Red Tip, iKon X3, EJ89)
They cant all be winners!!
That went well. Maybe we should have a sticky thread just for this purpose.Yes! PM sent.
It's easy to be disappointed with soap buys. Even sample sizes of anything are costly in postage (on the rare occasions they're available domestically), so the temptation is always to gamble on buying a full tub.
I bought a tub of Barrister and Mann Cheshire on the basis of what they described as their goal - an evocation of Earl Grey tea, which even though I'm not a tea-drinker, I thought sounded great. However, I failed to read the ingredients list properly, and didn't notice the inclusion of patchouli, a scent I particularly dislike.
So needless to say, when I took the lid off the tub, all I could smell was patchouli.
Nobody's fault but my own, of course. I later came to not hate it, and of course the performance can't be faulted, so I've been using it up in a fairly profligate fashion and am now down to about a week's worth of shaves out of it.
Here's a thought: if anyone can bear the idea of a used soap, are there any takers out there for this as a sample? (No charge, of course)
That sucks.
Unfortunately I experienced similar issues ordering a shaving mug from Aliexpress where the seller thought it would be wise sending a ceramic mug inside a postage bag (minimal bubble wrap) and twice it came in pieces. After 2 months of mucking around and instructions to at least wrap it securely in a box/label the item fragile, I gave up and found the same item for sale in AUS and although I paid extra, the item arrived in one piece and lesson learnt to never buy fragile items from China! Just no worth the hasslebunmer
Yeah I had a bit of a laugh at myself about it later... me being a cheapskate has prevented me from having a lather bowl for nearly 4 months, to save an amount that I regularly waste on other non-essentials! And now I'm back at square one. Won't happen again; no more Ali-non-Express for me. I like the look of the Fine lather bowls from Vshod., I gave up and found the same item for sale in AUS and although I paid extra, the item arrived in one piece and lesson learnt to never buy fragile items from China! Just no worth the hassle
I can highly recommend the Fine Lather Bowl as I own one but dont use it as much because I'm too worried the misses will break it It's sturdy, lathers well and you can dry your brush on the handle - only wish would be that it was deeper but still does the job with ease!Yeah I had a bit of a laugh at myself about it later... me being a cheapskate has prevented me from having a lather bowl for nearly 4 months, to save an amount that I regularly waste on other non-essentials! And now I'm back at square one. Won't happen again; no more Ali-non-Express for me. I like the look of the Fine lather bowls from Vshod.
I've been meaning to ask Robert Barron of Gooseneck Pottery (Kardella, VIC) to make me a shave bowl, either to my own design, or just let him do whatever comes to him. He does lovely work which he fires about twice a year in a truly impressive wood-fired kiln (well worth visiting just to see this), just using smoke and ash to produce the most beautiful glazes.... me being a cheapskate has prevented me from having a lather bowl for nearly 4 months, to save an amount that I regularly waste on other non-essentials! And now I'm back at square one.