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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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Fatip and the Satin Tip compared with an angel-hair synthetic
Extremely smooth result today—but first the brushes. I loaded the Satin Tip in the usual way with a shave stick—rubbing the stick against the grain all over my wet, washed beard, then brush my soaped...
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Carefully Groomed Stubble Is a Mark of Low Moral Character
Granted, it’s from Gawker, but Hamilton Nolan makes an interesting point: If you see a man sporting permanent stubble, it is appropriate to assume that he has character flaws that are very grave. I...
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Judge no brush until you’ve used it several times, plus the Eros slant
Almightywhacko commented that the Satin Tip brushes seem to relax a bit after a few uses, and I’ve noticed that happening with other brushes, both natural (in particular a recent silvertip badger from...
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Great shave with the Double-Comb razor
The HJM is another excellent synthetic brush available at a modest price. I have the first version, which is even softer and fluffier than the current version. I was moved to bring it out after using...
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Satin Tip and RazoRock Angel Hair, plus Eufros and the Standard
A very fine shave today, with a brush comparison: the Satin Tip and RazoRock’s angel-hair synthetic, both used with JabonMan’s Eufros shaving soap. Both brushes easily generated a fine lather—it’s a...
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Brushguy, Connecticut Yankee, and the ATT R1
An extremely smooth shave today. The brush is by Brushguy.com and is quite pleasant, and it made a terrific lather from Connecticut Yankee (made from the original 1840 formula for the soap that, after...
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Fine shave from an early iKon, along with Brushguy and QED
This Brushguy.com brush is a pure badger, and a very nice one. It has more texture on the face, but not sharp pricklies, and the handle comfortable. A decade ago QED soaps were quite popular and came...
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A rose-fragranced shave: Fine, QED, iKon, and Saint Charles Shave
I very much like a good rose fragrance in my shaving soap and aftershave. In my mind, a rose fragrance is somehow connected with the Cavaliers. Or perhaps the connection is somehow to the War of the...
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Lovely shave with Kell’s Original Energy
Extremely smooth result: BBS everywhere. Mr Pomp made a very nice lather from Kell’s Original Energy shave stick. As you see, I bought this one prior to his switch to waterproof labels. Energy has a...
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Great shave with Hydrogen (shave stick) and iKon short-comb razor
I have a Mama Bear shave stick in Hydrogen Fragrance—”Top fruity notes of apple, grapefruit, peach and leafy greens; with middle notes of lily, lavender, rose and violet; and finally base notes with...
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Great little razor at a modest price: the Double-Open-Comb
A very nice shave again, and again I mourn the loss of the excellent QED soaps. (Their soapmaker retired some time ago.) The Vetiver shave stick I used this morning had an excellent fragrance and made...
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Single-edge razors
SE razors, like the GEM and Schick Injector, are well-beloved by some, though I find I do prefer the double-edge design: half as much rinsing required. Still, the SE crowd are worth a look, and...
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The $20 Edwin Jagger with a stainless handle
An extremely nice shave today with a super-smooth result. The Satin Tip synthetic easily made a fine lather from Meißner Tremonia’s Moroccan Rhassoul. I continue to wish that the Satin Tip loft was...
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Great shave to end the week: R&B Commemorative brush and the Gillette NEW
An extremely good shave today. The R&B Commemorative brush from ShoeboxShaveshop.com is a wonderful boar brush, with an incredibly soft knot. It does, however, seem to require a bit more loading...
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