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An Italian shave
A grain of hulled barley photobombed this morning’s shave set-up, but (as you see) it’s an all-Italian line-up. The Omega 20102 is a fine brush, and I like I Coloniali shaving cream a lot but so far...
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A German shave
The French shave and the English shave recently posted were not, of course, purely French and English: the badger knots were from China. However, today’s German shave is all-German, since the Mühle...
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A Spanish shave, mostly
All Spanish except the Yaqi razor I don’t know a Spanish razor, but archy in comments pointed out the Tatara razor from Portugal, so I could have had an Iberian shave if I had one of those. They look...
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A U.S. shave
Today the shave is sourced from the US, except that synthetic knot in the Chiseled Face brush is probably from Cina. However, the bush and its handle are, I fee sure, of use manufacture. (I cannot...
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Sunday Surprise Solstice Shave
I normally don’t shave Sundays to enjoy shaving a two-day stubble Monday morning, which takes all the sting out of Monday. But today we’re having a little get-together, so I thought I should be...
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Creed and the Baby Smooth, with the Wee Scot
Creed’s Green Irish Tweed is a famous fougère and rightly so—and the soap makes a love lather with my pre-Vulfix Wee Scot. Three passes with the Baby Smooth left my face … well, baby smooth, and a...
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A great shave is always a pleasure
Today’s shave was simply great, all the way through. I really like this 22mm synthetic from Italian Barber, the Bruce shaving brush, and Dapper Doc’s Old Time Lilac & Fig CK-6 shaving soap was a...
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Oh, that Otoko Organics!
I do like Otoko Organics shaving “soap,” which is made from an odd formula by a colloidal chemist and has its fragrance from pear extract in the formula. It makes an interesting stiffish lather, and...
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Geo. F. Trumper Sandalwood and the Parker Slant
Phoenix Artisan’s Solar Flare is an attractive-looking brush, IMO, and it also performs quite well, creating a wonderfully thick, creamy, and fragrant lather from my vintage (pre-reformulation and...
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Sandalwood redux and Mickey Lee’s excellent Italian Stallion
I decided that the Friday-shave photo will be my chance to play a bit with the image — thus the above. The brush is a 22mm synthetic from Maggard Razors, and I used Art of Shaving Sandalwood, which...
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Groundhog Day timed shave
When I remember it, I like to do a timed shave on Groundhog Day — not a speed shave, but just time my regular shave. I find that gradually the time the shave takes dwindles — not because I’m rushing...
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Strong ‘n Scottish, the iKon 102, and a look back at _stringbag_’s slant
Phoenix Artisan’s Starcraft is another example of the pleasant variation in coloring possible with synthetic brushes, and this one is very nice, for all that it’s 24mm size is about 2mm too large for...
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Lavender de Luxe and the MJ-90A, with Plisson and D.R. Harris.
My wonderful coarse and pleasant Plisson European Grey did an excellent job in rousing lather from Meißner Tremonia’s Lavender de Luxe. Three passes with RazoRock’s MJ-90A, the upgrade of the Edwin...
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Organism 46-B and the Baby Smooth make a dark day bright
No sun, 38ºF I’ve found — as no doubt you have as well — that a good shave early in the morning adds some brightness and warmth to a dark, cold day. And this is a day when that special property of a...
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A spice shave to warm a cold day
A good shave sets the day going in the right direction. I went again for a Baby Smooth — a lovely razor — and with Barrister & Mann’s Reserve Spice shaving soap and (important) a synthetic brush...
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Lavender morning
Barrister & Mann Reserve Lavender and the Yaqi Target Shot brush made a very nice lather — light on the water, adding just a little as I loaded to get it just right. Then three passes with the...
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The Lupo returns
The solitary wolf who lived for 8 years on a small island within swimming distance of Victoria finally returned to the mainland. He has been captured and relocated to a safe place inland. (This...
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Starting the week right
My face feels wonderful after this morning shave, and I’m going to credit Wholly Kaw shaving soap. Take a look at the ingredients—don’t they strike you as very nice for one’s skin? Omega’s Mixed...
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Cologne Russe and a metal-colored razor
The metal color in this case is bronze, the razor being a limited edition Fendrihand Mk II stainless-steel razor that was plated in bronze. “Metal colored” is often used is reference to a silvery...
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Lavanille and the Maggard V3A (“A” for “Admirable”)
Phoenix Artisan’s Green Ray is a favorite for appearance, feel, and performance, and it made a fine lather from Barrister & Mann’s Lavanille, a lather with the slightly beige color that this soap...
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