Page 10 - Feb 2020 Shave of the Day Monthly Magazine

The three shave brushes pictured are prod-
ucts made by Heritage Collection Shaving

THe Weapon of

Lather: Neil Breed

“The Hunt”

Many of us who find our-
selves in the “Hobby” of
wet shaving inevitably have
to decide what weapons of
choice we will fill our dens
with. This brings me to the
topic of my article and it
being called “The Hunt”

When I first started out I few that could be restored
fell in love with my week- “the new brush
end travels to the antique and put back into service modes lack
again, however they did take
stores or swap meets to a lot of work and there was
find (or as us hobbyist call, a huge learning curve along that rustic and
HUNT) the next great with a lot of Q/A from others
addition to my fledgling vintage appeal.”
shave den. While razors in the community who gra-
ciously shared their knowl-
both straight and safety are edge.
usually available in num-

bers, the weapon we use to As I explored more in the
get our shaves started, the
shave brush....is one that community I found that we
had at our disposal a huge
eludes even the best hunter. collection of talented artisans
As i continued on hunting who would turn a brand new
in my first year of the hob- well made shave brush using
by, I did manage to find a
today’s materials and meth-

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