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BBS with Plisson Synthetic brush and the white bakelite slant
BBS comes easily when you have a two-day stubble and use a good slant—and the white bakelite vintage Merkur slant is one of the best, though now scarce. Italian Barber had a trove for a while, but it...
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Testing a Feather AS-D1 with D.R. Harris
A two-test shave. First, I was testing the Omega boar brush shown. I got a poor lather from it last week. I tried the soap with another brush (a badger) and got a fine lather, so now I have to try...
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A weird result in the lather experiments and a new inexpensive razor
A really superb shave today. As you see in the photo, I used the Omega Pro 48 (which after the last use apparently dried with part of the knot pushed out of place: the cowlick vanished when the brush...
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Not quite BBS—I see one reason why Feather may have gone to the AS-D2
Almightywhacko recommended this soap, of which I’d never heard. The maker has an Etsy store, however, with a good selection of soaps. I ordered several and this one is the Tobacco. The fragrance is...
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Superb shave with Shavecraft #102 Slant
What a great shave, and I have to say that Seifenglatt shaving soap is the real deal. Thanks to almightywhacko for pointing it out. I very easily achieved a thick, lubricious lather, and the shave...
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Figured out Barrister & Mann lathering—and the Feather AS-D1 problem
A really good shave this morning. Several things I was checking: brush, soap, and razor. (No check on aftershave, but I’m going to have to get a new bottle of this one soon.) On Wicked Edge I was...
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Above the Tie announces its stainless-steel slant: Another humpback slant
Here it is, available for pre-order, solid guard or open-comb. It’s a humpback design, like the vintage Walbusch slant and the new iKon Shavecraft #102. The head of the ATT slant is $146; the head of...
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BBS with #102—and good success with Stirling soap
Things are progressing well: I think I really have learned how to lather thirsty soaps, and I believe soap-thirst was at the root of my difficulties with several soaps—Barrister & Mann, Dapper...
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Belated shave post: Stirling again, and a torqued slant
I think the lighting’s weird because of reflections from the lid. Sorry about that—and apologies too for the late posting. As you can see, now that I know how to lather thirsty soaps, there’s no...
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#102 with Utopia Care handle—and Maggard shaving soap
An extremely nice shave today. Mr Pomp has no problems at all in getting a really fine lather from the Maggard shaving soap, which as you see is a coconut-oil soap. If you’re going to use a single...
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Another torqued-slant shave: 37C, plus great lather from Maggard soap
I have to say that I’m quite impressed with the lather I get from the two Maggard soaps I’ve tried—today is London Barbershop, which has tallow in addition to the coconut oil. Once again a very thick,...
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Seifenglatt/Seifneglatt Vanilla Rose and the Walbusch humpback slant
I had thought the soap was called “Seifenglatt” (German for “soap smooth”), but as you see, the tub is clearly labeled “Seifneglatt,” doubtless a typo. The maker pretty clearly intends for customers...
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Wrapping up Slant Week with another BBS shave—and Mickey Lee soap is extemely...
A marvelous shave—and today I did not a difference in the slant shave—more below. First, let me praise Mickey Lee’s shaving soap, available through his new Web store, Mickey Lee Soapworks. It’s a...
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A wonderful lemon-scented shave
Terrific shave today—skipping a day is hard, but the reward Monday morning is worth it: starting the week with a perfect shave. I used my Plisson brush with Honeybee Soaps Fresh Lemon shaving soap....
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Very impressive performance by Mickey Lee Soapworks shaving soap
Today’s shave is extraordinarily good. Part of that is the Shavecraft #101 razor with a new Personna Lab Blue blade, but I have to say that the incredibly good lather from Mickey Lee Soapworkss The...
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Not quite so comfortable a razor, but a good shave
A good shave this morning in the final result, but more care required during the shave than I like. I used the Plisson synthetic brush I bought from l’Occitane with l’Occitane’s own Cade shaving...
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BBS with ATT R1 and Soap Commander
Extremely good shave. Soap Commander—and I love the retro name and logo—lathered quite well, and I liked (but cannot describe) the fragrance. Mr Pomp (not the Frank Shaving knockoff) continues to be a...
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Gillette vintage razors can really be great
Really an extraordinarily nice shave today. It’s been a while since I used my 1940′s Gillette Aristocrat (the razor pictured on the cover of the Guide as shown at the right) and this morning it felt...
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Perfectly smooth with Fatip and I Coloniali
A really superb shave. My excellent H.L. Thäter brush has hooked bristles, thus the spiky appearance. (Had I brushed the dry brush across my hand, the knot would again look smooth.) Hooked bristles...
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Great shave to start the week
A very nice shave indeed, and I’m beginning to think the humpback slant design is better than the torqued approach. But that’s probably in YMMV territory. First, a very nice lather from the Omega...
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