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Two comparisons: RazoRock artificial badger to angel-hair synthetic and Weber...
Two requests: compare RazoRock’s artificial badger to one of the angel-hair synthetics, and to compare the Weber DLC to to the Wolfman WR1=SB (the bar-guard version). I used my rapidly dwindling tub...
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Wonderful BBS finish from a bad shave
“A good shave” means for some that the final result is good, and in that sense today I had an excellent shave: fully BBS with sign of a nick or burn. However, I use “a good shave” to refer not just to...
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Gillette Milord (gold-plated version of 1940’s Super Speed) now up on eBay
My 1940’s Milord is now up on eBay. Full description at the link. This one really is in amazingly good condition. I found I didn’t use it (which is why I’m selling: got to pay for my KME...
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Super smooth with the #102
A very nice shave indeed. The little Vie-Long horsehair brush shown worked quite well. For one thing, I remembered to wet the knot well before I took my shower. For another, I have long thought that...
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Another razor on the auction block: Gillette Sheraton in rose gold
This is a very nice Sheraton, but I find I like a bar guard. RazorPlate.com did the replating, and they did an excellent job. They strip the razor, plate in nickel, then plate the nickel with the...
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Comparison: Whipped Dog brushes (Silvertip and High-Mountain Badger) and...
Extremely nice shave today, with some interesting bits along the way The brushes, somewhat akimbo, have much the same handle. The silvertip is on the left, the high-mountain badger on the right....
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Testing driving a Parker synthetic, and the flat-bottomed Gillette Aristocrat...
A very nice shave today, with a test-run of a brush. The Parker synthetic shown is a loaner from someone who’s thinking of offering the brush. The handle is quite nice, but the knot is not. In my...
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Putting one of my Wolfman razors up on eBay
As I continue to pare down my collection, I had to ask whether I actually needed two Wolfman razors. I’ve decided to list one on eBay; details at the link. I think you probably know that these are...
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Weber DLC and a tiny Omega boar brush
Very nice shave indeed. The small Omega boar does a fine job and held enough lather (barely) from the shave stick for a full three-pass shave. I generally am wary of using a boar brush with a shave...
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iKon Shavecraft #102 back in stock
They’re back—for now. Get one while you can. It’s the razor I always seem to pick when I can have only one razor (as on a trip).Filed under: Shaving
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Wonderful shave with Gillette Aristocrat Jr. and Connecticut Yankee shaving soap
A very fine shave today. The brush shown is the Wet Shaving Products Prince, a very nice little silvertip badger brush, and the soap is Razor Emporium’s re-creation of the original of the Williams...
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Long-lofted brush, Meißner Tremonia, and the Above the Tie S1 slant
Very fine shave today. The brush shown, with the snakewood handle, I purchased some years back from Strop Shoppe, mainly because of the handle. When I got it and used it the first time, I was somewhat...
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Another Joris razor up for sale
Another palladium-plated Joris open comb razor, listed here.Filed under: Shaving
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Great shave starting a “travel” series
An Australian reader (hi, Eddie) asked me to devote some shaves to travel-oriented kit—shave sticks and small brushes, for example. So I’m beginning today with the Simpson Case, which was known as the...
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Fasan slant up for auction
This somewhat aggressive slant is now listed on eBay. It’s in fine condition, just a tad more aggressive than I like.Filed under: Shaving
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Two brushes, two razors, and Meißner Tremonia’s Elemi shaving soap
I wanted to compare the feel and performance of the two RazoRock brushes shown, and also show the difference between two quite similar Gillette razors: the 1940’s Aristocrat (on the left) and the...
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Stupendous shave: Baby Omega badger, D.R. Harris shave stick, and the first...
A really superb shave today, thanks perhaps in part to the two-day stubble. Shower, wash beard with MR GLO, rinse partially with a splash, and then rub the D.R. Harris shave stick against the grain...
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A travel sort of shave: Mühle travel brush, Mama Bear shave stick, Anthony...
A very fine shave indeed. The Mühle travel brush shown is my favorite of travel brushes (other than small regular brushes). It is extremely well designed, and several types of knots are available:...
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Wolfman dual-guard (comb and bar)
Very smooth shave today. I photographed both Mühle travel brushes—the one I used yesterday and the nickel-plated brass one that I like less, and as you can see, it is substantially larger. It does,...
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Wolfman bar-guard razor, the Mixed Midget, and Valobra
Good shave today, but not BBS. I think the Voskhod blade had lost its zip, so I replaced it at the end of the shave. Very fine lather from the Valobra shave stick, using the Omega Mixed Midget (boar...
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