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Big Easy Cigar Bar shaving soap, with the Eros slant
bigdaddyjug, who was on Reddit at the time, offered to send me a complimentary sample of his shaving soap, and I accepted. I was surprised that when I tried to contact him to let him know I was...
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Vintage Merkur bakelite slant, the first good synthetic brush, and Floris No. 89
The Mühle synthetic brush shown was one of the first really excellent Mühle synthetic brushes, and Mühle was a pioneer in improving synthetic shaving brushes. This was one they called “synthetic...
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Formula for a homemade “shaving cream”
Eddie from Australia pointed out this recipe for homemade “shaving cream.” As you can see at the link, it’s pretty simple. Whisk together: 1/3 c good organic coconut oil 1/3 c good organic shea butter...
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Some cool shave brushes and razor handles
A good while back, I predicted that with the unbundling of razors (being able to buy the head separately, as this $12 RazoRock German 37 head) but you’d also the rise of artisanal razor handles. Making...
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Phoenix Shaving Stainless Steel DOC Safety Razor, Aluminum DOC & New...
Cool looking, but I’ve not tried them yet. The brush seems particularly intriguing. Also, there’s a campaign for a traditional wetshaving merit badge. God knows I could have used some good instruction...
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Plisson synthetic, Strop Shoppe Pêche, and the iKon DLC slant
The brush is a Plissoft by Plisson, as it were, and a very nice brush it is, too. I do miss Strop Shoppe, which made excellent soaps, and I treasure those that I have, including Pêche, which has a...
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Upcoming adjustable DE in machined stainless steel: The Barbaros adjustable
It’s also called (even on their Web page) the Barbaros & Rocnel, so it’s still not clear which name they will settle on. Scroll down at the link for comments from some who used the prototype. I...
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iKon OSS goes to auction
The OSS was the first asymmetric iKon razor (bar guard on one side, comb guard on the other), and also the first asymmetric modern razor. (I don’t know about vintage razors, so there may have been a...
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Brushguy meets Tcheon Fung Sing, and the iKon 102 head meets the Rockwell handle
The Brushguy brush seemed to like Tcheong Fung Sing, as who wouldn’t: very rich, thick lather. Insead of palm lathering, as I tend to do with this soap, I face lathered and worked in a fair amount of...
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A Slim Handle in excellent condition goes to auction
This Slim is from 1963, the year that the model was introduced, and it is in excellent condition: plating is good and the TTO and adjustment mechanisms work smoothly and easily. It’s now up on...
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A perfect Xmas gift for Canadian shavers: Anthony Gold’s Red Cedar aftershave
I was just putting out tomorrow’s shave, and I got a whiff of Anthony Gold’s Red Cedar aftershave, and it immediately struck me as very Xmasy, plus a good aftershave with a true red cedar fragrance. I...
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Brushguy and I Coloniali mango-butter soap and the iKon S3S
A very nice if somewhat late shave. Brushguy grey badger, which is somewhat coarser in feel than a silvertip but not unpleasant, and i Coloniali’s discontinued mango soap. I often have a problem...
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1940’s Gillette Super Speed, unnotched center bar, goes to auction.
And it is in terrifically good shape: Here it is on eBay.Filed under: Shaving
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Stubble Trubble Up & Adam and the Merkur 37C slant
I just learned recently of the existence of Stubble Trubble shaving soaps. The one I used this morning, Up & Adam, lists these ingredients: Stearic Acid, Distilled Water, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut)...
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Two-headed iKon razor to auction
This was iKon’s second model, made in polished stainless steel. I bought the head with the comb guard and the razor was so comfortable and so efficient that I then bought the head with the bar guard....
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Mr Pomp, Meißner Tremonia Bay Rum, and the Rockwell 6S R3
Mr Pomp made a very good lather from Meißner Tremonia’s Natural Bay Rum. One thing I like about Meißner Tremonia shaving soap and shaving paste, beyond the very nick jar and the high quality of the...
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Maggard 24mm synthetic brush, LASSC Vanilla/Eucalyptus/Spearmint shaving...
A superlative shave with great (but not expensive) products. Maggard’s 24mm synthetic is pretty much at the top of range of sizes I like: it works well, as does the 22mm, but I would not enjoy a 26mm....
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Some slant thoughts
I discussed slants some time back in this Sharpologist article (in which I describe toward the end of the article one possible reason for the observed increase in the popularity of slant razors), and...
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Super smooth with stainless steel Stealth and Coloniali shaving soap
An Italian-themed shave for sure. The Omega 21762 worked up a fine lather from the shaving soap shown, and the Stealth stainless steel slant did a superb job. For me, this is an excellent razor: three...
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