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Discussion on whether shaving-soap containers should be sold filled, or half...
On /r/Wetshaving, /u/TJMNUT posed this question: Filled to the Brim or Room to Load? Which do you prefer, when soaps are filled to the very top or when they leave room for you to bloom/load? I’ve...
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Fine and Mint Julep
The Simpson Case is slightly bigger than the Wee Scot, and back when the Wee Scot was known as the Wee Scot 2, the Simpson Case was known as the Wee Scot 3. (The Wee Scot 1 was truly diminutive and no...
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The Fine Superlite slant on a superheavy handle, with Catie’s Bubbles and Old...
Larry mentioned in a comment to yesterday’s SOTD post that he had tried using the Fine Superlite slant on a heavy handle and liked the result, so today I thought I’d give it a go. First, of course,...
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Adjustable (in a sense) slant
A WEdger offered me the chance to try an interesting vintage slant, and this morning I shaved with it. First was the prep, naturally enough. I washed my stubble with MR GLO, then worked up a very nice...
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Another shave with the odd slant
Another day, another Van Yulay sample. I used my Chiseled Face synthetic this morning, and I got another very nice lather. I now am familiar with the stages of loading Van Yulay soaps: a dampish...
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Fine shave with Connecticut Yankee
My Delrin-handled shaving brush from The Copper Hat in Victoria made a very fine lather indeed from Connecticut Yankee shaving soap, which is based on the original formula that became (after many...
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Top-notch shave with Morris & Forndran, Lenthéric, Gillette NEW, and Bulgari
I just recently sold my other Morris & Forndran brush and am contemplating on putting this one on the block. Morris & Forndran brushes seem to be scarce, and they are indeed nicely made. I use...
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Selling my other Morris & Forndran
This one has a 26mm knot with 50mm loft. Nice brush in great shape but a little larger than I like. Filed under: Shaving
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Rooney Finest, Eufros, and iKon X3
A really great shave except for a bad nick on the nose. It all started well, with a gentle loading of the Rooney Style 2 Finest from JabonMan’s Eufros soap. I added just a little water (about 1/2 tsp)...
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iKon H2O with Van Yulay and the Wee Scot
My autofocus seems to be off a bit. Sorry about that. I used the Wee Scot on the Van Yulay sample shown and got a very nice lather, with a pleasant morning fragrance. The H2O is a two-piece razor by...
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Rooney Victorian, Van Yulay, Maggard V3A, and Hâttric
A very pleasant shave, and the Rooney Victorian is a very nice brush. The Van Yulay soap made an excellent lather but this fragrance did not move me much: pleasant but (for me) ill defined. Three...
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A Standard shave, with tobacco
An extremely pleasant shave today. The Omega Pro 48 (10048) is still a fine brush, though I think I now prefer the 20102. Still, I can get a very fine lather using the Pro 48, and I do not find it too...
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Shave in B&W
A monochromatic shave. Brushguy’s European Gray badger brush with its black and white handle, along with the tub of Standard’s Cement shaving soap (made by LASSC), got me started. So I picked the...
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Simpson Duke 3 Best, Meißner Tremonia Woody Almond, and the Apollo Mikron
This Simpson brush is from years before Vulfix purchased Simpson, and it’s an excellent brush. (I get the impression that perhaps quality is not so high as it once was). Sorry about clipping off the...
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Brief discussion of mindful living
A thread that traces through some thoughts on mindful awareness and how to extend it. Though that’s of course pretty much the topic of Mihály Csíkszentmihályi’s Flow: The Psychology of Optimal...
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A perfect shave: Two-day stubble, Coloniali, Brushguy, and X3
A magnificent shave today. The soap, Asylum Brush Works Coloniali Saponificio Varesino Beta 4.1, is really a terrific soap. No clay content, I would guess from how it requires no added water during...
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Another razor goes to auction: Edwin Jagger gold-plated Lined Chatsworth
This is a hefty guy: 109g. Listing is here.Filed under: Shaving
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Gillette Gold-Plated Fat Boy (Executive) D-3 date code (1958 3rd quarter) up...
Still winnowing the collection. This one’s been cleaned in the ultrasonic cleaner. (So was the EJ Chatsworth, but it’s more important for the adjustables, which have an internal mechanism.) Here it is...
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Mühle Silverfiber, Organic Asses’ Milk Soap, and the Wolfman
The Mühle silverfiber brush shown is unlike the Plisson-style synthetics, aiming (I think) to emulate a badger shaving brush. It is a good brush, but I find I use the Plisson-style more. The soap...
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The best Apollo Mikron I ever had is on the block
I really hate to part with this razor, but the time has come. In the eBay listing, I note that it has two red dots to mark the adjustment, one on either side of the handle. This means you don’t have...
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