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BBS with no-name slant
Back at the old pop stand at last: SOTD photos can now resume. This morning I used HTGAM’s pre-shave soap shown, which worked quite well. The lather from Otoko Organics shaving soap, made this morning...
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Great shave with the Shavecraft #101, now on Massdrop.com
A very nice shave today. Mr Pomp is more and more liked: the handle shape as well as knot quality makes it great to use, and I like the appearance very much. I just realized that, if I like this...
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How does Above the Tie convey that feeling of holding a very precise machine,...
I said I’d use my wonderful R&B brush this morning, and so I have: it did a great job with the Paisley vintage shaving soap. I shaved using my Above the Tie R1 baseplate on the Kronos handle...
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Classic British Lavender Shaving Soap
Someone on Wicked Edge asked about classic British lavender shaving soaps, someone complained that the Standard razor was (for them) uncomfortable because a narrow range of cutting angles, and someone...
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Excellent result, fine shave: Indian Summer and Gillette Tech
The photo is somewhat deceptive, as I’ll explain. I was talking with someone yesterday about the Kent BK4, the brush shown, and I thought I might as well use it. It’s quite a nice brush. We were...
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Good shave from yesterday’s comments
Up early to take The Wife to the airport. Her plane left at 9:00 a.m. with a short layover, so she booked the flight early to seize the opportunity. That meant the ticket was non-refundable, so after...
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BBS from an HTGAM razor
Quite a good shave today. The Vetiver Queen Charlotte shaving soap came to mind during a discussion of good Vetiver soaps. This one was light on the fragrance, at least for me. I much prefer the...
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Better lather, fine shave
I wanted to try the Queen Charlotte Soaps Vetiver again after the somewhat disappointing performance with my Omega boar brush, so today I used a badger brush, Mr Pomp. And indeed I did get a...
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A manly shave
There was discussion on Wicked Edge about “manly” aftershaves, and the first thought I had was Alt-Innsbruck. But that made me consider a totally manly shave, and that brought Special 218 off the...
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Very nice shave
A very nice rose-fragranced shave today. Very fine lather, and the ATT with a SuperMax Platinum blade did a fine job with a couple of nicks. I’m going to try a different brand in it. A slash of Saint...
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BBS with the Parker 26C
Extremely good shave today. Terrific lather from Martin de Candre shaving soap with the Marris & Forndran brush. My Parker 26C open-comb with a SuperMax Titanium blade did a fine and trouble-free...
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BBS with the Standard—and Sweet Gale
Extremely smooth and pleasant shave today, with no nicks or other problem. The shave began well with the wonderful Rusty-Nail fragrance of Sweet Gale. Mr Pomp created a fine lather immediately, and...
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BBS with Garden Mint pleasure
A very nice shave today. The Whipped Dog silvertip with the optional ceramic handle did a fine job with Wickham’s Garden Min shaving soap, which is a soft soap—you can see where the soap stuck to the...
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Honeybee Week: A confirmation series
I ordered the samples shown above after reading this review of one shaver’s experience with Honeybee Soaps shaving soap. I decided to do the test because his experience was completely different than...
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Still learning the iKon DLC slant
A very fine shave this morning with a lesson learned. Today is the second Honeybee Soaps sample. I really like the fragrance on this one, but I’m a sucker for vanilla. (One thing we do know about...
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The Beluga Razor
The Beluga Razor is an interesting variant. It is a single-edged razor that uses a double-edged blade, so that when the edge dulls, you switch the blade to give it a second life. I have gradually...
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Lilac and Pink
A bit of a late start, but I’ve been working on some things that will doubtless appear in a later post. I have to admit that today’s lather was not so hot. It could be user error, though I did load...
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Belated SOTD post: Good lather, great shave with the iKon S3S
I was about to post my SOTD this morning when I was interrupted, and by the time I got back the “already posted” flag had been set in my brain. But I did remember at last. (I like to have the SOTD...
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Great lather today: Honeybee Soaps Coffee Mocha and Mr Pomp
Really fine lather today—does badger make the difference? I’ll return to the Lilac tomorrow with the Mr Pomp brush shown and see. Three passes with the Stealth holding a Personna Lab Blue blade, then...
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When the Invisible Hand of the Market picks up a shaving brush…
Sometimes I have a full-on “duh” moment. Today was one. I’ve been working through a batch of samples of Honeybee Soaps shaving soaps, following this extremely negative review by almightywhacko posted...
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