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Splendid shave, plus handle discussion
BBS again today. Keep shaving long enough and BBS becomes a frequent outcome. Very nice lather from Simpson Emperor 3 Super working with Prairie Creations tallow+lanolin soap. Then the shave. Shown...
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Mystic Waters and the Ecotools Kabuki
Extremely good shave: the Ecotools Kabuki did its usual fine job of lather creation, and Mystic Waters Rosalimone is a very pleasant shaving soap. My Tradere Solid Bar holding an Astra Superior...
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Luxury shave—and BBS, to boot
First-rate shave with first-rate equipment and supplies. My Rooney Style 2 Finest immediately produced a superb lather from Creed’s Green Irish Tweed shaving soap, and the Eclipse Red Ring (found it!)...
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Truefitt & Hill: A classic
Trueefitt & Hill is one of the “Three T’s” of classic English shaving, the others being Taylor of Old Bond Street and Geo. F. Trumper, though D.R. Harris properly belongs to this group as well....
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Barrister & Mann shave soap
I just received my initial order of Barrister & Mann shaving soap. Though a warning that the soap requires more water than one might expect, I found that for me my regular lathering method worked...
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Tcheon Fung Sing shaving soap
I came across a mention of Tcheon Fung Sing shaving soap, made (as the name suggests) in Italy. Several of their soaps and shaving creams are shown on this page. I quickly got a good lather with the...
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Barrister & Mann again
Someone mentioned the excellent Prince silvertip badger brush by Wet Shaving Products, so I used it with my Barrister & Mann Lime, Lavender, & Cedarwood shaving soap. Despite the warnings...
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What a great shave!
Barrister & Mann’s Seville shaving soap (“this soap contains bergamot, lemon, patchouli, oakmoss, lavender, and rosemary”) made a great lather with my increasingly-broken-in Omega Pro 48, a brush...
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Soap works even when upside down
As you see, I did an (inadvertent) experiment that showed the lather is just as good if the puck is rotated 180º. The Omega boar did a good job. It doesn’t, of course, have the capacity of the Pro 48,...
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Shaving soap with sheep milk and lanolin
My Baby Pro Omega boar brush worked up a very nice lather from the Haslinger Schafmilch Rasierseife. I of course soaked the brush while showering, and it had plenty of lather for three passes. The...
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BBS with TFS
A great shave today, thoroughly enjoyable to boot. I do love my Vie-Long brushes, and this little boar, the Bombito as BullgooseShaving.net terms it, is a great favorite: the handle feels good, the...
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Sodial and Strop Shoppe
My small Vie-Long horsehair brush did a fine job with Strop Shoppe’s Black Tie shaving soap, and the Sodial razor holding Personna Lab blade did a very nice job—not a “very nice job for a $2.30 razor”...
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Very traditional shave
At least, all but the razor, which is somewhat innovative. I started with a really fine lather that the Wet Shaving Products Monarch HMW awakened from my Geo. F. Trumper Sandalwood shaving soap. This...
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Coconut Trumper and the Wee Scot
Extremely pleasant shave again today. The Wee Scot is a terrific brush, completely wonderful for the daily shave, with an enormous capacity for lather. After the MR GLO prep, I worked up a creamy...
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BBS with pleasure
A wonderful shave altogether—and especially nice after skipping yesterday. One enormous benefit of traditional shaving: it’s enjoyable. Once you have that, it all comes together. It requires some...
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BBS with Tabula Rasa
A perfect shave today, starting with a wonderful lather. Tabula Rasa is a top-notch shaving cream that was the Newest Thing a while back. It’s no longer the object of a frenzy, but it’s still a really...
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Perfect smoothness from Edwin Jagger
A great shave today, and I have to highly commend Ogallala shave sticks. I find the soap absolutely marvelous, making a thick, slick, creamy lather quite easily. I do use it as a shave stick: rub...
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Fougère and Woods
Absolutely wonderful shave today. I have ordered a tub of Martin de Candre’s limited edition Fougère shaving soap, so I thought I’d try the fragrance. I didn’t realize it until The Wife told me, but...
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Tabula Rasa and the Gillette NEW
A splendid shave once more. I do like Tabula Rasa, even though I’m not especially a shaving-cream guy. The Dark Lavender is a wonderful fragrance, and the Monarch HMW worked up a fine lather: rich,...
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J.M. Fraser and friend
Shaving creams have been on my mind since getting the Tabula Rasa, so I’m going to spend some time with shaving creams I like—and J.M. Fraser is a strong favorite. I like pretty much everything about...
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