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A fine Monday morning shave with Nanny’s Silly Soap, Rooney Style 2, ATT S1,...
Since I skip shaving on Sundays, the Monday morning shave is always extremely nice—and a great way to start the week. Long ago I got some Nanny’s Silly Soap shaving soap, which I enjoyed but went in...
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A Copper Hat shave to compare Maggard V2OC and Fatip Testina Gentile
I recalled that my Coastal Fair shaving soap from Copper Hat had an extremely hard surface similar to yesterday’s Nanny’s Silly Soap, so I thought I’d give that a go this morning, and I used the very...
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Mr Pomp meets Cooper & French and they like each other and throw a party for...
Mr Pomp had a good time playing with Cooper & French’s Old Goat. The lather was exceptionally good and very easily created. Here’s what C&F say about the soap: To create this version we...
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Cooper & French Rum Runner with the iKon Shavecraft #101 and Krampert’s...
Another Cooper & French soap today, their Rum Runner, which has a light bay rum fragrance. I got the “traditional” rather than “vegan” formula, so this soap includes tallow: Water, Potassium...
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Plisson HMW 12 with horn handle, Wholly Kaw Fougère Bouquet, and the X3
The French used a lot of horn in making things because Vietnam was a French colony and horn is a Vietnam resource. This brush is quite nice, though the knot is just a little large for my taste. Still,...
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The Stirling slant, with Cooper & French Fresh Start and a Vie-Long mystery...
The Vie-Long brush shown, with octagonal handle and the logo unfortunately turned away in this photo, is a bit of a mystery. It was sold as a boar brush, but it certainly seems to me to be horsehair:...
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RazoRock German 37 slant with Phoenix Artisan Alt-Eleven and the Fine Classic
Since I used the Stirling slant yesterday, I thought I would use the German 37 slant today. The two razors are both based on the Merkur 37C slant head design and both cost under $20: $19.99 for the...
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Omega silvertip brush, Meißner Tremonia Lavender de Luxe, and the iKon 102
I have a couple of Omega silvertips with big, fluffy knots that hold a ton of lather and feel great on my face. I don’t use them so often because I drifted in the direction of smaller knots, but I...
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Maggard 22mm synthetic with Tallow + Steel Grog, and then Fatip’s Testina...
Maggard’s 22mm synthetic brush is one of my favorites, and today it easily made a terrific lather from Tallow + Steel’s Grog shaving soap: West Indies Bay, Key Lime, Labdanum, White Fir, Rosemary, and...
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Rooney Butterscotch Emilion, LA Shaving Soap Co, and the RazoRock Mentor
LASSC’s Vanilla, Eucalyptus, and (Spear)Mint shaving soap is extremely nice. It’s a vegan soap, as I think are all his soaps. Ingredients: Vegetable Stearic Acid, Distilled Water, Coconut Oil,...
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Eine kleine deutsche Rasur: H.L. Thäter, Klar Seifen, und Merkur
Klar Seifen makes a very nice shaving soap. I loaded the H.L. Thäter well, then twice added a little water as I worked the lather up on my face. Very nice lather indeed, and a clean fragrance. I have...
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ReviewMeta rectifies Amazon reviews
ReviewMeta.com in effect reviews the reviews in Amazon. “ReviewMeta.com analyzes millions of reviews and helps you decide which ones to trust.” They have a detailed explanation of how it works: Review...
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The redoubtable J.M. Fraser shaving cream, with the Rooney Victorian and the...
Monday shaves are always good, and I was happy to return to J.M. Fraser’s excellent (albeit very low-cost) shaving cream. I easily loaded my Rooney Victorian, though the cream is now sufficiently...
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A close look at the Gillette Toggle
Fascinating article at Sharpologist on the Gillette Toggle razor.Filed under: Shaving
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A few of my favorite things: Sabini brush, Nancy Boy shaving cream, Dorco...
This entire shave consists of favorites. The Lee Sabini brush is a one-off that I purchased secondhand years ago. It has a fine crack in its ebony handle, but the cract is stable and has not changed...
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Catie’s Bubbles Le Piment de la Vie and the Rockwell 6S
My brush from the Copper Hat had no problem getting a good lather from Catie’s Bubbles fine Le Piment de la Vie shaving soap (also available in a 2-oz tub), but I didn’t load the brush quite long...
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Wet Shaving Products Baroness, Catie’s Bubbles Le Piment de la Vie, and the...
Yesterday’s lather problem was just insufficient loading of the brush. Today, using the WSP Baroness, a very nice little brush, I took more time in loading and had plenty of lather for the shave. This...
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WSP Prince, Bufflehead, iKon 102, and Stetson Sierra
The Bufflehead soap I have is from a batch that “seized,” which affects appearance but not, I am told, fragrance or lathering, and indeed I easily got a very nice lather indeed with little effort,...
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A rosy shave: Soap Commander Love, a Rod Neep brush, the Baby Smooth, and...
The Rod Neep brush shown has a particularly long loft and it took me a while to get the hang of it, but it has great capacity and a very gentle touch. It’s easy to load, and the lather was excellent....
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Barrister & Mann Cologne Russe with Mr Pomp and the X3
“Mr Pomp and the X3” sounds like a quartet, Mr Pomp the lead singer and the X3 the backup. But in fact Mr Pomp is the name of the very nice brush shown. Mr Pomp did a fine job with Barrister &...
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