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RazoRock Baby Smooth delivers a great shave
A really fine shave today. My pre-reformulation Trumper Violet made a terrific lather easily, thanks in part to the Rooney Victorian brush shown. Then three easy passes with the very comfortable, very...
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Unslanting slants: An experiment
I tried two slants this morning, but didn’t reach much of a conclusion. The effort was in response to this post by NeedsMoreMenthol on Wicked_Edge: To all iKon #102 owners out there, I’d like to...
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The Stealth and Honey Ale Shaver Heaven
Terrific shave today. The Omega S-Seeries Beehive brush worked up a wonderful lather from Shaver Heaven’s Honey Ale, a very nice fragrance (and soap). Then three passes with the Stealth holding a...
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Flawless shave = happy day
Of course, I’ll have to wait until evening to see whether the day was happy. (The Greeks, always aware of how fate can trick one, counseled that we should count no one happy until they die.) My...
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BBS with #102 and Mystic Water
Very nice shave indeed. I really like Mystic Water’s Sensitive Skin shaving soap, though my own skin is not especially sensitive. But the soap lathers well, has excellent ingredients, and performs...
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Wonderful shave with an unknown (to me) Gillette
The Gillette looks like a Sheraton except that it’s not an open-comb razor. Maybe the Sheraton came in two models: bar guard and open comb. At any rate the lather was exquisite, both in texture and...
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i Coloniali, Annick Goutal, and the Wolfman
The title sounds like a fairy tale from Central Europe, doesn’t it? But it was a terrific shave. The Rooney Style 3, Size 1 made an excellent lather because I remembered to add a couple of driblets of...
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Two slants compared: ATT S1 and iKon Shavecraft #102
A splendid shave today. The Vie-Long horsehair brush brought forth a superb and fragrant lather from the (pre-reformulation) Geo. F. Trumper Sandalwood, and I tried the two slants shown: in the...
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Bathhouse Soapery shaving cream and aftershave
Bathhouse Soapery is like some other small soapmakers in offering a broad line of soaps, including shaving soaps and the like. I bought a couple of soaps, even though they do not sell their soaps in...
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Taming the Feather: Wolfman Tech with Wickham Garden Mint
Excellent shave. It struck me this morning that one reason I like a 5″ puck with a regular brush is that it offers much the same relative work area as a regular puck with a Wee Scot. And of course a...
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Very fine shave with Bathhouse Tobacco & Rum and the Parker 24C
Fine shave. The Plisson synthetic—terrific brush—made a good lather with Bathhouse Soapery’s Tobacco & Rum, though perhaps less creamy than I like: possibly user error. The fragrance is light but...
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Excellent shave with Bathhouse Cloud and iKon open-comb
Much better lather today. I think yesterday I did not give a good enough shake to the brush: synthetics hold a lot of surplus water, and that can dilute the lather. Today, I remembered, shook the...
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Perfect result with iKon Shavecraft #101
I commented in the Guide on the cherry-blossom nature of some artisanal shaving products: available briefly, then gone forever. Special 218 is one that is now gone: QED’s soapmaker retired, and I will...
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2-day stubble + iKon DLC slant = BBS
A very fine shave today, typical of Mondays. It’s very nice to have something you really look forward to on a Monday morning. I do like the Plisson Chinese Grey. The plated brass handle of the one I...
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A quartet of British Aristocrats, and a fine shave with a Frankenrazor
A very nice shave today, albeit with one small nick on my chin in the WTG pass: My Nik Is Sealed worked its magic easily. The brush is Rooney’s Heritage Emilion, a very nice brush (available now at...
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British Gillette Aristocrat does a fine job
Very smooth and trouble-free shave today—dare I say even pleasant? Mickey Lee Soapworks Panty Dropper made a very nice lather indeed, thanks in part to the Rooney Heritage Victorian brush, which...
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Yet another great shave: #102, Drunken Goat, Bathhouse Soapery aftershave
The brush is the Prince by Wet Shaving Products, and the lather was truly excellent. And although I strongly resist the “if you had one razor” questions, I’m coming around more and more to the thought...
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Newly replated Sheraton and Mr Pomp, with Italian Stallion
A very smooth shave today. Italian Stallion is a great fragrance, and Mr Pomp did a fine job creating a good lather. The Sheraton, plated in rose gold by RazorPlate.com, looks stunning and shaves...
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Great shave: British Gillette Aristocrat, Omega soft boar brush, Bee-Witched
Extremely fine shave today. The Omega brush shown is the only boar brush I’ve tried that I would say is actually soft in the way that a fluffy badger knot is (only not quite to that degree). I got a...
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Lovely shave to start the week: Tcheon Fung Sing, #102, Floris No. 89
Very fine shave today. The 22mm Whipped Dog silvertip, set at the standard depth for a better feel on the face, made a totally wonderful lather from the Tcheon Fung Sing soap shown. TFS is an...
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