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Late start, great shave with Creed’s Green Irish Tweed and the iKon 102
The Wife is away, and so I got a sluggish start. When she’s home, her work schedule keeps me on track. I was so slow that I placed the lid upside down, but from there it all got better. (I just...
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Lupo and Floris: They love each other
I managed to balance the Lupo on the rounded side of its head, but it was not easy. I really love the razor, but that rounded portion means the razor must rest on its guard, and that I’m not crazy...
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Mr Pomp, D.R. Harris, and the MJ-90A
D.R. Harris shaving soap is a classic, and I just realized I am running a wooden-tub-shave-soap series, so Arlington is today’s entrant. Mr Pomp made and extremely nice lather—D.R. Harris lather, one...
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Another wooden-tub shaving soap, with Baby Smooth and Blenheim Bouquet
This is a fine vintage (now) shaving soap, which I believe was made by Truefitt & Hill pre-out-sourcing. It was a private-label soap sold by a vendor who’s now retired, the business name sold to a...
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Yardley and the iKon 101, with JF
My ancient tub of Yardley, a big brand back in the day, is still going strong. I have to admit, though, that the G.B. Kent BK-4 does seem to be fluffier than I now like: too airy in feel....
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The end of the wooden-tub series: Geo. F. Trumper Sandalwood and the Baby Smooth
After yesterday’s airy-brush experience, I wanted a sturdier, denser, more resilient brush and the Simpson Chubby 1 Best did the job nicely. This is an ancient tub of pre-formulation Trumper shaving...
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The wonderful Monday shave, with Vetiver and the Parker Semi-Slant
I love the baby-face smoothness that’s the inevitable result of the Monday-morning shave, with a two-day stubble wiped away effortlessly. My Persian Jar 2 Super made a wonderful lather from JabonMan’s...
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Pink Grapefruit and avocado, with the Duke and Rockwell
The Duke 3 Best has a knot about the same loft as the Chubby 1 Best, but the knot is softer, presumably because it is not so very dense. I like the Duke a lot, and this morning it made an exceptional...
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Woody Almond and Woods and the Dorco PL602
That’s the Emperor 2 Best. I once had an Emperor 1, a small but powerful little brush. The 2 did a fine job with Meißner Tremonia’s Woody Almond shaving paste, which makes a very nicely fragranced...
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Leviathan and Game Changer .84-P
Having wet the Vie-Long horsehair brush before I showered, it was ready to go when I moved tot he sink. A very nice lather from a very good soap. I have to say that I like the front-and-center...
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Time for Lime: The morning shave
The doughty little Omega badger brush worked up a very fine Dark Limes lather, and the original Game Changer, now the Game Changer .68-P, left a very smooth face, though I noticed this time it...
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Mamba v. Game Changer .68-P, with ringside Grog
Per request, a direct comparison of the RazoRock Mamba (on the left, wearing halo handle trunks) and the RazoRock Game Changer .68-P (on the right, also wearing halo handle trunks). First, the...
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Darkfall and Bulgarian Rose
Darkfall really does have an autumnal fragrance, which was welcome on a warm summer morning as a promise of things to come. My synthetic brush by The Grooming Company did a fine job making the lather,...
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A fond farewell to Mickey Lee Soapworks
I was saddened to learn yesterday that Mickey Lee Soapworks will shortly close its online doors. The proprietor, a career Navy man, has been promoted (and congratulations to him) and that involves...
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Mickey Lee Soapworks Grand Havana with the Maggard Razors V3A
Another farewell shave for Mickey Lee Soapworks. My Rooney butterscotch Emilion made a particularly good lather from Mickey Lee’s Grand Havan shaving soap, and the very comfortable Maggard V3A...
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Summer Storm and the Lupo
Summer Storm seems an appropriate and timely shaving soap. The brush, as well as the soap and aftershave, comes from Chiseled Face’s Groomatorium web site, though the brush is no longer available. I...
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Otoko Organics and the Phoenix Artisan DOC
I do like Otoko Organics shaving “soap” (which is not really a traditional soap at all), and the lather it made with my Fine Classic shaving brush was extremely nice in consistency and fragrance. The...
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Doppelgänger CK-6 with Fendrihan MKII
This is the very first of the ultra-premium CK-6 shaving soaps, and I have to say the lather is remarkable. I now want to use a more recent CK-6 soap, because this lather surprised me by its richness....
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It was my memory, not the formula: CK-6 is unchanged
On Saturday I used one of my Phoenix Artisan shaving soaps with the CK-6 formula (scroll down at the link) and was surprised at how very excellent the lather was. It was so good that I didn’t recall a...
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CK-6 again, with another Doppelgänger and the RazoRock Old Type
Another superb lather, just a different fragrance. The Solar Flare, a very handsome brush IMO, did a fine job, and the Old Type is a marvelous razor. A very satisfactory shave. I do love CK-6 soaps.
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