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Lavender and lilac
Mama Bear’s Lilac and Lavender shave stick made the usual superb Mama Bear lather, this morning aided by the RazoRock Keyhole synthetic brush, a very nice brush. The first pass with the Stealth was...
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I Coloniali and the Maggard V3A (“A” for “Admirable”)
I Coloniali softening shaving cream with rhubarb is a favorite, but I believe it is now extinct. Still, I have this tube and since I use shaving cream rarely, it should last a long time. Mr Pomp...
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Super-smooth shave with a great fragrance
Phoenix Artisan’s CK-6 formula is wonderful, and Dapper Doc’s Old Time Lilac & Fig Shaving Soap is a wonderful incarnation of the formula. I love the fragrance, and the lather is a killer (as it...
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Solar Flare, Asses’ Milk Shaving soap, and Fine Marvel
Phonenix Artisan’s Solar Flare brush made a superb lather from the organic Asses’ Milk Shaving Soap (which The Wife brought to me from Paris). Three passes with the Fine Marvel head on a bronze UFO...
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A standard good shave elevated by the aftershave
The brush (a Maggard 22mm synthetic), soap (Colonia), and razor (Edwin Jagger with black-rubber handle) are all quite good: excellent performance, well made, and deliver a fine shave. But Anthony...
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Chiseled Face Sherlock and the Game Changer .84-P
Chiseled Face’s Sherlock shaving soap is a lovely soap that I have not been using so often as I should. He describes it thusly: Our Sherlock scent is inspired by the character brought to life in Sir...
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Phoenix Artisan’s Dark Chocolate—for the antioxidants…
As I dive into diet lore, dark chocolate looms large, and so today I went for a nutritious shave. My special Plisson European Grey, a gift The Wife purchased from the last Master Barber in Paris, made...
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Lavender morning
My Simpson Emperor 2 and Barrister & Mann’s Reserve Lavender did not quite pull it off this morning. The lather usable but not really anything to blog about. Nonetheless, it did the lather job,...
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Great lather from Barrister & Mann Reserve Spice (with synthetic brush)
Yesterday I got a so-so lather from Barrister & Mann’s Reserve Lavender, which struck me as odd, so today I used Reserve Spice with this Chiseled Face synthetic brush. Result: the lather was...
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Barrister & Mann Reserve soap with a badger brush: Worked like a charm
In a comment on my shave two days ago, John Perry mentioned that Will of Barrister & Mann specifically recommends using a synthetic shaving brush with Reserve soap (which, I note, has a...
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The Solar Flare and the Dead Sea, with the Baili BR171 and Vide Poche
After three shaves with shaving soaps that require a generous amount of water, I thought I’d balance things with a shaving soap that requires you to be stingy with water. Phoenix Artisan’s Solar Flare...
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Avocado in the shave (and Progress)
The Green Ray is an exceptional brush, and the lather it made from this avocado-based shaving soap was a true pleasure. It, like the Solar Flare, has a 24mm synthetic knot, but I find the Green Ray...
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Products I must use more often: Otoko Organics and Diplomat aftershave
Dedication: This post is dedicated to Eddie T. in Australia. UPDATE: Eddie identifies a US vendor for Otoko Organics! Once again I find myself saying, “Wow! What a great lather!” and remind myself to...
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Phoenix Solstice and a blue Baby Smooth
In yesterday’s SOTD post, I praised Otoko Organics shaving soap and listed an Australian vendor. Eddie from Australia very kindly pointed out a US vendor. I highly recommend the soap: interesting and...
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What a difference a blade can make: Antica Barbieria Colla and my other Baby...
The Kent Infinity i quite a nice synthetic, on the resilient side, and it made a good lather from my Antica Barbieria Colla shaving soap, though I used a little too much water (insufficient shaking...
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Dr. Jon’s 13, with the iKon Shavecraft 101
I really like RazoRock’s Keyhole brush: knot has just the right splay and size and the handle’s comfortable. The No. 13 shaving soap from Dr. Jon made a good lather, and the inestimable iKon...
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2, 89, 400, 1411, …
I do like my Fendrihan 400 brush, a synthetic with a nice feel and interesting handle (which comes in other colors). It made an excellent lather from the vintage Floris No. 89 (still available but the...
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Shaving sequences series: 89, 90—and the apotheosis of the Edwin Jagger DE89
This SOTD post goes out to Danny T, who (like me) has found Nancy Boy Signature Shave Cream to be wonderful—and (he writes) Nancy Boy Sandalwood Shave Cream (which I’ve not tried yet) may soon be...
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A Fine shave with Wholly Kaw’s King of Bourbon
An all-Fine shave save the soap. Wholly Kaw’s King of Bourbon has a fine fragrance, though—let me quote the description at Maggard Razors: Well blended notes of Tobacco, Bourbon Vanilla from...
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Baby Smooth likes better blade, with Tabacco Verde
Tcheon Fung Sing’s Tabacco Verde is a favorite soap, and with the Mühle synthetic I made a very nice lather. The Derby Extra blade I tried in the Baby Smooth was replaced with a Gillette Silver Blue,...
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