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Zi’ Peppino and Rockwell 6S for a great shave
I’m continuing to pick badger brushes from my collection with an eye to loft, and this brush from The Copper Hat, with its pleasant Delrin handle, has a respectable loft that today held a heap of...
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The Dead Sea and the inestimable iKon #101
Shaving 101 is very good indeed, especially having prepped with an excellent (and interesting soap). The Dead Sea is a somewhat unusual shaving soap in that it prefers a brush that’s barely damp. If...
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Strong ‘n Scottish and Bay Rum ‘n Sandalwood
Meißner Tremonia’s Strong ‘n Scottish has a strong (but not unpleasant) fragrance, enough so that you’ll note that both the brush and aftershave have somewhat averted their faces. The Plisson European...
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After the Rain, the Valley of Ashes
The brush shown is the only Yaqi silvertip badger brush I own, and this morning I noticed that is feels quite coarse for a silvertip — unusual, not unpleasant. The lather it created was excellent, a...
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Wholly Kaw and my RazoRock Stealth
Wholly Kaw’s Donkey Milk formula rated as one of the best shaving soaps of 2022. I was just reading that snakewood is one of the hardest woods in the world. From that link: Meier’s own list ranks...
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Great shave — Before, during, and after
Before the shave itself was the prep, of course: Grooming Dept Moisturizing Pre-Shave and then a wonderful lather from Tallow + Steel’s Cognac shave soap (whose ingredients are well described on this...
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Continuing the series of lofty brushes
I recently been going through my loftier badger brushes, and this little brush from Whipped Dog certainly qualifies. It has an extremely pleasant and pleasing loft. I had the knot set at the standard...
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Grog with Goat + Horsehair, and the Parker Slant
The brush is my Baili Goat+Horsehair brush, shown at right. The knot when soaked has little resilience, but this morning I did not soak the knot, and that improved the feel. I bought the brush mainly...
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Grooming Dept Vertu and the RazoRock Adjust
My tub of Grooming Dept Vertu shaving soap, in his Nai formula, arrived, so of course I used it immediately. It has a wonderful fragrance : “Chocolate + Osmanthus + Cognac + Castoreum + Patchouli +...
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Pasión: A shave, with rabbit video
The shaving soap is Groom Dept Pasión The shaving soap this morning clearly has Eros as a theme: erotic love, not Philos or Agape or the other varieties (maternal/paternal love, filial love, love of...
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Wholly Kaw’s Donkey Milk formula really is an ultrapremium shaving soap
Wholly Kaw’s Donkey Milk formula, here is the tallow-based version, is definitely one of the ultrapremium soaps, which reach that category through excellence in fragrance, lather quality (consistency,...
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Wholly Kaw King of Bourbon and the Fine aluminum slant: A great way to start...
King of Bourbon is, as you see, another soap made with Wholly Kaw’s Donkey Milk formula, and a luxurious soap it is. My Rooney Style 3 Size 1 Super Silvertip did a Wholly wonderful job, and the Fine...
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Dr. Jon’s Propaganda and the Vikings Blade Chieftain
Since Russian’s invasion of Ukraine is accompanied by much propaganda (from “They started it!” to “There is no war”), I thought Dr. Jon’s Propaganda would be appropriate — and also much more fragrant:...
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Mystic Water Marrakesh and Edwin Jagger
Mystic Water makes good soaps, and Marrakesh has a pleasing fragrance. Click the image to enlarge if you want to read the ingredients. My EJ synthetic easily evoked a fine lather, and the EJ razor did...
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A French shave except for the excellent Old Type
My tub of vintage Lenthéric continues to present an excellent fragrance and luxurious lather, this morning by virtue of my Plisson synthetic. The RazoRock Old Type is an excellent razor — I would even...
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First Night and Fatip’s Testina Gentile
First Night has a pleasant fragrance: Top Notes: Raspberry, Pine Resin, Lavender, Basil, Bergamot, and Sicilian CedratMiddle Notes: Carnation, Leather, Sandalwood, Patchouli, and GeraniumBase Notes:...
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Dapper Doc and Above the Tie, with the mighty Pro 48
What a great shave! First, I do love the mighty Pro 48, and whenever I come back to it after having not used it for a while, I fall in love again. It’s always better than I expect, even when I allow...
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Fatip’s Lo Storto slant with Cavendish and the Pro 48
I like Omega’s Pro 48 so much that I had to repeat the experience of my previous shave. The Pro 48 is such a good brush, and at $17 it’s a fabulous bargain. I of course wet the knot thoroughly with...
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A great little razor — and (good) boar brushes are extremely nice
Some will never know the pleasure of using a good and well-broken-in boar brush. I’m glad I’m not one of them. Although I like the Pro 48 more, the Omega 20102 is itself quite a good brush, and some...
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Full RazoRock shave
RazoRock all the way today, starting with the Italian flag brush, a very nice synthetic, which at 24mm is probably fine for most but just a little large for me. Zi’ Peppino has a really terrific...
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