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Another razor up: Stainless steel Pils, gold-plated
Pils does make some brass models (or did), but this is the stainless steel Pils. I just liked it so much I had it gold plated. Listed here. I should add—and wish I had put in the description—that the...
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Three who work well together: Meißner Tremonia Indian Flavour shaving soap,...
I had read a couple of complaints about the Omega R&B brush shown—mainly that it was too soft and if you pressed the brush against your skin the knot splays open. I thought I’d re-verify my own...
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Super smooth with iKon slant, MWF, and an extremely soft and fluffy badger brush
A very nice shave indeed. I put the soap so that you can see how the puck has dried out to the point of cracking. I do not put water on the puck before loading the brush. So far as I can tell, that...
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Semogue, Stirling, and the NEW
An extremely smooth shave today, thanks to the NEW. The Semogue is still breaking in, and either because it’s not completely broken in or because I failed to load the brush adequately, I did have to...
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BBS with Edwin Jagger, Shannon’s Soap, and Chiseled Face brush
A very fine shave indeed, and the Edwin Jagger head is not to be sneezed at. I really like the Chiseled Face angel-hair synthetic brush a lot. The handle is interesting, classy, and comfortable, and...
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Good shave with 34G and the return of the Ecotools brush
I haven’t used the Ecotools brush for quite a while, but I got a question about it recently and brought it out. I set it aside when the Omega S-Series synthetic brushes appeared: those are around the...
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Williams Redux
Williams Mug Soap, as it is known nowadays, a faded shell of its former self, began as Genuine Yankee Soap, introduced in 1840 and made by Williams & Brothers of Manchester, Connecticut. The...
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Soap surprise boxes: Instant soap collections
Okay, I’ve simply got to cut back. I buy many soaps to test, so almost all of these have had very little use. These are good soaps that I enjoyed using, but I just have too many for the space I have....
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Fine shave with Meißner sample soap
Very nice shave this morning. The soap is in my own bowl, since it arrived as a grated sample of the soap: Both photos were taken in the same location, but one was taken under artificial light, thus...
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iKon Short-Comb Shavecraft, an interesting aftershave, and the alum block...
Very nice shave today. Truefitt & Hill is one of the three “T”s of English shaving (the others being Geo. F. Trumper and Taylor of Old Bond Street), and though the reformulation scourge may have...
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Another of the collection up for sale: Gillette Toggle, Date code F4 = 1960 Q4
The collection slowly shrinks. Here’s the listing. Seven-day auction this time.Filed under: Shaving
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The Meißner sample, continued, with a Mühle synthetic and the iKon #101
The sample of Meißner Tremonia’s Pots of Milk shaving soap looks to be good for at least 6 more shaves, but we’ll see. I used the Mühle synthetic shown, which is quite nice but feels more natural than...
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Excellent shave with Wilkinson “Sticky”
Extremely nice shave today. My R&B commemorative brush made a fine lather from the shaving soap sample, the third shave from this sample. The lather was somewhat sparse by the third pass, which I...
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Maggard razor, Meißner Tremonia, and Dark Rose
A very fine shave indeed. The Plisson synthetic is wonderful for face lathering, and the sample soap from Meißner Tremonia is still going strong. Today is the fourth shave, and I imagine I have 3-4...
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BBS with J.M. Fraser and Maggard
Extremely good shave today, and I attribute some of that to the excellent lather I geet from J.M. Fraser’s wonderful shaving cream. I used the Omega S-brush shown, which I continue to like a lot,...
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iKon DLC slant, Vie-Long, and the Meißner Tremonia sample—still
A perfect result today, thanks to a two-day stubble, excellent prep, and the DLC slant. The Vie-Long horsehair brush shown is a favorite. I really do like the feel and performance of a good horsehair...
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Shy v. bold at the colony level
In the Guide I discuss two mindsets: explorers and settlers. Explorers are risk-tolerant and novelty seeking, looking for any excuse to try something new; settlers are risk-averse and prefer the...
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A German slant and shave 6 with the Meißner sample
Very fine shave, all German. The Mühle brush shown made a very fine lather from my Meißner Tremonia sample, the sixth shave with this sample. The German slant shown has no name and I know little about...
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BBS with the Wolfman
Extremely good shave today, the seventh from the sample of Pots o’ Milk Meißner Tremonia shaving soap. I got yet another excellent lather from it using the Kent Infinity synthetic brush, a good...
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The Above the Tie S1 and Mickey Lee’s Italian Stallion aftershave milk
Very fine shave today, with the Plisson HMW 12 (with a horn handle) bringing forth a fine lather from the sample of Meißner Tremonia soap, the eighth shave with this sample, which I’m starting to...
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