Ginger’s Garden & the Pils
I took my new Thäter brush for a spin this morning: extremely nice feel and good lather from Ginger’s Garden Almond Cream shaving soap—nice soap with muted fragrance and good lather.
I haven’t used the Pils lately, but this morning I once again realized why I like it so much: it does a superb job of shaving. This is the stainless model, which I then had plated in gold. The Swedish Gillette blade is previously used but still did a smooth job.
Three smooth passes, a splash of Acqua di Parma, and we’re off a day’s adventures.
It looks like you and I will soon have matching Gold PILS razors. I finally got tired of the rusting/tea stains and will be contacting Razor Emporium to plate it in gold.
Phil Huntsinger
2 July 2011 at 1:35 pm
I think it turned out well. Weird that their “stainless” rusts so readily.
LeisureGuy
2 July 2011 at 1:42 pm
It looks very sharp. I thought about plating it in nickel but then thought if I was going to pay and have it plated, I may as well change the look.
Phil Huntsinger
2 July 2011 at 4:39 pm
Thank you for posting about my Almond Cream Shaving Soap. Lots of my wet shaver customers enjoy it.
Irena aka soapbuddy
2 July 2011 at 10:35 pm
Stainless can still rust unless its #316 Marine Grade. Even then, the blades themselves can leave deposits of rust that may need to be cleaned off with a tooth brush. How’s the gold holding up, Michael?
Matt
7 July 2011 at 3:03 am
Gold is doing quite well, and since having it plated I’ve had no problem with rust deposits. Great job. And the rhodium plating is also doing well.
LeisureGuy
7 July 2011 at 3:47 am