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Dr. Selby’s and Lavanda
Very fine shave today. Dr. Selby’s is a terrific shaving cream, and with the Simpson Emperor 3 Super the lather was extremely pleasant. Three passes with the ARC Weber holding an Astra Keramik...
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New tip for hard water, plus BBS with the DLC
Extremely good shave today, with a Gillette 7 O’Clock SharpEdge blade in my DLC Weber head, which current rides on a UFO handle. The lather was superb, thanks both to the Wet Shaving Products Monarch...
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BBS with pleasure
I’ve learned to give Mike’s Natural lots of water when lathering, which I did today with the Vie-Long Wicked_Edge badger + horsehair brush. Even so, I didn’t get the mix quite right and had to refresh...
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A two-brush shave
I was asked yesterday about the two brushes shown: a Chubby 1 and a Duke 3, both in Best. (I did try a Chubby in Super and didn’t care for it.) As you can see, the Duke has a somewhat greater loft,...
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Wonderful shave with piña colada (shaving soap)
Extremely smooth shave today: another BBS. I got an excellent lather with the Vie-Long horsehair brush and Honeybee Soaps Piña Colada shaving: a very pleasant fragrance. Three passes with the...
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Great shave with sandalwood
Although sandalwood triggers a skin reaction in some men, I am happily immune, and I very much enjoyed the sandalwoodenness of this morning’s shave. The Wet Shaving Products Prince is a very nice...
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Another BBS result from a Maggard razor
The title is a bit of an exaggeration: prep, blade, and skill also play a role, but I am finding the Maggard head to be excellent. First, the lather: The Baroness brush from Wet Shaving Products is an...
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Yet another excellent lather with Kell’s Original
I couldn’t resist returning to Kell’s Original for another helping of lather, today his English Rose fragrance. The brush is the Wet Shaving Products Prince, and the lather was again quite wonderful....
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Great way to start a week
A really pleasant shave today. I forget how smooth and soft the Ecotools Finishing Kabuki feels when used as a shaving brush: a very pleasant experience, so far as I’m concerned. And the lather from...
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Floris (before reformulations)
It’s my understanding that Floris reformulated its shaving soap a few years back and pretty much ruined it, but then a second reformulation (presumably intended to undo the damage) took place and now...
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Another great Gillette-Super shave
Another fine shave from a Gillette Super.My Art of Shaving Lemon shaving soap generates a nice lather, though this brush did have to reload a bit for the third pass. I blame the brush, though, not the...
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Weber delivers
The polished-head Weber (shown mounted on a UFO handle) delivered a great shave today, but certainly some credit goes to the prep: the little H.L. Thäter brush is a truly great brush, and it...
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Another BBS result with the Gillette Super
I was going to do 3 Gillette Super Adjustable shaves in a row, but I got distracted. So this is the belated third, and a very fine shave it was. First, the prep was a pleasure. It struck me this...
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Two HJM brushes, the iKon OSS, and one terrific shave
Today’s shave covers a certain amount of territory. First, the brushes. The red-handled one is HJM’s new version, and the black-handled one is the first version. I used both to compare. As you can...
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Smooth results and a test of powdered alum
An interesting shave: a BBS final result, but with a couple of good nicks (upper lip, chin) along the way. I replaced the blade (a Kai) at the end of the shave. But first the prep: the Vie-Long...
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Wonderful lather, wonderful shave
I have to say that a soft, fluffy brush is quite pleasing to me: such a brush makes lather easily and quickly, holds an enormous quantity of lather, and feels good on the face as the lather is...
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Extremely nice shave with Ogallala and Maggard
An extremely nice shave today. The Whipped Dog silvertip again performed quite well. This is one whose performance went south until I cleaned the brush—it must have picked up some oil or some such....
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Floris with the Sodial
A good combination, judging by the results. My Brent’s Brush made a superb lather from Floris 89, with the fragrance quite prominent. This RiMei, with the new handle, did an extremely good job with a...
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Gerson and Blenheim Bouquet
The Wife brought me the Gerson brush and razor from a Paris trip a few years back. The razor is clearly a rebrand Mühle Sophist, and this one has the new head (same as the current Edwin Jagger head)....
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BBS to end the week…
The Honeybee Soaps Lavender Vetiver shaving soap is excellent, with a good strong note of vetiver and the kind of lather than curls up on the razor like rolling up Spring snow: thick and cohesive....
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