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Mr Pomp, LA Shaving Soap Co., Above the Tie S1, and Lenthéric Tweed
Mr Pomp is a good brush, and LA Shaving Soap company’s Vanilla/Eucalyptus/Mint shaving soap has a fragrance that gives a good wake-up assist. The lather was good, but this soap, like Dead Sea,...
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Chiseled Face brush, Colonia/Asylum shaving soap, the Baili BD179, and...
I really like this Chiseled Face brush, though I think this model is extinct now. With it, I got an excellent lather for the multi-named soap shown in the photo above: a very creamy lather that felt...
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The wonderful Fatip Testina Gentile with Eufros Vetiver de Haiti
The Maggard 22mm synthetic is now my standard recommendation for a first brush: $10 and a wonderful brush. Today it made a great lather from Jabonman’s Eufros Vetiver de Haiti, a fine soap with a very...
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Antica Barbiera Colla and the RazoRock Mentor (I think)
Antica Barbiera Colla is a very nice shaving soap indeed, with a clean and light almond fragrance. The lather is very high quality, make this morning with a Maggard 24mm synthetic brush. I’m pretty...
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Homemade childproof razor case for DE razor—and it’s easy
Take a look.Filed under: Shaving
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Plisson HMW 12, Meißner Tremonia Exotic Elemi, RazoRock Old Type, and Speick
This Plisson has a horn handle and is quite a good little brush with a generously sized knot. It easily created a fine lather from the Exotic Elemi shaving soap, with a driblet of water added during...
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Chiseled Face brush, soap, and aftershave (Sherlock), with the iKon X3
When I opened the tub of Sherlock, my first thought on smelling the fragrance was, “I need to use this soap more often.” Here’s the description CF offers: Our Sherlock scent is inspired by the...
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H.L. Thäter brush goes to auction
The mate to the H. L. Thäter brush I just sold is now up for auction, Great little brush. I added a Buy It Now price equal to the winning bid for the other H.L. Thäter brush.Filed under: Shaving
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D-Day shave: Omega S10005, Eufros Rosa Bourbon, Baby Smooth, and Thayers Rose...
I still like my little Omega “synthetic boar” S10005, though the market has moved to the Plissoft type of synthetics. But the Omega does a fine job and feels good on my face. This morning it worked up...
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Omega Baby Boar, Valobra, Baili BD179, and Lenthéric Tweed
I don’t use the Omega Baby Boar often, but decided to bring it out and went for a shave stick as well, the Valobra shave stick shown. This was rash: with a shave stick it’s best if the initial loading...
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Wee Scot, D.R. Harris Lavender shave stick, Fatip Testina Gentile, Barrister...
Despite yesterday’s tiny-brush setback (having to reload the Omega Baby Boar for the third pass), I picked another tiny brush, the Wee Scot, and again used a shave stick, this time D.R. Harris...
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Simpson Case, Stirling Executive Man, and the Rockwell 6S R3
I’m on a small-brush kick, so the Simpson Case (one-time Wee Scot 3) was selected this morning. It worked up a fine lather quite easily for my sample-puck construction of 3/4 Executive man, 1/4...
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Continuing the tiny-brush series: Vie-Long horsehair, Mickey Lee Drunken...
Yet another tiny brush, this Vie-Long horsehair brush did a fine job and held plenty of lather for all three passes. Mickey Lee Soapworks Drunken Goat is a favorite soap, and is well worth getting...
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A Pogonotomy.com Vie-Long brush, Cooper & French Old Goat, the iKon 102, and...
Pogonotomy.com was a shave forum that has in recent years become inactive. Some years back they offered a horsehair shaving brush, and I got one. It does a good job, but my favorite horsehair brush...
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Wee Scot, Stubble Trubble’s Up and Adam, Rockwell R3, and Speick
The Wee Scot is an appealing brush, I find, and I very much like Stubble Trubble’s Up and Adam, which has a fragrance of coffee and vanilla. The ingredients: Stearic Acid, Distilled Water, Cocos...
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Wet Shaving Products Stubby silvertip brush up for auction
Another brush up for auction. You can see it here.Filed under: Shaving
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A shave of favorites: the Vie-Long brush I like best, Tallow+Steel Grog, and...
Of the various Vie-Long horsehair brushes I’ve tried, this one is my favorite, and I believe it’s still available. It made a very nice lather with my favorite of the Tallow+Steel fragrances, Grog. I...
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Wee Scot at the Dead Sea, with Maggard V2 open-comb and Barrister & Mann...
I’m liking the Wee Scot these days, as you’ve doubtless noticed. And I like the Dead Sea shaving soap quite a bit as well. Gave the brush a good shake so it was just damp—Dead Sea doesn’t like...
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Wee Scot and Martin de Candre support Merkur Progress, with a certain Classic...
The Wee Scot is being very pleasant, and it did a super job with Martin de Candre’s classic shaving soap. Note that, per the instructions on their website, the soap is stored without the lid. With...
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The Duke and the Summer Storm, near Testina Gentile, Italy
The question arises, “How many petrichor-fragranced shaving soaps should one have?” The number is clearly greater than zero, but does it go as high 2? Barrister & Mann have come out with their...
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