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Mulcuto vintage slant now listed on eBay
This Mulcuto slant just went up on eBay.Filed under: Shaving
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Whipped Dog silvertip, Tcheon Fung Sing, Wolfman, and Hermès
I really like my little 22mm Whipped Dog silvertip badger brush. I have it set at the standard depth, since I like a soft knot, but it has ample resilience and works like a charm. Tcheon Fung Sing is...
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Ever-Ready Shovelhead SE razor to auction
This Ever-Ready Shovelhead is now up for auction on eBay. This style of razor is much favored by head shavers: the angle is correct if the top is flat against the skin (touching, not pressing), which...
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A great shave with the iKon #101 and RazoRock’s Dead Sea shaving soap
The Fine Classic brush is one of my favorites because of its appearance, performance, and feel: a lovely soft knot that is quite efficient in making lather. Like all synthetics it tends to hold more...
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A GEM goes to auction
This GEM is in quite good shape and shaves quite well. It’s a very comfortable razor, and now it’s up for auction on eBay.Filed under: Shaving
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Tallow + Steel “Dark” and The Holy Black SR-71 slant
I received this soap yesterday and was immediately struck by the crisp, clean graphical design of the lid—and, for that matter, by the pure cylindrical shape of the jar. That sort of...
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Another bar-guard travel razor goes to auction
Here it is assembled. It comes in a leather case that closes with a snap. It occurred to me that you could assemble using only one of the handle sections: I think that would work well for head...
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Savannah Sunrise with the Above the Tie R1 and a splash of Alpa 378
The brush is a 24mm Maggard synthetic, and it made an extremely good lather from Dr. Jon’s Handcrafted Savannah Sunrise shaving soap, which I picked for the honeysuckle not in its fragrance. Dr. Jon...
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A comb-guard travel razor up for auction
This razor comes in two cases: a small metal box that snaps shut and fits inside a leather case with a snap closure. The only identification is “A Close Shave” stamped on the leather case, and the...
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A reprise shave, testing conclusions
I had a couple of things I wanted to test. On last using the Dead Sea shaving soap, it seemed to me that it requires very little water—using my regular amount thinned the lather. So I returned to it...
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German travel razor from Solingen to auction
Another tiny travel razor, this one in a metal case. On the bottom of one end of the baseplate it is stamped “Rob. Middeldorf Solingen” and on the other “Made in Germany.” It’s now listed on...
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The 102 is still wonderful, Martin de Candre is a candidate for the one-soap...
The title pretty much says it all. I continue to think that someone new to wetshaving should acquire (gradually, over time) one brush of each type—badger, boar, horse, and synthetic—so he can learn...
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Mühle R41 goes to auction
My Mühle R41 is going to auction. I think I usd it perhaps half a dozen times: it was just very uncomfortable for me, but some men love them. Part of that, I learned, is the challenge: the R41...
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The Emperor and Russia revisited, with the iKon X3
The Emperor and Russia seem a natural pairing (and if you have not yet read War and Peace, I highly recommend it: great story and the brevity of the chapters conveys a sense of rapid progress). The...
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Schick Krona goes to auction
The Schick Krona is a very nice little razor, comfortable and, with a sharp blade, efficient. This one is now listed on eBay.Filed under: Shaving
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A return, with delight, to the V2OC, with Pure2O shaving soap
I bought Pure2O out of curiosity, as part of another order, and today I tried it with Mr Pomp. It’s perfectly adequate, but really I didn’t find much that sets it apart. This is the “Damn Fine Shave”...
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Nuávia and the Weber DLC
The soap shown is the Nuávia green, which made a fine lather with the G.B. Kent BK4. The fragrance is light but pleasing. All told a good soap, though to be honest I find some of the artisanal soaps...
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Floris No. 89 and the RazoRock Baby Smooth
The problem with having too many good soaps is that you have trouble using them all in a timely manner, so some are neglected even though they are good—or, as in this case, excellent. No. 89 is the...
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“You had more beard when I last saw you”: a set of Shakespearean shaving papers
Sarah Hovde posts this at Shakespeare & Beyond, part of the Folger Shakespeare library site: Two Folger exhibitions in this anniversary year have explored Shakespeare’s far-reaching effect on...
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RazoRock German 37 slant with Tallow + Steel “Dark”
Tallow + Steel “Dark” once more, and a wonderful soap it is. The Plisson European Grey badger brush is an extremely nice brush for those who like to feel some texture: it has a coarse but not prickly...
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