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Vintage Lenthéric shaving soap and recent Ascension razor make a good shave —...
Now that this Yaqi silvertip is broken in, it does a wonderful job, and I do love the fragrance of this Lenthéric shaving soap — its lather is excellent, and its fragrance exceptional. Three passes of...
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A shaving-cream morning: Wholly Kaw’s La Supérieure Dulci Tobacco Shave Cream
I saw mention of Wholly Kaw’s La Supérieure shaving cream in Sharpologist, and on looking further into it, decided to give it a go. The Dulci Tobacco fragrance sounded good (and it is, as it turns...
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J.M. Fraser and the Rockwell Model T
Yesterday’s shaving cream was a pleasure, so I went with another good shaving cream today. I’ve had this 1-lb tub of J.M. Fraser shaving cream for well over a decade and it continues to perform...
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Merkur Progress and I Coloniali shaving cream (with rhubarb)
Early start, late blogging. The local famer’s market opened this morning for the first time this year, and I wanted to walk over and see what they had on offer. No spring onions, but Sheringham...
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Tobacco theme
The always-pleasurable Monday morning shave took a tobacco turn today. Wholly Kaw’s Merchant of Tobacco is a mighty fine soap. Its fragrance is that of a pipe tobacco, and the fragrance, though...
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Wholly Kaw Project Leather and the Baby Smooth
Wholly Kaw goes for fragrances that are not so assertive as some. Though the fragrance is present, it’s closer to a hint that a statement, a whisper than a shout. The lather carrying the fragrance is...
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The Dead Sea, Lupo, and the end of Paul Sebastian
Happy Cinco de Mayo! I notice that the celebration in Victoria BC is muted compared to the Cinco de Mayo celebration in Monterey, but I will have some guacamole later. The shave was extremely good....
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An old-fashioned shave: Yardley shaving soap, Pinaud Lilac Vegetal aftershave
The Rooney quickly made a good lather from the tub of Yardley shaving soap — whose fragrance, despite the soap’s age, remains very present — and three passes from the Charcoal clone of the Edwin...
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Great shave, and then a dive into the history of Pinaud and Clubman
Shave After my usual pre-shave application of Grooming Dept Moisturizing Pre-Shave, I used my Rooney Style 3, Size 1 to make a very fine lather from a tub of shaving soap that I was told was rebranded...
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Shave-stick discovery and another Clubman Pinaud/Pinaud-Clubman aftershave:...
Since I’m using a shave stick today, preshave prep was with MR GLO rather than Grooming Dept Moisturizing Pre-Shave. The shave stick is a Razor Emporium stick, which has oxidized somewhat and also...
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An old but excellent shave stick by Valobra and for aftershave Clubman by...
The Valobra shave stick show is substantially older than the Razor Emporium I used earlier, but (unlike the RE stick) the Valobra — though with no more cover than shown in the photo — has endured in...
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The marvelous iKon 102 with Cuppa Joe
The iKon Shavecraft 102 remains one of my all-time favorite razors. It is a slant that I believe would be safe for a novice, but despite its great comfort and reluctance to nick, it is nevertheless...
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Mighty Aphrodite and the iKon OG1
The Simpson Emperor 2, though smaller than the Emperor 3 used yesterday, gets the job done handily and is a pleasant brush in the hand and on the face. Van Yulay’s Aphrodite has the fragrance of...
View ArticleTraditional shaving starter kit selected from Amazon.com
I generally buy shaving products from independent dealers (for example, West Coast Shaving, Top of the Chain, The Razor Company, Italian Barber, The Razor Company) or directly from the maker (for...
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iKon Short Comb and Catie’s Bubbles Waterlyptus
Waterlyptus (watermelon + eucalyptus) has a refreshing fragrance, and the later created by my Simpson Duke 3 Best was excellent. iKon is right now selling their razors at a steep discount. I have no...
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Farewell, Krampert’s Finest Acadian Spice Bay Rum
I tried a Chubby 2 Super but the knot was way too dense and stiff for me — it felt like I was using a rough block of wood. The Chubby 1 Best is more to my taste for a stocky brush, and it had no...
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The Eros slant reclaimed and an unusual aftershave
The Simpson Case, once known as the Wee Scot 3 (with the current Wee Scot being the Wee Scot 2, and an even smaller brush as the Wee Scot 1), brought forth a fine lather from Phoenix Artisan’s Kokum...
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Monday mornings are always great
Since I skip shaving on Sunday, Monday always begins with a great shave, which sets the tone for the day: shaving a two-day (and well-prepped) stubble with a good slant always makes for a good shave....
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l’Occitane Cade all the way, with Baili’s superb BR171
A synthetic knot worked so well on the Cade soap last time that I have made it a practice to use a synthetic with this shaving soap (as I also do with Barrister & Mann Reserve shaving soaps). The...
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Another truly excellent cheap razor
The WSP Prince made a terrific lather from Meißner Tremonia Himalayan Heights shaving soap, in both consistency and lather. The Dorco PL602 is a truly excellent razor judged on the two criteria of...
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