- Joined
- Sunday January 30, 2011
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
A vintage Somerset Simpson 'Extra Super' (Manchurian) Chubby 3 arrived. I'm glad to have it back.
After a quick visit at Lebanese and Turkish shops... the Ingram it's a British one!
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The turkish one was the tfc Catford (opposite Bellingham bus garage)! There was tobacco and lemon (a lot of options in the lemon one) colognes! The Lebanese was at green valley (edgware road) and was the last tube of Ingram! There's few more Arabic drugstores at edgware road and with luck can get more Ingram (maybe even the Egyptian ones)!Superb haul! IMO, it's far more satisfying buying wet shaving products 'out in the open' than online. Where abouts are those shops? In a Turkish mini supermarket up the road from where I live (the shop's in Tooting Broadway) they sell Akcay Tobacco splash which is one of my favourite post shave products.
Shave pretty well actually. Quite a bit of blade feel but gave a comfortable and close shave.
Great info! I completely forgot about the Arabic shops around Edgware Road! I've been meaning to head that way for a while, will make a trip sooner rather than later. There are actually quite a few decent Egyptian shaving creams around (quite a few on Ebay) so hopefully they'll have some in stock even if it is the Egyptian Ingram which is supposed to be superb.The turkish one was the tfc Catford (opposite Bellingham bus garage)! There was tobacco and lemon (a lot of options in the lemon one) colognes! The Lebanese was at green valley (edgware road) and was the last tube of Ingram! There's few more Arabic drugstores at edgware road and with luck can get more Ingram (maybe even the Egyptian ones)!
And don't forget to go to mayfair and visit Taylor of old bond street, Harris....Thanks for the info. I had a look for it on the Aliexpress page, but it seems to no longer be in stock. I hope they stock it and their slant again.
Great info! I completely forgot about the Arabic shops around Edgware Road! I've been meaning to head that way for a while, will make a trip sooner rather than later. There are actually quite a few decent Egyptian shaving creams around (quite a few on Ebay) so hopefully they'll have some in stock even if it is the Egyptian Ingram which is supposed to be superb.
Thanks for the info. I had a look for it on the Aliexpress page, but it seems to no longer be in stock. I hope they stock it and their slant again.
Nice looking handle Rob, what knot are you using? P.
Nice looking handle Rob, what knot are you using? P.
Very nice indeed, what will the loft size be? Don't forget to show us the finished brush P.Thanks Paul. I'll be using an OUMO Manchurian. I'm sending to a friend to set the knot.
Very nice indeed, what will the loft size be? Don't forget to show us the finished brush P.