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RazoRock Mentor with SE handle, along with Martin de Candre
Martin de Candre is, as you see, not a soap for those who still require “training wheels” on their shaving soap: high sidewalls that help the novice not make such a mess in loading the brush. Once...
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Semogue 830—still bad—with Mystic Water Sensitive Skin and the iKon DLC slant
I have to say that I do not understand the popularity of Semogue brushes. The 830 boar brush shown in the photo seems still unable to sustain a lather after many, many latherings to break it in....
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A classy shave: Wolf Whiskers, Lenthéric, Above the Tie S1, and Creed Aventus
Lenthéric is a vintage shaving soap from some decades ago, but its fragrance still is strong (and superb) and the lather is really first-rate, easily developed with the Wolf Whiskers brush shown....
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Otoko and the Blackbird
The tub of Otoko Organics is a gift from a kind reader (thanks, Todd!), who reported that this is one of the reluctant-lathering tubs of Otoko. I decided to give it a try this morning, and I found...
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A lather test for purified water, along with the X3 and Summer Storm
A really fine shave this morning. The soap is Summer Storm, by Chiseled Face, a petrichor-fragranced soap that gave a fine and wonderfully fragrant lather with the Omega 20102 shown. For water, I used...
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Brushguy, Tcheon Fung Sing, and the Dorco PL-602
The Brushguy brush shown has a very nice handle, but the knot is too short-lofted for my taste, though I know that many like a brush with a short loft and little “give” (i.e., has a lot of “backbone,”...
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Rockwell R3 with Paislay vintage shaving soap
I’ve been spelling the name of this soap as “Paisley,” but on looking more closely at the raised lettering on the lid, I see that it is in fact “Paislay.” Here’s a brief review from about the time I...
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My new Semogue seems as if it will actually be good
I’ve long been puzzled by the admiration many express for Semogue boar brushes, since my experience with Semogues has been at best so-so and generally worse, whereas I have had uniformly good luck...
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Merkur white bakelite slant and LASSC, with Cade and Prince
I’m getting excited about the Fine Accoutrements plastic slant, modeled (it’s said) on the Merkur white bakelite slant shown in the photo, one of my favorite slants. But first, the prep. I am using...
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Rockwell Model T adjustable is kickstarting
Take a look. There’s lots to see at the link. It looks interesting, and I have to admit that I’ve pledged. The Rockwell 6S is so good I want to give this one a try. He’s already upgraded the specs for...
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Pro 48 with Strong ‘n Scottish and the Dorco PL-602
I was discussing the Pro 48 last night and decided to use mine today. This brush was the first boar brush I got, and it is now well broken in and feels great on my face. The lather from Meißner...
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The Drunken Goat meets a large badger, with X3 on hand
The Omega badger brush shown has an extremely fluffy knot that feels wonderful on my face: the same pressure as a warm cloud of fragrant lather, in this case the fragrance being Guiness Stout from...
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Razor choices for the DE novice: Good, Better, Best
I have an article in Sharpologist now, discussing three different entry razors suitable for novices.Filed under: Shaving
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The Eclipse Red Ring razor: It adjusts like the Dorco PL-602
A milestone was reached in today’s shave, not shown in the photo. Each day I’ve been loading my Semogue 1430 and palm lathering and then setting the brush aside, checking its lather content after each...
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Maggard Edge
Maggard offers a kind of “Maggard Prime,” a la Amazon Prime: $20 for 6 months membership. Details at the link.Filed under: Shaving
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Why it’s not a good idea to wear the same aftershave, day after day
This. If you can’t smell it, you can’t enjoy it, and that’s at least part of the point: wearing a fragrance you yourself enjoy. No smell, no enjoyment.Filed under: Daily life, Science, Shaving
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My Semogue 1305 wakes up! with Martin de Candre and the ATT R1, with a Fine...
UPDATE: It’s actually the Semogue 1305. As I noted in yesterday’s SOTD post, I’ve been making lather with my new Semogue 1305 with every shave, along with whatever brush I’m using for the shave, and...
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Semogue Owners Club with Tim’s Soap and the Wolfman
My 1305 did so well yesterday, it heartened me to use the Semogue Owners Club boar today. The brush did make a good lather from Tim’s Soap Hybrid, and the lather lasted through the shave though was a...
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Very smooth with a slant, plus Meißner Tremonia’s Exotic Elemi, with Speick...
A very Fine lather, with the strange and alluring fragrance of Elemi, made with my Fine Classic brush, which for me is a wonderful brush. I gave the sopping-wet brush two shakes and really should have...
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A Fine shave with the Stealth
All Fine except the razor, and that will soon appear. As always, the Fine Classic brush did a wonderful job. Fine soap makes a very nice lather, and the fragrance is light but pleasant. I do wish it...
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