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Mühle open-comb razor (not the R41) to auction
This antedates the R41, I think. Very comfortable and efficient. And the handle would look good with an X3 head, tooo. Here it is on eBay. (I checked the link and this time it’s not a recipe.)Filed...
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The Wee Scot and Asses’ Milk shaving soap, with the iKon H2O and Grog aftershave
A very nice shave indeed. You may have noticed that I am liking my Wee Scot a lot these days. I have no idea how it has fared under Vulfix ownership, but mine was purchased a decade ago, while Simpson...
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Interview with the CEO of OneBlade
Interesting read. The OneBlade is quite good, but I find I prefer the DE format: less rinsing required.Filed under: Business, Shaving
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Gillette flat-bottom Tech goes to auction
This flat-bottom Tech has a full-size fat handle. It is more efficient, it seems to me, than a regular Tech, and seems also more solidly built. It’s listed here on eBay.Filed under: Shaving
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Omega, Phoenix Solstice, the Rockwell R3, and Pinaud
The Omega 20102 is a fine bruhs, and it produced a great lather with Phoenix Artisan Solstice. I did palm lathering this morning, working a fair amount of water into the lather, so my stubble was...
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Weber polished-head razor goes to auction
This Weber polished-head razor with a Weber Bulldog handle is now up for auction on eBay.Filed under: Shaving
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Midnight Stag and the 102
My Rooney Style 2 Finest is, as the name suggests, a very fine brush, and today I used it with Chiseled Face’s Midnight Stag. Again I did palm lathering, which I like because it makes it easy to work...
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Wee Scot, Virgilio Valobra, Maggard V2 open comb, and Barrister & Mann Reserve
No photo today. All shots were out of focus. I hope the camera’s not dying. Virgilio Valobra has an almond fragrance, apparently beloved by Italians, and comes in a bar. The soap is the consistency of...
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Mühle brush, Dead Sea shaving soap, and the X3, finish with Barrister & Mann...
This Mühle silvertip badger brush has a fine and hefty handle and a wonderful soft knot. I was careful to shake it out until it was just damp because the Dead Sea doesn’t need much water (the literal...
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The RazoRock Old Type is a terrific razor—and costs $15
This morning I again noted the excellence of the RazoRock Old Type ($15 from Italian Barber): a very comfortable and very efficient razor. I have not used the Gillette Old Type, but from what I’ve...
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Phoenix Artisan misunderstanding
As recently as today, a couple of comments on Wicked_Edge went into a familiar rant: that the proprietor of Phoenix Artisan posed as a veteran and thus we must downvote any favorable mention of his...
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Meißner Tremonia Woody Almond and the Phoenix Artisan Bakelite slant
The Satin Tip is a fine little brush, and the lather from Meißner Tremonia’s Woody Almond was wonderful. The shave was only so-so: for some reason I got off on the wrong foot and had a couple of nicks...
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A blissful shave: LA Shaving Soap Co. Black Fern, WSP Prince, and the...
I hacked my face up yesterday (i.e., 4 good nicks) using the Phoenix Artisans black Bakelite slant, and I’m not sure why. The blade is a natural suspect. I got quite a good shave from the white...
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Barrister & Mann Leviathan and a great shave
Barrister & Mann’s Leviathan has a fragrance that I like and also lathers like a champ, this morning with Mr Pomp, a favorite brush. Three passes with the X3 head on a UFO handle gave a BBS result...
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Maggard slant and Phoenix Artisan Honeysuckle
I do like Phoenix Artisan soaps, as it turns out, and the Honeysuckle is a very pleasant summer fragrance, enjoyable even in early fall, as it turns out. The Wee Scot did its usual yeoman job, and I...
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Hacking shaving soap fragrances
Stirling Soap Company provides samples as full-diameter pucks roughly 3/8″ thick. Someone brought up the idea of stacking the samples in the tub so the fragrance would gradually change as you worked...
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Hacked Stirling soap samples, with Rod Neep’s Dreadnaught brush and the iKon 102
The “piece of eight” sliver of dark soap shown in the photo is Texas on Fire. I tried equal parts Texas on Fire and Bay Rum, and the Bay Rum did not survive the Fire. So I tried 1:3 (1 part ToF, 3...
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Executive Man and Sharp-Dressed Man, along with the iKon 101
Today’s shave combines two Stirling shaving soaps, Executive Man and Sharp-Dressed Man, in a 3:1 ratio. I like the combination, but I like also each separately, so this is me playing with the soap,...
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Tallow + Steel “Dark” and the redoubtable Baby Smooth
Tallow + Steel shaving soaps lather quite easily and require little in the way of water: two good shakes of the Fine synthetic still left a tad too much water in the brush, but I worked the excess...
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Travel shave: Wee Scot, asses’ milk shaving soap, iKon 102, and Esbjerg...
No photo, but a fine shave. Yesterday was a travel day, so no posting. Up at 4:00 a.m., unfortunately, but arrived safely and with a flaming backache from the sadistic seating design on bus and plane....
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