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Softness, in this case, is not the problem
The problem my Omega 21742 presented in an earlier shave — the transience of its lather — was not, as shown by yesterday’s shave, because of the soap nor because it was a boar brush. Today’s shave,...
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“The mystery of lather”
.Donald Justice wrote a poem that I’ve always liked: MEN AT FORTY Men at forty Learn to close softly The doors to rooms they will not be Coming back to. At rest on a stair-landing,They feel it moving...
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Thäter Père and Thäter Fils
Père et Fils I doubled my collection of Thäter brushes. Thäter Père has a 30mm knot, Thäter Fils a 22mm knot. Both knots are the domed shape that Germans like. I bought these for variety — all my...
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The Razor Company stainless steel razor is back in stock
I like this razor a lot. I reviewed it in an earlier shave, and I found it very comfortable and highly efficient. I particularly liked the feel of the bead-blasted finish and the fluted top of the...
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Thäter Fils, Pink Grapefruit, and Lo Storto
Today Thäter Fils — 22mm — comes out to play, and I have to say that I am really liking the dome shape, which seems to have some advantages over the fan shape. The edges of the fan shape lack support...
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Strong ‘n Scottish and Quantum wonderful
This little Vie-Long brush is quite pleasant despite its modest pretensions. Sold as boar, it sure seems like horsehair to me. Either requires soaking, so I let it soak while I showered and then put...
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Black Beer No. 1 and the great little Game Changer .68-P
The Fine Classic has a very soft synthetic knot, but it was easy to load and the lather this morning seemed especially creamy and slick. Whether that was specifically due to the formulation of Meißner...
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Moroccan Rhassoul and the Chieftain
.Meißner Tremonia’s Moroccan Rhassoul has a lovely fragrance. “Rhassoul” is just an alternative spelling of “ghassoul,” according to Wikipedia: Rhassoul, or ghassoul (Moroccan Arabic: الغاسول,...
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Lavender all the way
.Once again I am surprised by how creamy thick and slick a lather that Meißner Tremonia delivers. I think I must just have forgotten how good their soaps are. My little Whipped Dog silvertip did an...
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I always get a lift when my Superslant comes around
Have a good variety of brushes, soaps, razors, and aftershave in rotation means that custom does not stale their appeal, and when they come around again, the prior absence amplifies the pleasure felt...
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Sharpologist has my review of the Quantum razor
.My review of the Phoenix Artisan Quantum razor has now been published in Sharpologist.
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Indian Flavour and my iKon #102
My G.B. Kent BK4 is a fluffy little brush — look at that knot! — with a gentle touch, but it was easily loaded from Meißner Tremonia’s excellent Indian Flavour shaving soap — coriander, mint, and...
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This is a very interesting video, and the end segment on Henson Shaving’s razors is also good.
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Meißner Tremonia Himalayan Heights and Maggard Razors V2 Open Comb
The soap’s cedar fragrance is present but not forward, and I don’t detect an odor of salt at all, but the salt’s role may not be fragrance. The formula is relatively simple: Aqua, Stearic Acid, Cocos...
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Dark Limes and the T2
.I continue my Meißner Tremonia trek today with Dark Limes, whose fragrance — “Sensual, black. Fresh lime juice, grassy and bitter scent of limes. Herb-fresh citrus notes from Petitgrain, Litsea...
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Bay Rum all the way
Meißner-Tremonia’s Natural Bay Rum has a pleasant fragrance. I had to look up litsea, a type of laurel that may be deciduous or evergreen. True to MT tradition, the soap contains clay — for this soap,...
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Warm Woods and Testina Gentile
.Meißner Tremonia’s Warm Woods is the newest of my MT soap and the end of this run through my collection of their soaps. As you see, the label has been revised, with “Tremonia” demoted to much smaller...
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Sandalwood Nobile and the superb iKon stainless steel slant
The soap this morning is Grooming Dept’s Sandalwood Nobile, made with the Kairos formula: Water, Stearic Acid, Beef Tallow, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Kokum Butter, Castor Oil, Potassium Hydroxide,...
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A shaving soap from a company 200 years old
Lea shaving soap always produces an excellent lather, though the fragrance is ordinary — a clean but anonymous fragrance, vaguely soap-like. But I love the lather. I noticed only this morning the...
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Ariana & Evans Tobacco Road — an Ultima formula shaving soap
A person on Mastodon recommended the Ariana & Evan Ultima formula, so I decided to try it. I ordered the Tobacco Road version, and I’m glad I did. The lather I made with the little RazoRock Amici...
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