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The mild-feeling, aggressive-acting Feather AS-D1 (and D2)
This little shaving brush, the Fine Accoutrement Classic, is a favorite. It has a fine, soft feel on the face and it gins up lather quickly and easily, this morning from Declaration Grooming’s...
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I recently got an email from the proprietor of New England Shaving Company, an online source of shaving supplies and equipment that has a good range of quality offerings. I am intrigued, for example,...
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Monday morning’s superb smoothness, today via RazoRock’s German 37
The first step today was to wet well the knot of my Omega Pro 48 and let the razor stand soaking on its base while I showered. Then, as always, I began the shave proper with Grooming Dept Moisturizing...
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The wonderful #101 on a bright day, with snow
As the lighting indicates, a) I got a late start, b) it’s a sunny and cloudless day, and c) it’s very bright from the snow deposited last night. The snow still covers cars and the carport roof outside...
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Sandalwood and the Rockwell 6S (R4, today)
My latest article, “Punching Up Your Aftershave,” has just been posted in Sharpologist. Geo. F. Trumper used to make an excellent triple-milled shaving soap, but some years back the company decided...
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King C. Gillette and Declaration Grooming Milksteak
My WSP Monarch easily created a lovely lather from Declaration Grooming’s Cuir et Épices milksteak-formula shaving soap. I added just a tiny dab of water during loading, and the overall result was...
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Propaganda (in this case) is terrific, as is the Dorco PL602
This tub of Propaganda is the Vol 3 formulation: Stearic Acid, Water, Castor Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Shea Butter, Mango Butter, Babassu Oil, Sodium Lactate, Essential/Fragrance Oils, Sodium...
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The Strange Case of the Unslanted Slant
Phoenix Artisan’s Cavendish is always a pleasure, and pleasure is redoubled when it’s the CK-6 formula, as it is here. The Kent Infinity is a very nice little brush that I like more now than I did at...
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The Gentleman’s Companion to the Toilet; or, A Treatise on Shaving
I used Clive Thompson’s Weird Old Book Finder and searched on “shaving,” whereupon it delivered the above book from 1844. I was particularly struck by this sentence in the preface: To remove the beard...
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Dark seem appropriate for a wintertime shave
Tallow + Steel, a Winnipeg company, makes exceptional shaving soaps and aftershaves, and early on they would emboss the surface of a tub of shaving soap with their logo, as shown in the photo at...
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The highly esteemed vintage Merkur white bakelite slant, with Grog
RazoRock’s Keyhole brush is a very pleasant shaving companion. It easily brought forth a fine lather from Tallow + Steel’s take on bay-rum shaving soap, Grog, with a fragrance composed of “West Indies...
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The mild-feeling Maggard V3A razor, with a remarkably good sandalwood soap...
I do like the amber-handled Yaqi shaving brush shown, but I do wish the loft were a little greater. Just 5mm would make a big difference. Art of Shaving Sandalwood is an exceptionally good shaving...
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Late start but a great shave
D.R. Harris shaving soap is first-rate, and that WSP Prince silvertip is not too shabby, either. It’s a firm brush that brought forth upon this continent a great lather. The razor, the SR-71 slant by...
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Lea is terrific, as is this brush
I recently found a new vendor of shaving supplies, the New England Shaving Company, and ordered a couple of soaps from them. They knew of my blog and articles, so they kindly included at no cost the...
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Extro, a new-to-me shaving soap, and the Parker Semi-Slant
I had never heard of the brand Extro, but it looked intriguing. New England Shaving Company offers a variety. I decided to buy a tub of 17 Stormo: Woody, aromatic fragrance that boldly contrasts...
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Otoko Organics and the superb Fendrihan Mk II
Edwin Jagger’s somewhat coarse (but comfortable on the face) knot instantly created a lather from Otoko Organics, an unusual and highly pleasing Australian shaving compound. Not exactly a soap, it...
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Warm Woods and a Yaqi DOC
The Omega Pro 48 brush is always a great pleasure to use, and it worked up a fine lather on Meißner-Tremonia’s Warm Woods shaving soap. Yaqi’s double-open-comb razor is wonderfully comfortable and...
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Exotic shave today
The fragrances of today’s shave struck me as pleasingly exotic. First was the soap: Meißner Tremonia’s Indian Flavour, with essential oils of coriander, mint, and lavender. MT soaps make fine lather,...
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Rustler’s Ridge and the RazoRock Game Changer
I do like Phoenix Artisan’s Rustler’s Ridge: Top Notes MadagascarVanilla Bean, Ozone, Prickly Pear, Heart Notes Sage, Animalic Musk, Base Notes Spruce, Cedar. That it’s the CK-6 formula is the icing...
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Gorgeous Grog, back again
Grog is one of my favorite Tallow + Steel fragrances — and it’s back! That was a surprise, since I don’t recall Tallow + Steel reprising any of their fragrances before. I got an email: Holiday Sale...
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