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“That’s not a bulldog; this is a bulldog!”
One of my new handles from UFO Razor Handles. But first, the lather: my Rooney Style 2 Finest made a wonderful lather from my Lenthéric vintage shaving soap: the bakelite container is in fine shape,...
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Exquisite shave
Absolutely perfect shave today. The brush is my Whipped Dog 24mm silvertip, and it made a fine lather instantly from RazoRock Cacao shaving soap. The Weber DLC head holds a fairly fresh Gillette 7...
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Another great shave
Yet another wonderful shave, BBS mostly. My Omega boar, after soaking while I showered, worked up a wonderful lather from the vintage Yardley shaving soap: good stuff. The Frankenrazor today is the...
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Fasan slant
Today a test of Otoko and a first shave with a new slant. First, the Otoko. Based on previous comments about bad lather from overloading the brush with Otoko, I checked out my load time with the soap,...
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Bathhouse shaving soap
I saw Bathhouse Soapery mentioned on Wicked_Edge, so I ordered a few pucks. Mud & Minerals has little fragrance that I could detect but made a fine lather with the WSP Prince shaving brush. Three...
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Shaving perfection
An absolutely perfect result, though I have the say the Fasan is not yet so comfortable as the bakelite slant I already had: slightly more threatening. But no problems today. I used a Myrurgia soap...
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Inexpensive gear, good shave
My shaving brush and razor came from BestShave.net. Razor (the Yuma, cast in some very lightweight metal) was $2, and as I recall the brush was about the same—maybe $3.50, but the brush is not...
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BBS once more
A truly excellent shave at every step. My Morris & Forndran brush is top-notch, and it worked up a very fine lather from Honeybee Soaps Just Peachy shaving soap: a wonderful fragrance of fresh...
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BBS with a Bic Metal
Extremely good shave today. I used the Rod Neep brush to apply Brummell Shave Creme, which apparently is not a lathering shave cream, but does a good job withal—and it did indeed leave my skin feeling...
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Nice shave, new razor
Yesterday I got Edwin Jagger razor heads—heads only—for my additional UFO handles, and today’s razor is one of those. It’s holding a Trig blade and performed well. The Plisson Chinese Grey brush...
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Better pairing
Today I decided that UFO’s Zeus XL handle would do better on a razor that was on the heavy side from the start: my Tradere Solid Bar. So off with the Tradere handle and on with the UFO. And it does...
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BBS perfection
Absolute perfection of the BBS shave. The Vie-Long brush is, I believe, a badger+horse combo, and it made a wonderful lather with the Ogallala shave stick. I read somewhere a comment by someone who...
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Gillette Guard: Single-blade cartridge
I’m trying the Bic Metal (shave report here) and the Gillette Guard as possible travel razors (i.e., allowed by TSA in carry-on luggage). These certainly are good travel razors in terms of weight: Bic...
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Watching the angle
Because of yesterday’s shave with the Guard, whose pivoted (single-blade) cartridge head always keeps the same angle automatically, I was particularly conscious of angle in today’s shaving, using an...
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Fine shave with Spencer & Devon
A very nice shave with a couple of small nicks on upper lip—My Nik Is Sealed did its job again. I got a modest but adequate lather from the Spencer & Devon shaving cream: not quite the lather to...
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The Ides of March, and a totally comfortable BBS shave
Today I enjoyed a totally comfortable shave with a BBS result. First, the brush: an Omega silvertip of some years, and not terrible expensive at the time—about $45-$65 range. The knot is enormous and...
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Trumper Rose
A very fine “regular” shave: my Vie-Long horse brush did an extremely good job working up a lather from Geo. F.Trumper Rose shaving soap, one of the mainstays, and then my Weber DLC head holding a...
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The perfection of the Monday shave
Totally wonderful shave. I know now about Mike’s Natural soaps and their amazing thirst for water, so I had no trouble getting a very fine lather with my Vie-Long horsehair shaving brush—really a...
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BBS with flare-tip Super Speed
Extremely pleasant shave, all the way. I’m back to using MR GLO, and I find I do like it better than generic high-glycerin soap. The Mühle silverfiber brush shown produced a really superb lather from...
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Exquisite shave, good start
Extremely good shave this morning. Pre-shave beard wash with MR GLO, then the doughty Wee Scot worked up a mighty lather from BathhouseSoap.com’s Submariner shaving soap: a refreshing fragrance and...
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