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Catch-up on shaving posts
Saturday’s shave, which I forgot to post: I’m finding myself growing gradually more forgetful—and noting also an increase in number of typos, wrong or missing words, etc.: the costs of aging. So on...
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Perfect BBS with Standard Frankenrazor and Yardley shaving soap
I brought out the Yardley because someone on Wicked_Edge just scored a tub, and I wanted to show solidarity. It’s a wonderful shaving soap, and the Vie-Long horsehair brush had no trouble at all in...
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Good shave with the Above the Tie S2 open-comb slant
The lather was great, and my appreciation of the Plisson synthetic is renewed. This is a wonderful brush for me, but those who prefer a very dense and stiff brush with short loft will probably not...
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BBS with British Gillette Aristocrat—and some intense soap
What a great shave. I used the tiny Omega silvertip with Seifenglatt’s Camphor shaving soap: an intense fragrance that I definitely will use when next I have a cold or the flu: full camphor...
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Perfect smoothness with Maggard MR18C and Wickham’s Garden Mint
I thought rather than another photo of the surface of the soap, I’d let you see the information label. Click photo to enlarge; if it’s still not maximum size, click again. The lather was excellent in...
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Chiseled Face soap and aftershave—and a BBS result with the #101
A very nice shave, which started with a great lather—well, just before that, the usual pre-shave beard wash with MR GLO. For the lather, I used my brand new Omega S-Series brush, shown in the photo....
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3-D printed DIY insert for custom travel case from a tin like an Altoids’
Take a look at this. (Forgive the Altoids tin reference; I’d not heard of Barkley.)Filed under: Shaving, Techie toys, Technology
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A comparison shave: Lenthéric, Omega & Mühle synthetics, both ATT slants
A really great shave today. First up was the Lenthéric shaving soap, which has not been made for (literally) decades. It’s a triple-milled hard soap, but the lather was immediate, generous, thick and...
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Comparison shave of two open-comb iKons, two Omega brushes
A couple of comparisons, and we’ll do brushes first. I like a knot that is soft and fluffy because (a) it feels better on my face (personal preference) and (b) it makes lather at least as efficiently...
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Superb shave with Wolfman razor
The Omega R&B boar brush did an excellent job today, with a generous and creamy lather from Mickey Lee’s The Drunken Goat. I just received this Wolfman Razor, the WR1-SB – Standard/Safety Bar. (It...
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A two-brush, two-razor test shave: Parker 24C and Gillette NEW
An extremely good shave today: BBS without flaw. Let’s start with the soap, i Coloniali. In the past, I found that I didn’t much like the lather, but then someone told me it was a thirsty soap, and I...
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Open comb all the way: the Phoenix Double Open-Comb Razor
Just got a couple of things from Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements, including an unusual razor: open-comb all the way, with both guard and cap using the open comb design. First, though, the prep. I used...
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Comparison shave of Wolfman and LASSC razors, plus new Wholly Kaw soap and...
What a morning: printer failure, trips to staples, searching HP’s amazingly unhelpful Website for support info, etc. Frustrating, but thank heavens I was doing it on the good mood of a great shave. I...
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Today’s timed shave: 5 minutes exactly
On Groundhog Day, I try to remember to time my shave, but the last year or two I’ve sort of ignored it. After some years of gradual improvement, the time required seems to have leveled off at 5...
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Test shave: Standard v. Parker 24C—plus mentholated pre-shave soap
The Ice pre-shave soap is from Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements. It’s a high-glycerin soap with no fragrance (so not competing with the shaving soap or cream’s fragrance) and, in effect, gives a menthol...
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Stealth-to-Stealth comparison
Extremely good shave today. I reprised Bee Witched because I wanted to try it sans menthol, and it is a very good shaving soap. The Plisson brush made a good lather instantly, though I think I should...
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Good shave with Above the Tie and Mickey Lee
Fine shave except that I discovered that SuperMax Stainless Steel blades do not work well for me: I had to struggle a bit to get an acceptable result. But first was the lather. The grey badger from...
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Fine shave, late blogging
Extremely nice shave today. My Rooney Victorian made a fine lather from Wickham’s Garden Mint, a favorite, and the Above the Tie S1 slant left a BBS result—and more important, made for a highly...
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Wolfman razors are top-notch
Based on my experience with this razor and with the Los Angeles Shaving Soap Company’s BBS-1 (also made by Wolfman), I rate his razors absolutely top-notch. I do like my Above the Tie R1 razor, but...
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l’Occitane and the Above the Tie S2—and my Simpson Persian Jar
A very nice shave indeed this morning, despite using the shaving cream upside down. Someone commented on WE on why Simpson brushes are not mentioned so much these days. I recall that when I resumed...
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