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Simpson Persian Jar, The Dead Sea, Above the Tie S1, and Pinaud Clubman
Knowing that the Dead Sea shaving soap requires the brush be but damp, I gave the Persian Jar three good shakes before loading, and it went fine. I did add a little driblet of water as I worked up the...
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A shaving tale of redemption
On Friday I sold my pen collection to a local dealer, who came with her pen technician to inspect the collection. I noticed that he shaved and, naturally enough, in the course of conversation I asked...
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Rooney Finest, RazoRock Vi’Zeppino, and the iKon 101 (with new blade)
Zi’Peppino has for me a fine fragrance, and there’s nothing wrong with the lather, which the Rooney Finest created with ease. I put a new blade in the 101 after a less than stellar shave, and it’s...
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Chiseled Face, Nancy Boy, Baby Smooth, and Ogallala Bay Rum + Sandalwood
Let me recommend once more Nancy Boy shaving cream, particularly the Signature fragrance (Mint+Rosemary). It is my favorite shaving cream, and I love it though in general I prefer soaps. They don’t...
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Strop Shoppe’s Black Tie and the RazoRock Old Type
The Plisson brush easily made a fine lather. I really am sorry that Strop Shoppe is no more. With the redoubtable RazoRock Old Type, three passes left a BBS result with no problems. A splash of...
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Omega baby boar brush with Leviathan and the Maggard V2 open-comb
The Omega baby boar did indeed hold enough lather for three passes, but barely. I am beginning to view this as a novelty brush, not a working brush. (The Wee Scot, for all its diminutive size, is a...
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Pre-Vulfix Wee Scot, Meißner Tremonia’s Strong ‘n Scottish, Baili BR171...
After a comment from a reader that the current Wee Scot lacks lather capacity, I thought I should specifically mention that the (wonderful) Wee Scot I own was bought some years prior to the...
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Simpson Case, Nancy Boy, iKon X3 with DLC cap, and Floris No. 89
Sorry about the upside down lid. It was early when I took the photo. The Simpson Case is the Wee Scot’s big brother: highly capable like its younger sibling but just slightly larger. It mad a fine...
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A couple of knives with David Bowie cast dendritic steel blades up on eBay
I put on eBay two knives that might be of interest. Both have blades that were made by David Boye. Smith (of Escondido CA) bought blades from Bowie and finished the knives, selling them under his...
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Simpson Duke 3, Tallow + Steel Dark, and the Rockwell R3
A great shave, simply done. The Simpson Duke 3 Best loaded easily, although with two little driblets of water along the way, making both a satisfying lather and an intriguing fragrance. Three passes...
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Simpson Emperor with LA Shaving Soap, the Edwin Jagger, and Phoenix Artisan...
I really like the (pre-Vulfix) Simpson Emperor. This is the no. 2 size, and it did a fine job with LA Shaving Soap Company’s Vanilla, Eucalyptus, and Mint shaving soap: a grand fragrance and a great...
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Like shaving with a smooth bar, only all stubble vanishes
My pre-Vulfix Simpson Wee Scot did its usual superb job, and Klar Seifen shaving soap makes a remarkably good lather with a clean, unobtrusive fragrance. The Fatip Testine Gentile has remarkably...
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A summer storm with The Holy Black
I continue to enjoy that Plisson European Grey badger with it coarse feel: no prickly, but coarse, like an oatmeal soap. And Chiseled Face’s Summer Storm is always a good soap but particularly nice on...
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Omega’s Mixed (badger and boar) Midget with Alt-Eleven and an old iKon open-comb
I was reading in Wicked Edge a comment about the Omega Mixed Midget, so I decided to use mine. I do soak the knot (because of the boar content—I normally don’t soak badger knots) by wetting the knot...
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A buttery lather from Tcheon Fung Sing
I used the Vie-Long horsehair brush shown, which today I noticed has the same pleasant coarse feel that as the Plisson European Grey. The lather it made from the Tcheon Fung Sing was unusually...
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Spicy shave with a great little razor
A great shave is a fine start to a new day. Since Russian Tea from the late, lamented Strop Shoppe has a fragrance redolent of spice, I chose an aftershave in the same ballpark. But first, the lather....
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Comparing two iKon open-comb razors
Yesterday I used the older iKon open-comb razor on the left, which uses two studs to align the razor. Today I used the iKon open-comb razor on the right, which uses bars to align the blade and comes...
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iKon open-comb and Phoenix Artisan Honeysuckle soap with WSP Baroness
Instant great lather from Phoenix Artisan’s Honeysuckle shaving soap—great in fragrance, great in consistency. The Baroness is a very nice little brush with a knot that, though full, is not dense:...
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Cedar morning with Meißner Tremonia’s Woody Almond and Anthony Gold’s Red Cedar
The cedar component of Meißner Tremonia’s Woody Almond shaving paste changes the almond fragrance significantly, and the result is very nice indeed. The Wet Shaving Products Prince did a fine job, and...
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Antica Barbiera Colla with the iKon Short Comb
The Wee Scot had no trouble making or delivering a good lather this morning. I used the Short Comb again because I was testing its comfort, and it is comfortable but not quite so comfortable as some...
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