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Savannah Sunrise and the iKon 102
The Italian-flag synthetic from RazoRock is quite a good brush—comfortable handle and excellent knot—and it easily worked up a very nice lather from Dr. Jon’s Savannah Sunrise, which I selected this...
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Rooney Style 2 Finest, Antica Barbieria Colla, and RazoRock Old Type
A commenter highly recommended Antica Barbiera Colla shaving soap and pointed out that the easiest way was to order it directly from the company (in Italy). It arrived—a paper-wrapped puck and a...
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Maggard 22mm synthetic, Mike’s Natural Rose and Cedarwood, and iKon OC
I haven’t used Mike’s Natural for a while, which is not good: it’s a lovely soap. This is his Rose and Cedarwood, with a clean, fresh fragrance. The Maggard 22mm synthetic, still a favorite brush,...
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Chiseled Face brush, Pure2O, the Stirling slant, and Leviathan aftershave
I really like this Chiseled Face brush from some time back: comfortable and attractive handle and a good synthetic knot. Pure2O is a soap apparently commissioned by Damn Fine Shave. It has a good...
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Rooney Butterscotch Emilion, Nuávia, Merkur Progress, Antica Barberia Colla...
The Rooney Emilion is a very nice brush, and it made a fine lather with Nuávia Verde. I noticed today that I had to load a little longer than usual, adding water a couple of times. The Nuávia...
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12 more shaving soaps available, with Rainforest aftershave and a Marvy...
More photos in the auction listing.Filed under: Shaving
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Fine Classic, Tallow + Steel Dark, and the iKon 102
The Fine Classic synthetic has a wonderfully fluffy knot that loads quickly and creates abundant lather, for which it has ample capacity. Tallow + Steel shaving soaps are excellent, as are their...
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Copper Hat Brush, Dead Sea soap, Merkur bakelite slant, and Geo. F. Trumper...
Dead Sea is a very fine soap that takes very little water. Today I was so careful in shaking out the brush that I ended up having to add a little water during loading. The resulting lather was...
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Maggard 24mm brush, Stubble Trubble Up and Adam, Fine slant, and Fine...
Stubble Trubble’s Up and Adam has an espresso and vanilla fragrance, which I like a lot, and it makes quite a fine lather, today with the Maggard 24mm synthetic. Stubble Trubble’s formulation is...
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Maggard 22mm synthetic, Antica Barbieria Colla, and the ATT S1
My ABC soap has reached its final resting place, as it were. The apothecary mug was just too big and actually awkward to use. Maggard Razors has these very nice empty tubs for $1.75 each. The 4-oz...
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Plisson synthetic, Eufros Tierra Humeda, German 37 slant, and Guerlain Vetiver
Eufros by Jabonman in Spain is a very good shaving soap. I ended up with two different vetiver-fragranced shaving soaps from him, and Tierra Humeda is the milder. The soap itself is excellent, and the...
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WSP Monarch, Van Yulay After Dark, Fine Superlite slant with Derby blade:...
Thanks to Larry for recommending using a Derby blade in the Fine Superlite. But first, the prep. My Wet Shaving Product Monarch brushes are extremely good, and the more I use Van Yulay soaps, the more...
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Derby does it again: Phoenix Bakelite slant tamed!
The Phoenix Bakelite slant has also been on the back rack due to nicking, but since a Derby blade solved the Fine Superlite problem, I gave it a go this morning with the Bakelite slant. First, of...
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More soaps—and an apothecary mug—go to auction
You can see all twelve soaps and read about them on eBay.Filed under: Shaving
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Maggard slant with Derby blade, plus Phoenix Artisan Honeysuckle soap and...
The newly shampooed H.L. Thäter brush did a better job, but a reload on the third pass was still required. Maybe I’m not loading enough soap. Phoenix Artisan’s Honeysuckle kokum butter soap always...
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A safe-harbor shave: Barrister & Mann Leviathan, Fine Classic brush, iKon 102
It’s good to experiment, but there is also great pleasure in setting out what you’ll use for a shave you know will be good. Leviathan has a wonder fragrance—leather, coffee, sandalwood—and the soap is...
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The redoubtable iKon 101 with i Coloniali shaving soap and Chatillon Lux...
Mr Pomp did a good job with i Coloniali’s mango-butter shaving soap, which comes in a terra cotta bowl. This soap is one for which it’s good to add a little water during loading. The iKon 101 is an...
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The smallest collection comprises three items.
f you have one of a type of item, that’s just a possession; if you have two, then you have a “pair” of them or a “brace” of them (e.g., a brace of dueling pistols); at three, the word is “collection.”...
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Vie-Long and Meißner Tremonia Lavender de Luxe, then the Progress and...
The Vie-Long horsehair brush shown did an excellent job of bringing lather from Meißner Tremonia’s excellent Lavender de Luxe, and it does have a great fragrance. I must have just changed the blade in...
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Tim’s Soap Wood & Roses, Fatip Testina Gentile, and Anthony Gold’s Red Cedar...
I did quite get the Omega 20102 fully loaded—it’s a big knot, and I should have added water during the loading and continue loading a while longer. That’s the trouble with constantly switching the...
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