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QED Mint Zest with Rooney Finest and the all-Maggard Comb-Guard Razor
Extremely fine shave today. You’ll note that after one use the label of the QEDman Mint Zest (spearmint, orange, and lavender) is more like an Impressionist painting than text: beautiful in its own...
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G.B. Kent, the #101, and Standard Cement
A perfect shave today. The G.B. Kent BK4 did its usual wonderful job working up a fine lather from Standard Cement shaving soap, whose ingredients are: Vegetable Stearic Acid, Distilled Water, Organic...
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BBS with the S3S on a Fougère morning
An extremely nice shave, starting with WhollyKaw’s Fougère Bouquet shaving soap, which made a fine lather with the Satin Tip synthetic from The Handlebar Supply. I like how the two Satin Tip...
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A Christmas-tree shave: QED’s Special 218 and Anthony Gold Red Cedar aftershave
Chuck Falzone has a review of Christmas-tree fragranced shaving supplies, mostly soaps, in Sharpologist, and in the spirit of that article, here’s my own entry. QEDusa.com has long offered shaving...
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Midnight Stag, Wolf Whiskers, and the Feather AS-D2
A very smooth and pleasant shave today. Chiseled Face’s Midnight Stag shaving soap made a very fine lather indeed with the Wolf Whiskers brush, with this fragrance: Scent is made of the following...
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Chiseled Face brush, Wet Shaving Products soap, and the #102
A very fine shave today, doubtless helped by the two-day stubble. Wet Shaving Products, makers of fine brushes, also now offer shaving soaps, and I tried one this morning: their “Formula T” Tobacco,...
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Great shave with Otoko Organics and Baby Smooth, and a possible reason Otoko...
I had a very nice shave. My Omega 21762 did a fine job, though I had to load it on the new tub: the small ring of soap hiding in the bottom corner of the old tub did not do the job for this brush...
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Wet Shaving Products soap, the Wee Scott, and the Wilkinson “Sticky”
Yet another excellent shave. The Wee Scott had no trouble holding lather for a three-pass shave, and some of that is due to the excellence of the soap. Unlike the Formula T (tallow) Wet Shaving...
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Comparing Wet Shaving Products Rustic Shaving Soap with Martin de Candre
Wet Shaving Products states explicitly that their Rustic Shaving Soap is an effort to create a credible knockoff of Martin de Candre shaving soap: Our inspiration for this soap was Martin de Candre’s...
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Comparing Otoko Organics old with Otoko Organics new
Another shaving soap comparison: the soap on the left is the Otoko Organics I’ve been using, the soap on the right (with the black stripe marked) is a tub that These Men Are Professionals sent to me...
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Boxing Day Shave Excellence with Dr. Jon’s and the Above the Tie S1
A very fine and pleasant shave. I love the summer fragrance of Dr. Jon’s Savannah Sunrise, and the Copper Hat shaving brush produced today an excellent lather. This morning I used my Above the Tie S1,...
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Colonia Asylum and the 37G
A very nice shave today, albeit with a couple of upper-lip nicks: the 37G is just a little less comfortable than the #102, a little more nick-prone. The shaving soap is a special offered by Bullgoose...
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LASSC BBS-1 and Otoko Organics
I promised that I would watch carefully how I made the lather, so here it is: First, I washed my beard with MR GLO and rinsed partially, leaving beard wet and a little soapy. I wet the Omega S-Brush...
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Maggard open-comb razor and Manna di Silicia shaving soap
A very nice shave. The Plisson European Grey badger brush has a wonderful, smooth, grainy feel on the face, quite distinct from the feel of a silvertip, and it does a terrific lathering job, today...
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Fine shave with Dr. Selby’s 3x Concentrated Shaving Cream and the Feather AS-D1
I pulled a switcheroo with the razor. I took the photo with an Edwin Jagger head on a UFO handle, but once I got in the bathroom and lathered up, I had an irresistible impulse to use my Feather AS-D1....
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Three shaving-related announcements of importance only to blog readers
First, to those who bought one of the surprise/mystery boxes of shaving soaps: I am happy to answer any questions about the soaps, if I can. I will say now that the Geo. F. Trumper soaps are all...
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In defense of the slant
Some have gone to fairly extreme lengths (including ignoring actual reports from slant users) to deny that the slant of the blade reduces cutting resistance because of the shearing action. The...
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A shave for the new year: Blackbird and The Copper Hat, plus D.R. Harris
A very smooth finish to the shave today. As you see, the Blackbird has landed, including a tub of soap. I used my brush from The Copper Hat, and as I loaded, I found I needed to add small amounts of...
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The Fatip and Mike’s Natural
A good shave today, though not the most comfortable. I got a very fine lather using my Whipped Dog silvertip (and at $32 shipped, it’s a great bargain: I like the knot set at the standard depth, which...
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The perfect Monday shave with Creed Green Irish Tweed and the #102
An extremely good shave, thanks to a two-day stubble, Creed’s Green Irish Tweed, the Rooney Victorian, and the #102. Creed products are very expensive (ideal to receive as a gift) and very good. Their...
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