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Another (very good) Parker shave
A very good shave today. The lighting of the photo is odd because I can’t figure out how to force a flash on my Nikon Coolpix P500. But to the shave: My Omega R&B brush continues to be extremely...
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Smooth as a good scotch
A very fine and fragrant shave today. The soap, which produced an instant good lather, is Essence of Scotland’s Sweet Gale. Ingredients include “Bog Myrtle, Natural honey, Mixed spices, Cedarwood,...
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Great shave with British open-comb Aristocrat
Extremely nice and British-oriented shave today. The brush is a one-off from Rod Neep, and TOBS lavender is a very pleasant and traditional shaving soap which made an immediate good lather. I moved...
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Toggle, Fat Boy, and Catie’s Bubbles
An extremely good shave today. First, a new soap. As pointed out in a comment earlier, the tub contains half a pound of soap, so the price reflects the larger quantity. Most shaving soaps are sold in...
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Perfect BBS shave
A perfect shave, but the odds were in my favor: two-day stubble, Nancy Boy shaving cream, the bakelite slant. I used my Simpsons Duke 3 Best to apply the shaving cream, which doesn’t seem to me to...
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Tcheon Fung Sing, the R&B brush, and the ARC Weber: Great shave
A very fine shave this morning. My Omega R&B brush continues to be a wonderful brush, and Tcheon Fung Sing (an Italian soap, as the name perhaps does not imply) made a very good lather. I like the...
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Vetiver morning and a BBS result
Very fine shave indeed. Cyril R. Salter makes a very fine vetiver shaving cream, and with the Omega boar brush show, I got a fine lather. My Wilkinson Sticky performed very well indeed with a...
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Stirling soap lathering, understood at last
I have finally learned how to lather Stirling soap, thanks to this post by minimalisto on Wicked Edge. If you click the title of the post, you’re taken to this gallery of photos and instructions. The...
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Stirling Scotch Pine and a BBS shave
Another good lather from a Stirling soap, though it had faded by the third pass. I did take care to load the brush at length, so I’m not sure why the lather faded. Badger brushes seem to work better...
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BBS in a trice
Extremely good shave, thanks in large part to the Stealth slant razor. I got a better lather using the Plisson Chinese Grey badger brush, a brush I increasingly appreciate. There are superb badger...
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Extremely smooth shave with a gift soap
Exceptionally smooth shave. The Speick shaving soap shown was a gift from an Australian reader. (Not shipped from Australia, I hasten to add: it’s a German soap purchased on-line and shipped to me...
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Fine shave with Tiki Bar Vegan shaving soap
A very nice shave today, mostly BBS. I did have to reload—I’m still mastering the new lathering technique—but the lather was quite good and I’ll use the soap again soon to verify. Three passes with...
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Why I love artisanal shaving vendors
Mainline vendors will never offer novelty fragrances like Texas on Fire (a kind of mesquite smoke fragrance) and Fresh Dirt (smells as though I had a productive morning in the garden). I had again...
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Superb shave, still learning to lather
I’m still mastering damp-brush lathering. The problem seems to be that I am not sufficiently loading the brush. With the wet-brush method, I simply brushed vigorously, briskly, and firmly until the...
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Silence while shaving
I am a big advocate of shaving in a silent bathroom: no fan, no running water, no music, and no radio news. One reason is purely functional: the quiet sound of the cutting blade helps me optimize head...
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Independence Day shave
I do get a much better lather from Barrister & Mann soaps with damp-brush palm-lathering than with wet-brush face-lathering. (In the wet-brush method, most of the water spills into the sink as the...
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Barrister & Mann and the Feather AS-D1
An extremely fine shave today, and I think I am definitely learning how to use Barrister & Mann shaving soaps. I still have a bit of fading lather by the third pass, but I think it could be...
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Woman Man Shaving Goat Milk Rose Soap
A reader recommended this soap, so I gave it a shot. It has an interesting list of ingredients: Materials: soap, shaving, rose, coconut butter, mango butter, palm oil, jojoba oil, french clay, shea...
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The DLC iKon slant
My new DLC iKon slant just arrived! From the front: stainless iKon slant, new iKon slant with dlc coating and longer handle; DLC Weber (with UFO handle). The Weber is included because I wanted to show...
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Comparison shave for iKon DLC slant
A big shave this morning. I went with a soap I like a lot, and one of my favorite brushes—like wearing your good suit to the Big Meeting, in a way. Excellent lather applied after showering and then...
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