What was your first razor, shaving brush and shaving soap?

[SpeedyPC]

La Toja

I haven't used La Toja stick for ages, I believe they've stopped making tallow version.

 

[chazt]

My very first safety razor was the Wilkinson Bonded blade system which included a handle and easy loading carts. I used it from the age of 14 until i was about twenty years old. The blades became increasingly difficult to find locally and it was then that i switched to the Gillette Trac II. The Wilkinson was a great shave system; better imo than the Trac II, which also imo is still better than anything Gillette introduced later. The Wilkie system was one quality blade that lasted me a good 2 weeks of every other day shaves. I used that with Barbasol, Rise or Foamy canned goo.

 

[Quique]

I haven't used La Toja stick for ages, I believe they've stopped making tallow version.

Yes, they stopped making the tallow version a few years ago and replaced it with a series of vegetable versions that almost nobody likes.

 

[Mike Smart]

This was my first.
After deciding to go for it i took a trip to Executive Shaving in Glasgow only to find out it was a warehouse with a sales part,
Couldn’t basically browse anything but i was determined i wanted the Feather but the rest was recommendations from them.
6-7 years later i still love it all.
I did use the Personna blades and didn’t like them and still not keen on them today.
I went straight in with a feather blade & found that to be fine.
It wasn’t until a few months after i realised that all blades were different.

 

[p.b]

Hmmmmm - I think it was the Merkur Futur - it looks cool; a Edwin Jagger Silver tip (very soft) and Bluebeard / Dreadnaught shaving cream and the second tub of shaving soap was Castle Forbes, Lime probably.