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Astonishing custom treatment of the Merkur Progress
So far as I’m concerned, the Progress is head and shoulders above any other razor Merkur currently offers. Now take a look at how Bob Quinn has transformed the Progress. I do want one, but I think I...
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The wonderful Monday shave: Le Père Lucien, ATT S1, and UFO
A wonderful shave and perfect result. My Rooney Finest (the knot somewhat asymmetric from where it was pressed against the back of the shelf as it dried) made a fine lather from Le Père Lucien shaving...
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Fitjar Såpekokeri, Kent BK4, and an old Gillette
The G.B. Kent BK4 really is a marvelous brush: big, puffy, soft knot that generates lather easily, holds a ton, and feels great on the face. The Fitjar Såpekokeri I have not used for a long time—and...
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BBS with British Gillette
Extremely good shave today. With my Brushguy.com brush, I got an immediate good lather from Tcheon Fung Sing’s Tobacco Verde shaving soap. Although the stubby dense knot has somewhat limited capacity...
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Terrific shave with blade change
Extremely nice shave with the British Gillette Aristocrat shown. The Omega S-Series brush made a very fine lather from D.R. Harris Arlington shaving soap, and the razor is comfortable and...
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BBS with a Schick Injector, and solution to a high-school-era problem
Do we ever really get over high school? This morning I brought out the same model of Schick Injector that my step-father switched to (and thus so did I: I used his razor) when I was a junior in high...
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Schick Adjustable with Schick blades: BBS
A great shave today. The Omega R&B commemorative brush did a fine job with Floris JF shaving soap, making a wonderful lather—which, oddly, was gone by the third pass. Insufficient loading, most...
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Working through the soaps and creams: TOBS Grapefruit today, with iKon DLC Slant
Wonderful shave today. I decided to use all my soaps and shaving creams in shelf order. I’m now halfway across the top shelf (which holds 8 tubs).Today was the Grapefruit Shaving Cream that TOBS...
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An orange-themed shave
An extremely nice shave today. The problems I once had in lathering Mike’s Natural soaps are totally gone. I wet the Mr Pomp brush, shook it out, and began brushing the surface of the Orange,...
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A -wood shave
Teakwood and Sandalwood provide the fragrances for today’s shave. The lather from Strop Shoppe’s Special Edition Teakwood was wonderful, and the Plisson did a very fine job. I think this was the first...
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Western Razor, Mike’s Natural Vetiver, and a fine shave
Very fine shave today. As the demand for DE razors increases—that is, as the market grows—new products start to show up: new soaps, new brushes, and new razors. I’m using one of each today....
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Super shave with new RazoRock Baby-Smooth razor, and two nice soaps
I just received this soap (and another) and the new RazoRock “Baby Smooth” razor, machined (like the aluminum Stealth) for high-grade aluminum alloy. The soap was a pure pleasure and immediately...
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Otoko Organics, Mühle Silverfiber, and the Double Open-Comb
A BBS shave today. In discussions of Mühle’s synthetics (including the HJM), I ended up talking about the silverfiber brush shown, so I thought I’d use it. Once again I learn that synthetic knots hold...
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Perfect result, but razor feels somewhat harsh
I really like Soap Commander Rose—and note that it’s a vegan soap. It lathers quite well and the rose fragrance is not faint. (I like fragrances I can easily smell.) I just sent some soaps and creams...
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Creed’s Green Irish Tweed today, naturally
I had a reader-requested shave lined up, but I could scarcely let St. Patrick’s Day go by with no acknowledgement, and Creed’s Green Irish Tweed seemed to fit the bill. The small white flecks are from...
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Trumper Coconut Oil shaving cream and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
A request shave. I didn’t have the brush requested (a Savile Row) so I picked the big, soft Omega silvertip shown. The shaving cream is pretty dried out, and in fact I had a little difficulty in...
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Shaver Heaven and Baby Smooth
A truly superb shave today. First is Shaver Heaven’s extremely good soap. As you see from the label, this is an Australian artisan soap, and this is the Hubba Hubba fragrance (“notes of tawny port and...
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Busy morning, but perfect shave with Frankenrazor: Wolfman Tech
What a great shave. The Oatmeal Stout by Shaver Heaven is another great shaving soap—these soaps are seriously good, and I’m going to get more, I can tell. Australians, you are lucky: Otoko Organics,...
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Test shave to compare RazoRock Baby Smooth and the Standard
Sort of hard to see the razors, but that’s the Standard in front (with a UFO handle) and the RazoRock Baby Smooth in the back. First the lather. This tub of Truefitt and Hill long antedates their...
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BBS with the Stealth Stainless Steel and Dapper Dragon
A very smooth shave today. The brush I bought from Strop Shoppe and it has a snakwood handle. It quickly worked up a fine lather from Dapper Dragon, which for some reason (experience? reformulation?...
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