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The Slant route to BBS
Totally wonderful shave once more. A great shave is pleasing no matter how many you’ve had previously—like sex in that regard, I suppose. Ogallala shaving sticks produce a very good lather—slick and...
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Rose and a Wilkinson “Sticky”
Extremely good shave today. I began with a wonderfully fragrant lather made by the Vie-Long badger+horse brush—a very nice brush indeed—and D.R. Harris Rose shaving cream. Then I loaded my new (to...
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Gillette British Aristocrat Jr. — and avocado
BBS result, but I had to work a bit for it, so I replaced the Astra Superior Platinum blade immediately after the shave. My Rooney butterscotch Emilion got a very good lather easily and quickly,...
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The morning shave, with turmeric
I’ve used Vicco before, and this time instead of smearing a little on my beard (the shaving cream is a little runny), I squirted a little onto the knot of my (wet and shaken) Rooney Style 1, Size 1...
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Ein Deutsch rasieren
All German today: the Mühle silvertip badger brush did a fine job making a truly terrific lather from Tabula Rasa Patchouli shaving cream—and I do like the fragrance. The Mühle 2013 R41, unlike the...
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Another open-comb: the RazoRock “Jaws”
A very nice shave. The brush is the Baroness (which does indeed have a certain quality of Baronness—not really: just wanted to use both words in the same sentence) by Wet Shaving Products. They offer...
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BBS to begin the week
Today’s shave was extremely good. I brought out the Fitjar Såpekokeri shaving soap, which I’ve not used in a while, and I was delighted once more by the lather. The Wet Shaving Products Baroness is a...
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La Toja and my shave
Continuing the WSP brush odyssey, today one of the Prince models, which made a fine lather from La Toja shaving soap. Three very smooth and pleasant passes from the DLC Weber head, which holds a...
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Emu-oil experiment
Today I tried Emu Oil as a pre-shave treatment, based on a recommendation I read at Wicked_Edge. It worked for me as well as the other shave oils I’ve tried—that is, not very well. I rubbed it into my...
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D-Day shave: Superb
What a great shave, and credit must be given to Jlocke98′s terrific for a pre-shave treatment: Speaking of preshave, I’ve recently been putting about 1.5 pea’s worth of lanolin in my preshave soap (I...
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Lenthéric and Annik Goutal: Classic shave
Good shave with a small harvest of nicks across upper lip, immediately staunched with My Nik Is Sealed. But first: Vintage soaps of good quality are great sources of lather. My Wet Shaving Product...
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iKon Stainless Steel Slant
Gregory Kahn sent me some pix: That’s it in the wild, and here are two other views: And the underside of the head: Availability is in “a few weeks”—I would guess late July or early August. He likes to...
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Two travel cases for cartridge razors
I was offered a free copy of a RazorKeeper travel razor case, which I accepted somewhat reluctantly: I prefer to buy products that I test. So I bought a second one to compare: the Radius case. Neither...
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A perfect shave with contributing factors explained
A perfect shave today, and one contributing factor is certainly the two-day stubble: no shave yesterday. More stubble seems to result in a smoother finish. Another factor: the Jlocke98 pre-shave beard...
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An experimental shave
I continued to use the 8:1 Bronner’s:lanolin oil mix as a preshave, and I’ve ordered some small (4 oz) pump-top bottles to make up the Bronner’s-emu oil version as well as have a better dispenser for...
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BBS with experiments
More experiments. The Wife found a little dropper bottle for the cocamidopropyl betaine so that it is easier to add a drop or two. And I continued using my current Jlocke98 pre-shave. The two drops of...
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Too many experiments
I tried too many novelties to be sure of what worked, but I did have a very good shave. Guys have mentioned Corn Huskers Lotion off and on for a long time, so I finally bought a bottle to try as a...
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Terrific shave, and Sandalwood again
My oh my, what a wonderful shave. I skipped the Corn Huskers Lotion today—I’ll get back to that in a few weeks. So a pre-shave beard wash with Jlocke98′s lanolin-oil beard wash, then a really good...
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Smooth and easy
A very fine shave today. I did use my Jlocke98 preshave beard wash, and then the Omega Pro 29 (Model 10029), the “Baby Pro,” did a fine job of creating lather from Prairie Creations Spiced Rum tallow...
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Great shave, odd finish
Interesting shave. The Frank Shaving synthetic is not bad at all. Somewhat different character than the HJM, closer to Mühle silver-fiber, though I would say not quite so good. But it did work up a...
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