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Otoko Organics, the S-Brush, and a great shave with the ATT R1
A very fine shave indeed. Since the two appeared in the new starter kit I blogged yesterday, I used the S-Brush and Otoko Organics for today’s shave, and I have to say they are excellent. The S-Brush...
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Testing the 37C v. the 34C, with Bee Witched
Extremely smooth result today: the two-day-stubble effect, in part. I really like Mickey Lee’s Bee Witched a lot and was recommending it until I learned it was a limited edition rather than regular...
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Focusing on the right things
A recent post on Wicked_Edge expressed combined surprise and dismay: I felt like I was fully converted. bought a shiny expensive razor, hundreds of blades, new products, and loving using them. asking...
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#101 and #102 head to head, with Meißner Tremonia Lavender
A very nice shave indeed. I’ve not used the Omega 20102 for a while, and as I lathered I realized that I’ve missed it. The brush is now well broken in, and it lathers easily, feels good, and has great...
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The S1 and R1 in the same shave, with the Organic Asses’-Milk shaving soap
Since I’m using the asses’-milk shaving soap, a horsehair brush seemed appropriate. The soap is excellent but the container is filled to the brim and some have found that they cannot load a brush...
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Standard + Elite Razor Frankenrazor and Martin de Candre
The Fine Accoutrements brush shown is a very nice brush indeed, and Fine now has a little brother for that brush: the Stout. The knot is slightly bigger at the base (24mm instead of 20mm), but has a...
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A reader-suggested Frankenrazor plus Meißner Tremonia’s Strong ‘n’ Scottish
The Vie-Long horsehair brush shown has an olivewood handle. It made a very nice lather, one with a strong smokey fragrance: Strong ‘n’ Scottish indeed. (I think two apostrophes are needed: the first...
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JabonMan Rose Bourbon and the Wolfman Razors WR1-SB
I just got a couple of soaps from JabonMan in Spain. He seems to have switched to metal containers, though I find the plastic interlocking containers more to my taste. Still, nothing wrong with the...
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Loading a (very soft) brush with Otoko Organics
Somehow the time it now takes me to load a brush always seem to clock in at 10 seconds. This Fine 20mm angel-hair synthetic brush has an extremely soft (and thus pleasant, so far as I’m concerned)...
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Pearl Harbor Day shave: iKon DLC slant and Dr. Jon’s Krampus
A good shave, albeit with a couple of small nicks going XTG on the upper lip, a problem I have with this razor if I do not keep the pressure very light. With the Omega S-Brush it was easy to work up a...
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Eufros Vetiver de Haiti and the Black Mamba
An exceptionally good shave today in every respect. The Omega brush shown, with a marvelously soft boar knot, is now well broken in. As with a previous lathering, I found myself adding small amounts...
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A teaching scene from when I was a tutor, with regard to straight-razor shavng
I am posting the following as a comment on this post on Reddit’s Wicked_Edge. I’m pretty sure Reddit doesn’t allow responses that long, but once I had the bit in my teeth, I couldn’t let up. And it was...
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The Double-Open-Comb razor and a fine lather, via Semogue Owners Club, from...
A very nice shave today, and I note that Strong ‘n Scottish lather is tan—and certainly fragrant and thick. My Semogue Owners Club brush is coming slowly along. This is a brush for the long haul. The...
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A gift guide for the shaver, and an article on Above the Tie
The new issue of the on-line magazine Craftsmanship is now up, with two shaving-related articles: An article about Above the Tie and its razors A gift guide for a shaver, which I wrote.Filed under:...
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Otoko Organics, Maggard V3 bar-guard razor, and Institut Karité
A very fine shave indeed. I got the usual somewhat stiffish lather from Otoko Organics, this morning using Italian Barber’s RazoRock synthetic badger brush, a really excellent brush for $17 (though...
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Terrific shave with Cement, a new shaving soap that’s a solid performer...
A terrific shave today. The gray color of the shaving soap shown above is doubtless due to the activated charcoal in its ingredients. The soap is called Cement, presumably due to color, and it’s a...
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Good review of Fendrihan’s new budget-priced all-stainless DE razor
In Sharpologist Victor Marks has a good review of the new Fendrihan stainless.Filed under: Shaving
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The iKon Shavecraft #102 slant is available again—for now
Here they are ($70, marked down from $80—a 12.5% discount), and also the head alone ($45). If you buy the head alone, make sure you have a hefty handle, or buy one from Maggard Razors. I use my #102 on...
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#102 and QED’s new shaving soap (with The Copper Hat’s wonderful brush)
An extremely nice shave today. The Copper Hat shaving brush I like more and more. As I’ve previously noted, the handle is molded of Delrin®, a dense, tough plastic often used to make gears. QEDusa.com...
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The puzzle of Otoko Organics lather—and a great shave with the ATT S1
I have had a couple of communications—via email and via the Facebook page for the Guide—from men who have had difficulty in getting a lather from Otoko Organics. I was totally blindsided on this: the...
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