Wet Shaving Talk For 8 April 2024

You're listening to Wet Shaving Talk powered by Sharpologist.com where we're dedicated to preserving the art and skill of classic shaving. I'm your host Joe Borrelli and today is April 8th 2024. ______________________________________________________________________________   Today on the Show:   Happy Eclipse Day!! Bottom Dial Gillette Selling for over $2200!  New Bench Strops from Amazon Paladin Brushes Slowing Down the Pace  Cleaning Your Shaving Brushes… Do You Need to Do it?  One Month With Tabac Challenge! (For Me)  ______________________________________________________________________________ Cased Gillette Bottom Dial Selling for $2275! Although not the highest we've seen for a cased Bottom Dial (the record was $5362 back in 2021), this one certainly was an interesting auction.    I'm not sure if this cased example is a new "barn find" or just a known model switching hands but we've seen several cased models sell in the past 3 or 4 years.  What was once only thought to be a wet shaving myth has now become a reality.  I'll tell you my thoughts on why we are seeing more of these pop up.    For more information of the bottom dial check out this article: https://sharpologist.com/gillette-bottom-dial-aqoss/  ______________________________________________________________________________New Bench Strops  Recently I purchased two cheap bench strops and some pastes on Amazon for maintaining my straight razors.  Although for years, I was not into using pastes, recently I added them on one of my hanging strops and began to enjoy using them.     Both are loaded with pastes, one being .50 micron diamond spray and the other .10 micron diamond paste.     I'll tell you my thoughts.  ______________________________________________________________________________Paladin Brushes Slowing Down Production    Paladin brushes have announced they will be slowing production and limiting availability in the near future.  If you've been around  the wet shaving world for a few years, you'll know Paladin was very popular back in 2014-2018, with brushes selling out in seconds and going for 5X their retail on secondary sites.    _____________________________________________________________________________Cleaning Your Shave Brushes.  Do you need to do it?  Lots of guys do it and alot do not.  Should you?  I'll tell you my thoughts ______________________________________________________________________________   Our show is powered by Sharpologist.com, "What Your Father Didn't Teach You about Shaving"  Special Thanks to:   Mark aka Mantic 59 Most of All……….YOU!!!!   Don't forget to check out my blog site www.shavestraightandsafe.com  for the tips and interesting wet shaving stories!   Please feel free to contact me at [email protected]     Subscribe to my You Tube Chanel for videos regarding some interesting wet shaving content.   Are you interested in sponsoring an episode? Contact Me!!!   If you're a vendor and would like to be featured on the show please contact me!!   Next Show: 4/21/24   Until then… Shave Straight and Shave Safe!!    Please check out my book: "The Modern Guide to Straight Razor Shaving"