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I do ♥ a slant — and some observations regarding Nancy Boy shaving cream
Today’s shave was remarkably good because the entire product team worked harmoniously and effectively together. Let me thank the players individually. The Eros Slant is a wonderful slant, but with...
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Mumtaz and the stainless Baby Smooth
Grooming Dept Mumtaz uses his Kairos formula: Water, Stearic Acid, Beef Tallow, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Kokum Butter, Castor Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Tucuma Butter, Avocado Oil, Glycerin, Coconut...
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A shave with an old-time feeling
The old-time aspect comes from the traditional wooden shaving bowl and triple-milled shaving soap from D.R. Rogers. Arlington has a citrus fragrance — “citrus mixed with fern” is how D.R. Harris...
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Vetiver — and I thought I’d try a slant today
The Rooney Victorian had no trouble raising an excellent Vetiver lather from Jabonman’s Vetiver de Haiti. His soaps are quite good. The Holy Black’s SR-71 slant uses the Merkur head design, a solid...
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Eufros Violetas’ fragrance seemed forceful this morning
Just as an arresting scene can catch one’s eye, an arresting fragrance can catch one’s nose. The fragrance of Jabonman’s Eufros Violetas struck me forcefully this morning — as if today were the first...
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The great Monday shave, this morning with great products
Omega’s Pro 48 (10048) is, I think, a brush that should be included in any good shaving collection. In the Guide, I recommend getting at least one brush of each type — badger, boar, horse, and...
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Had to use a boar brush again in a mostly RazoRock shave
I originally had a badger brush lined up for today’s shave, but yesterday’s experience with the Omega Pro 48 was so nice that I just had to reprise it, this time using my Omega 20102, which sports a...
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Tcheon Fung Sing, the fine Italian shaving soap
Yesterday’s Zi’ Peppino left me wanting more of that green-tobacco goodness, so this morning I brought forth my tub of Tcheon Fung Sing Tabacco Verde and with the snakewood-handled badger brush I...
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Doppelgänger and the Plisson Grey Badger, with one of Gillette’s new DE razors
This brush is coarse on the face, and it took me a while to realize that was enjoyable. Note: the feel is not prickly, just coarse. And the lather it aroused was wonderful, from Phoenix Artisan’s CK-6...
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Grooming Dept Lemon Bay, a DonkeyBase formula
Grooming Dept currently does not have any DonkeyBase formula — and apparently the price of donkey milk has gone through the roof, so it may be a while before it returns. (He does currently have...
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A classic shave — and a great pleasure
I almost always have a very good shave — lots of practice plus good tools and products — and I was wondering this morning why, since such a good shave is a routine occurrence, it continues to be such...
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Stealth even more stealthy after blade change
Wholly Kaw’s La Supérieure Dulci Tobacco Shave Cream makes a fine lather, though the fragrance for me is muted. The Mühle silvertip shown has quite a gentle knot, but a single swirl of the damp knot...
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Scotch Whisky and Sheep-Wool Fat: Wonderful to start the day (NB: not as a...
The Wee Scot seemed the obvious brush choice for this (wonderful) shaving soap from Meißner Tremonia, and indeed I did get a luxurious lather with no effort. The iKon Shavecraft 101 provides a highly...
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Wood-fragranced shave
SOTD 2021-10-20 – Woody fragrances I do like the crisp, crunchy feel of my Rooney Style 2 Finest, and it did make a great lather this morning from Meißner Tremonia’s Warm Woods. (It’s unclear to me...
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Black Beer No. 1 and the Omega Pro, with the Parker (Semi-) Slant
That’s a Yaqi handle on the Parker slant. I could happily use the Omega Pro 48 (10048) every day for at least a week, thought not indefinitely: I love variety too much. But, once broken in, it’s such...
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L’Occitane Cade with a badger brush
Freaky Friday Foto I have been using brushes with synthetic knots on this soap, and that has gone very well, so naturally I wanted to try something different. Previously this soap had not done so well...
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A Dark shave, 75% Canadian
Shaving soap and aftershave from Tallow + Steel (Winnipeg), Game Changer .84-P from Italian Barber (Toronto), and the brush from Rooney (UK). Those are the company sources, though I imagine the razor...
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l’Occitane Cade reprised
I used Cade in a recent shave, lathering with a badger brush, and the lather was meh, so I thought I’d use a synthetic to compare. It’s a world of difference. The lather is still not from an...
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Mike’s Natural Orange, Cedarwood, & Black Pepper Shaving Soap to greet the day
The soap’s fragrance is subdued but pleasant, and the lather felt good. I like the Fendrihan Mk II stainless-steel razor a lot (this one coated in bronze), and it certainly does an excellent job. A...
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A shaving soap I could not resist buying: Tallow + Steel Cognac
You perhaps have noticed that I have (and use) a great variety of shaving soaps. I thus resist as best as I can buying a new soap, but this morning I succumbed once more and ordered a tub of Tallow +...
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