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A Bay Rum morning with the Duke and Baby Smooth
The Simpson Duke 3 Best is a fine stubby brush, and in loading it with Meißner Tremonia’s Natural Bay Rum I added small amounts of water three times to get a fully loaded brush. How much water to add...
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All-RazoRock shave: Italian flag synthetic, Zi’ Peppino, and the German 37 slant
After yesterday’s shave with the Merkur 37G slant, I decided to go this morning with the RazoRock clone, the German 37. Unlike the 37C/G and the other Merkur slant clones, the German 37 is a...
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Dr. Jon’s Savannah Sunrise and the Maggard V3A
Savannah Sunrise is a favorite because it has a great fragrance—Orange Blossom, Peach, Gardenia, Jasmine, and Honeysuckle—in addition to producing excellent lather. The Vie-Long horsehair brush did a...
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The secret of the Fine aluminum slant: Use the pressure of a butterfly’s wing
A perfectly Fine shave today. Tallow + Steel’s Dark has a most intriguing fragrance: coffee, cocoa, vetiver, ginger, benzoin, and peppermint. The lather it affords is excellent, and my Rooney...
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Rooney Victorian, Tallow + Steel Grog, and the iKon 102
I read that Tallow + Steel has a new formula for its soap, but I’m resisting the temptation to buy. I assume it’s an improvement on this formula—artisans normally reformulate to improve the soap,...
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Dark-chocolate shave for Valentine’s Day
This Phoenix Artisan soap is a one-off novelty soap for Valentine’s Day, and my order arrived yesterday, very timely. The soap is no longer listed on their site (it was a short run, I gather), though...
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The wonderful Baili BR171 and Barrister & Mann Cologne Russe
One big drawback of canned foam is that the available fragrances and both uninterested and limited in range. I know that some men will say “Fragrance doesn’t matter,” but I’m pretty sure if a shaving...
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A first-rate shave with first-rate products
Every one of the things I used for today’s shave seems to me exceptionally good. To start with, the Maggard 22mm synthetic brush is a terrific brush: just the right amount of give (for me) and just...
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Edwin Jagger synthetic brush, Antica Babieria Colla, and the Baby Smooth,...
I have grown to like that Edwin Jagger synthetic, and it certainly did a fine job with the Antica Barbieria Colla shaving soap this morning: luxurious lather, nice almond fragrance. The Baby Smooth is...
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The Grooming Co. brush, Meißner Tremonia Moroccan Rhassoul, the 102, and...
After the shave, as I rinsed the knot I squeezed the water out and the knot popped out into my hand. This can happen with less expensive brushes, and it’s no big deal: the knot can be replaced, and a...
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Fine Classic, Meißner Tremonia Exotic Elemi, iKon X3, and Bulgari
Exotic Elemi is another Meißner Tremonia soap that contains clay: Stearic Acid, Cocos Nucifera oil*, Aqua, Potassium Hydroxide, Orbignya Oleifera oil*, Sodium Hydroxide, Macadamia terifolia oil,...
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WSP Monarch, Meißner Tremonia Indian Flavour, Fatip Testina Gentile, and Pashana
I really like my WSP Monarchs (I have two, for some reason), and it worked well with Meißner Tremonia’s Indian Flavour, another MT soap with another clay: Aqua, Stearic Acid, Cocos Nucifera oil*,...
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Bay Rum day: Meißner Tremonia Natural Bay Rum, Captain’s Choice, and the Stealth
Meißner Tremonia’s Natural Bay Rum certainly loaded as though it contains clay. Let’s see: Aqua, Stearic Acid, Cocos Nucifera oil*, Glycerin*, Potassium Hydroxide, Pimenta Racemosa oil (and) Litsea...
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Plisson synthetic, Meißner Tremonia Lavender de Luxe, RazoRock Old Type, and...
Continuing my inspection of Meißner Tremonia shaving soaps, this morning’s selection is Lavender de Luxe, and let’s jump right to the clay content: Aqua, Stearic Acid, Cocos Nucifera oil*, Glycerin*,...
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Mühle synthetic, Meißner Tremonia Black Beer No. 1, Feather AS-D1, and...
The Mühle synthetic is not so close-packed as the Plissoft but still requires a good shake or two before loading. Meißner Tremonia’s Black Beer No. 1 continues with the clay: Aqua, Stearic Acid, Cocos...
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Plisson HMW, MT Strong ‘n Scottish, Merkur bakelite slant, and Creed’s GIT
Really wonderful lather this morning, starting with a damp brush—the horn-handled Pisson HMW 12—and adding just one driblet of water. Perfect lather, in fact. Meißner Tremonia’s Strong ‘n Scottish...
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Copper Hat silvertip, MT Himalayan Heights, Rockwell R3, and Anthony Gold Red...
This is the last of the Meißner Tremonia shaving soap series, since I currently don’t own any more of their shaving soaps (though I do have two of their shaving pastes, which also are excellent)....
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Simpson Duke 3, The Dead Sea, ATT R1, and Barrister & Mann Classic
Yesterday’s Himalayan Heights included Himalayan salt as an ingredient, so that reminded me of the Dead Sea, a very nice shaving soap. As noted previously, this soap does not tolerate a wet brush, so...
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Return of an iKon: Plisson grey badger, Soap Commander Love, iKon 101, and...
In the Great Razor Purge before the move, I sold my iKon Shavecraft #101 and have regretted it ever since. The 101 is a superb razor. Like the iKon OSS and other iKon asymmetric modes, it has a comb...
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A French shave to say “Au revoir” to The Wife as she sets out for Paris
An all-French shave this morning. The Plisson HMW 12 with horn handle made a very nice lather from the organic asses’ milk shaving soap. Steve of Quebec found that this is a soap that requires the lid...
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