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The wonderful iKon 102
This RazoRock silvertip from Italian Barber has quite a large knot, but it did a fine job with Meißner Tremonia’s Woody Almond shaving paste. Their shaving paste is very nice, but it does get used up...
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Fendrihan’s Mk II stainless-steel razor—and lavender all the way
The razor shown is Fendrihan’s Mk II stainless steel razor with a bronze coating, which was a limited edition. The razor is now available in plain stainless steel (US$45 — Marketing speak: “No coating...
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Meißner Tremonia Moroccan Rhassoul and the Game Changer, with Pashana
I mentioned yesterday that Meißner Tremonia soaps all use clay, and this soap is named after the clay it contains: Moroccan Rhassoul. (The label lists it as “ghassoul clay,” but the name is a...
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The razor of Achilles
I was admiring my bronze-coated Fendrihan Mk II stainless-steel razor, which happened to be net to my tub of Achilles shaving soap, and it occurred to me that Achilles, a great Bronze Age warrior,...
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Exotic Elemi and Pashana, with the Rockwell 6S
Exotic Elemi is another Meißner Tremonia shaving soap with a great fragrance, floral with a spicy note. Mr Pomp made a great lather, and the R3 plate on my Rockwell 6S delivered its usual great shave,...
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Zi’ Peppino and the Old Style: Fantastically good shave
The green tobacco fragrance, I’m told, is the fragrance of the tobacco flower. It certainly is not the fragrance of cured tobacco, but might brighter and lighter—and altogether pleasant. My RazRock...
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A special shave for a special day: Special 218
QED’s Special 218 is a wonderful shaving soap: glycerin based with great lather and a dark, piney, woody fragrance. My Wet Shaving Product Monarch created a satisfying lather, and my RazorRock Stealth...
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The Model T returns, with Tcheon Fung Sing and Simpson Chubby 1 Best
Sandalwood seems to trigger skin reactions in some men, but fortunately I so far am immune, and I do like Tcheon Fung Sing, though I would not characterize the sandalwood fragrance of this soap as...
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Rockwell Model T and Tcheon Fung Sing: 3, 4, 5
This morning I tried one of the techniques mantic59 discusses in Sharpologist: the Dial-Up method, in which the setting is increased from pass to pass. For the adjustable razor, I used my new Rockwell...
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Planet Java Hive and Rockwell Model T: 4, 3, 2
Another Phoenix Artisan CK-6 shaving soap, Planet Java Hive has a very nice fragrance: honey + coffee. It is pleasing, and I’m reminded of Mickey Lee Soapworks Bee Witched, only with coffee. And I do...
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Coffee in the morning, with the iKon 101
I bought some more Mama Bear shaving soaps (because the lather from these glycerin-based soaps is so very good), and here’s the first of the new batch: Turkish Mocha: Creamy top notes of milk,...
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A Fine and Marvel-ous shave with Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli
My Rooney Victorian made a great lather from Declaration Grooming’s Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli soap, whose ingredients are: Stearic Acid, Water, Potassium Hydroxide, Avocado Oil, Vegetable Glycerin, Bison...
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A (wonderful) Sunday shave: Lavendar and Lilac and the X3
This afternoon I’ll be going out to the Sheringham Distillery for an open house to launch their new whisky (and undoubtedly to celebrate their world title for contemporary gin, received for their...
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King of Bourbon is in the house…
Even though not a two-day stubble, this morning’s shave was a delight and a great way to start the week. My Omega 20102 loaded easily, though I took my time and added a little water twice: it’s a big...
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A luscious-smelling lather: Mama Bear’s Buttercream
Mama Bear’s Buttercream has a wonderful fragrance, and with the 24mm Maggard synthetic shown, it made a great lather. I am struck by the quality of the lather from these glycerin-based soaps. I think...
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Stubble Trubble swan song, with the Phoenix Ascension, a double open comb
I mentioned the last time I used Stubble Trubble’s Up & Adam shaving so that they had gone out of business, but Eddie in Australia pointed out that Above the Tie still had some tubes of their...
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A lather every bit as good as from a Mama Bear shaving soap
D.R. Harris is the only big-name English shaving soap company that continues to make its own soap: the others contracted out soap production and accepted the reformulation that the soap producer...
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I love the smell of Iso-E Super in the morning.
This morning I am finally able to try Dr. Jon’s new formulation, which he calls “Vol. 2” and of which he writes: We wanted to transition from making a high quality vegan shaving soap to making the...
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Floris No. 89 and the Feather AS-D1
A belated start to blogging, but shaved early and enjoyed it. That’s the RazoRock 400 brush, which I like and which comes in various colors (and is inexpensive to boot). It loaded very nicely from my...
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Tobacco fragrance starts the week
Sherlock is the Chiseled Face soap with a tobacco fragrance: It is a warm tobacco based scent blended with toasted caramel, black pepper, moist dirt, and finished with a touch of leather, moss,...
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