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Very fine shave: Good products. :)
A little late getting started: Megs had to go in for fur removal. Vet didn’t want to use clippers, so brushed out a ball of fur that, once squashed, was the size of a grapefruit. (Megs does not...
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BBS on the cheap
It is common to get requests for the least costly introduction to DE shaving, so I thought I’d use the low-priced products. It flatters them to say that their appearance is unprepossessing, but in...
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Now that’s a BBS shave
I thought yesterday’s shave was BBS, but I now realize that it was merely extremely smooth. There is indeed a difference in razors: the Yuma (under $2) does not shave so well as the iKon S3S (north of...
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BBS with pleasure, and a comment on the Frank Shaving synthetic
The blades were highly recommended by Steve of Kafeneio, so I decided to give them a go. They have different printing on them than my Swedish Gillette blades, but seem equally sharp and desirable. But...
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A shave of two slants
I got a new white Bakelite slant. No manufacturer name on the box or razor. It definitely is not the Merkur white Bakelite slant (shown in the foreground): handle is shorter, head not quite the same,...
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A La Toja morning
A very fine shave today. The HJM brush came up in conversation on WE, so I picked it, and the lather I got was quite good. I do like the little tree-trunk (or thick-limb) tub for the La Toja soap, and...
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Late start, good shave
A very smooth shave result, with a small nick on upper lip. I mention the nicks in case newbies are reading and have the idea that they will eventually never get nicks. That may be true for some, but...
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Gillette’s Super and Mike’s Natural
A very fine shave this morning. As I’ve mentioned, the Plisson Chinese Grey was purchased for me in Paris by The Wife, who visited the Master Barber who still works there. He recommended this over a...
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BBS with new razor
I got the new razor (a Maggard MR3, whose handle is also sold separately) because I realized I didn’t have enough razors was intrigued by the handle, which is also sold separately. The handle is...
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Razors and work with physical objects
I found the above video fascinating—my father and a friend of his owned an oilfield machine shop when I was very young—and as I watched it occurred to me that I spent my career solving non-physical...
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BBS with a Schick Krona—and
Really excellent shave today, and a fine lather. I used my Mühle silverfiber synthetic brush, which pretty much matches my Mühle silvertip in performance. Hardy Shave Products sent me a few...
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Pefect shave, happy face
Monday is always a good-shave day because I have a two-day stubble–-and I use a slant. The prep today was very good. I have become quite fond of this little Omega boar brush, which I like to call the...
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Christmas Eve: Perfect shave
Unfortunately, the lid slipped so you can’t see the surface of the soap. I’ve not used my Mitchell’s Wool Fat shaving soap since mid-June, so the puck had dried out totally—surface even had cracks....
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A fine Xmas shave
Very fine Xmas shave this morning. The little Omega boar brush made a fine lather from the Saint Charles Shave sample of shaving soap. I do like the flat thin disk format for shaving-soap samples....
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Smooth as can be with a mild razor
Wonderful shave today. I was discussing the excellence of J.M. Fraser shaving cream on Wicked_Edge and decided to use it. I still have about 3/4 tub left: it’s a big tub—and again I was struck by the...
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Poor lather, good shave
I saw the shaving soaps from SeattleSundries.com mentioned on Wicked Edge and thought I should try them. The first warning was that the company presents their shaving soaps as belonging among their...
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Great shave, odd nick
This morning I used BestShave.net’s No. 6 Horsehair brush again: really not a bad little brush at all. And the excellence of the lather from HTGAM’s Pumpkin 3.14 shaving soap was a great pleasure...
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BBS with the iKon and a medicore lather
A good shave, especially since passes 2 and 3 were done with a lather from HTGAM’s Cavendish shaving soap. I’m afraid that even this soap from Seattle Sundries didn’t work for me. I decided to give it...
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BBS with ease (and Krona, Feather, TOBS, and Simpson)
Absolutely terrific shave to end the year: smooth and with no problems at all. My Simpson Chubby Best was extremely pleasant and comfortable today. If I hadn’t covered the writing on the handle with...
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Fine shave for the New Year
Very fine shave despite shaving soap lid being sideways: that turned out not to affect the lather. This soap, known variously as Dovo, Rivivage, Dr. Ditmar, is excellent. It’s one of the very quiet,...
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