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Another fine shave, with a new finish
MR GLO first, of course, then a good lather from the Green Mountain Cheaha shaving soap: Triple milled shaving soap formulated to provide a creamy, sturdy, slick lather. Essential oils of cedarwoods,...
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Perfect smoothness, with pleasure
A wonderful shave, but I gave myself every advantage: D.R. Harris shaving soap always makes me say to myself, “What a great lather today!”, and today was much the same. The Lavender shave stick rubbed...
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Terrific shave with a slant
Another fine shave. My Rooney Victorian worked up a fine lather from the TFS puck, and then I set to work with the new slant razor holding a previously used Trig blade. I noticed that this razor,...
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Excellent shave with slant and The Holy Black
In contrast to my previous experience with The Holy Black, this lather was good—and I really like the fragrance. I loaded the brush longer, and I found no problems. I will return to the earlier soap,...
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BBS with a slant
Today’s shave was exceptionally easy and smooth. I worked up a good lather from the Barrister & Mann soap whose name I can no longer make out, using the Ecotools brush. As usual, I spent some time...
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Cool brushes from the Strop Shoppe
Kali of the Strop Shoppe sent me a link to some photos of new brushes she’ll be offering. At the link you can see photos of individual brushes. Here’s the full group: Filed under: Shaving
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Today I decided to use a Slant
Today seemed a good day for a shave with a Slant-Bar razor. This Merkur 37G replaces the 37C I had previously owned: I just wanted up an upgrade because I liked the razor so much—and indeed it does...
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The cover shave
Sorry for blurry photo. Today’s shave is to cap a week of slant-razor shaves, and I thought I’d repeat the cover set-up on the book. However, my supply of Castle Forbes, a luxury shaving cream, is...
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BBS with a Slant
A perfect shave. Guys who are buying Whipped Dog silvertips with the optional deeper setting of the knot (to make the knot more resilient) might want to consider a Vie-Long badger+horse brush:...
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Perfect shave with a Pils
For some reason—I think I got a few nicks—I fell out of the habit of using my stainless-steel Pils razor. (The gold color it the photo is due, not to lighting, but to my having it gold plated because...
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Perfect shave on a floral morning
Absolutely wonderful shave this morning. I’m continuing a series in which I shave with heavy-headed razors: yesterday the Pils, today the iKon S3S (with optional “bamboo” handle), and the theme today...
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Fat Boy and boy! What a great shave!
A guy on Wicked_Edge was asking about the Fat Boy, which prompted me to bring out mine for today’s shave—and I’m very glad I did: perfect BBS. It began with the lather. The Omega silvertip badger...
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Great shave with a test shaving cream
I like the feel of this little New Forest brush—need to use it more often. As you can see, I used a test sample (Palermo in the fragrance) from AlsShaving.com. I am embarrassed to say that I’ve had...
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Sodial razor and a perfect shave
A truly great shave: BBS throughout. It began with the Whipped Dog 24mm silvertip brush and Palermo shaving cream from AlsShaving.com. I love the Palermo fragrance, and the lather is amazing: terrific...
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Wonderful shave
A perfectly wonderful shave this morning: from two-day stubble to BBS. I used my Omega 40033 boar brush, letting it sit soaking wet while I showered. I see I turned the tub so you can’t see which...
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Bad photo, great shave
I noticed that my camera’s battery had very little charge, and I suspect that’s the source of the dim image. The WSP Stubby brush did a great job. And I have to say that Wet Shaving Products makes...
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A very good shave
A very pleasant shave. I did wet the (horsehair) knot of the Vie-Long brush and let it stand, soaking wet, while I showered. I think that does help with horsehair—and it’s much easier than running...
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Fine shave with Gillette NEW
I just recommended the Gillette NEW to a guy who specifically wanted an open-comb razor. The NEW is a delight, and the long-toothed version shown in the photo I find particularly nice. The handle...
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Another NEW, another good shave
The brush is one of Vie-Long’s mixed badger+horse brushes, and it does a very fine job indeed. I did soak the knot, now that I know I can do that simply by wetting the knot well before I shower. The...
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New brush and the Gillette Rocket
Some conversation about the redoubtable Rocket, the UK version of the Super Speed, prompted me to haul out that razor. The build quality is extremely high, far beyond the Super Speed: the Rocket feels...
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