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New Forest and Nancy Boy, Gillette NEW and TOBS Shaving Shop
My tub of Nancy Boy shaving cream is almost empty, and I think this is one that I’ll replace. If you’ve not tried it, I highly recommend it, and they do see a travel size. My favorite is the Signature...
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Mühle synthetic and Stubble Trubble Up and Adam, Stirling Slant and Chiseled...
The Monday shave is always good. This Mühle synthetic from a few years back was marketed as “synthetic badger,” and it does have more texture than the later Plissoft-style synthetics. It does a fine...
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A German shave: Mühle silvertip, Klar Seifen soap and aftershave, Merkur 37G...
Klar Seifen is quite nice, and with the Mühle silvertip shown I got a fine lather. The Merkur 37G is a very nice slant, delivering a smooth result in three trouble-free passes. With a splash of Klar...
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Mr Pomp and Phoenix Artisan Honeysuckle, iKon 102, and Phoenix Artisan...
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Honeysuckle shaving soap leaves my skin feeling exceptionally soft and pleasant—plus the lather is excellent, which today I worked up using my Mr Pomp brush. I assume the...
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Italian-oriented shave: Zi’ Peppino and the Fatip Testina Gentile
Zi’ Peppino’s green-tobacco fragrance has a real barbershop smell to my nose, and the lather is really excellent. The ingredients: Stearic Acid, Aqua(Water/Eau), Cocus Nucifera(Coconut) Oil, Potassium...
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The German 37 slant delivers a great shave
LA Shaving Soap Company makes excellent shaving soaps, and their Vanilla/Eucalyptus/Mint is a favorite. The menthol load is light, which I prefer, and the lather is really excellent, this morning...
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Van Yulay Puros la Habana and the Stealth
Van Yulay (and others) seem in their ingredients to be much more an artisan soap than the Zi’ Peppino I used in yesterday’s shave. I continued the tobacco theme, switching from green to cured, with...
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Copper Hat silvertip brush, D.R. Harris Rose shaving cream, and the iKon 102
I enjoyed the D.R. Harris Rose shaving cream as a change of pace. I squeeze out a little on my fingertip, smear it on my (washed, wet) stubble, then use a damp brush—in this case, my Copper Hat...
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iKon S3S up for auction (and also a Vie-Long horsehair brush with olivewood...
My iKon S3S with the iKon “wave” handle is up for auction. This is really an excellent razor. The photo shows the bar-guard side. The other side has a comb guard, but the gap and angle are such that I...
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Very nice inexpensive TTO safety razor, with Van Yulay After Dark
The razor shown is the Baili BD179, which I purchased from Italian Barber, where it is called RazoRock Quick-Change DE Safety Razor and sells for $10. It’s a hefty little guy. I thought at first it...
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Mickey Lee’s Bee-Witched shaving soap and the RazoRock Old Type
My G.B. Kent BK4 brush made a very nice lather from Mickey Lee’s Bee-Witched shaving soap, a soap that has a honey fragrance. It was a one-off, not part of his regular line, but I hope he brings it...
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Rooney Victorian and Lenthéric, iKon 101 and Guerlain Vol de Nuit
Lenthéric shaving soap is one of my favorites: great lather, terrific fragrance. (Lenthéric is still a perfume house and once it was prominent in the field.) The Rooney Victorian shone easily brought...
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The iKon 102: Not a universal razor, but absolutely terrific in the right...
At long last I think I’ve found the answer to the question of iKon 102 clogging. I was mystified by the complaints I read, since I have never experienced any clogging at all. I thought of several...
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Rooney Finest Style 2, Meißner Tremonia Black Beer No. 1, and the iKon X3 (on...
I thought I’d try back-to-back shaves with the iKon 102 (yesterday) and the iKon X3 (today). So I used another Meißner Tremonia soap. Yesterday was Strong ‘n Scottish, today is Black Beer No. 1. The...
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Wee Scot and Yardley, iKon DLC slant and Floris 89
The Wee Scot has been a very nice brush indeed, and this morning it had no trouble working up a fine lather from my vintage Yardley shaving soap, holding plenty for three passes. The Derby Extra blade...
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Lenthéric, Simpson Persian Jar, and the Baili BR171
The Baili razor shown is called the “Victor” by Baili itself, but a better designation might be the product code: BR171 for silver (as shown) or BR173 for gold. I bought this from Italian Barber, who...
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Fine Classic and Tallow + Steel Grog, with the Baili “Vintage”/Razorock Teck II
This Baili has the same head as the one I used yesterday; only the handle differs, and on the whole, I prefer yesterday’s handle, though I can see how this longer handle might be useful for shaving...
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Bay Rum Day: Sabini brush, Meißner Tremonia Natural Bay Rum, ATT S1, and...
Yesterday’s Tallow + Steel Grog awakened my bay rum need, so today is Bay Rum Day. This Sabini brush with an ebony handle is a favorite, and today it did a very nice job with Meißner Tremonia’s...
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The Valiant will be here soon
I blogged earlier about a prototype of a stainless steel adjustable, the Valiant. Manufacturing a razor is more complicated than you might think, but I just received an email from Giovanni, one of...
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Omega 20102, Mickey Lee’s Drunken Goat, the Baili BR171, and Lenthéric’s Tweed
The Omega 20102 shown is well broken in at this point and is a very nice brush, smaller than the Omega Pro 48 (10048) but the knot still ample in size. It worked up a fine lather from Mickey Lee...
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