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Another all-French shave. (In this shave I deem the iKon 101 to be French.)
The Plisson synthetic made a great lather from my Martin de Candre shaving soap. Somehow, with the simplest of ingredients, a superb shaving soap can be made. I cannot for the life of me understand...
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Wee Scot, Asses’ Milk shaving soap, iKon X3, and Guerlain Vol de Nuit
A half-French shave. I like using the Wee Scot with small-diameter tubs of soap, and again the Asses’ Milk shaving soap did a good job—as did the wonderful X3, here on a UFO handle. A splash of...
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A dark-chocolate shave with Vie-Long and Old Type
The Dark Chocolate from Phoenix Artisan has a wonderful fragrance … of dark chocolate, of course. And it made a good lather with the Vie-Long horsehair brush shown. The RazoRock Old Type is a totally...
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A few of my favorite things: Rooney Style 2, Phoenix Artisan Solstice, iKon 101
I decided to treat myself today. We’re a couple of weeks from the vernal equinox and nowhere near a solstice, but I couldn’t wait. My Rooney Style 2 made a great leather from Phoenix Artisan Solstice...
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Maggard 22mm synthetic, Eufros Violette, Baby Smooth, and New York
Eufros soap (by JabonMan in Spain) makes quite a nice lather, and the violet fragrance was quite welcome on a cold morning in late winter. I do like the Maggard 22mm synthetic brush: a very nice size,...
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Another French shave, plus Dorco 602
The French part is everything but the razor: Plisson synthetic and Creed Green Irish Tweed. The lid is presented sideways because I didn’t notice—it’s difficult to read and I was still perhaps sleepy....
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Nothing wrong with the Edwin Jagger razor—with Dark Rose
An extremely pleasant shave today. The intensely lavender soap I got years back from a vendor now gone made a very fine lather, thanks in part to Mr Pomp, the brush with the striped polo-style handle....
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Nancy Boy meets Esbjerg
A very fine shave to start the week. I continue to value and recommend Nancy Boy shaving cream, and the Signature fragrance in particular. It worked well with my Emperor 2 Best, and the 102 did its...
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A great RazoRock shave: Italian flag synthetic, Zi’ Peppino, and Baby Smooth
Today’s shave was a great pleasure. The RazoRock Baby Smooth is the favorite razor of one of my grandsons, and I’m thinking I should briing one to The Son when I visit in late May. Extremely nice...
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π day shave: Seifenglatt Pumpkin Pie shaving soap, with the Maggard V3A
π day—3/14—is a day of celebration of the odd number π, which is quite close to 355/113, a fact often used in Forth programming with the command */mod… but I am wandering from the topic. I picked...
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The Ides of March shave: Antica Barbieria Colla and the German 37
Perhaps appropriately for the Ides of March, I got a small cut on my chin—and in looking at the photo I see I’ve cut off the bottom of the razor’s handle. So be careful out there. My Chiseled Face...
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Summer Storm (rushing the season a bit) and the iKon 101
A fine shaving soap with a wonderful petrichor fragranced, Chiseled Face’s Summer Storm continues to please. The Mühle synthetic brush, after two good shakes, was merely damp, but that worked well...
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St. Patrick’s Day shave: Creed’s Green Irish Tweed, what else?
I cheated a bit to get a green-handled brush: the handle is in the colors of the Italian flag (green, white, and red), and I positioned it to give the green side center stage. Creed’s Green Irish...
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A tubular shave: WP Prince, I Coloniali, ATT S1, and Hermès Eau d’orange verte
I really like the fragrance (and the lather) of I Coloniali, no longer available. I don’t know that the fragrance is from the rhubarb, but it’s a very nice smell. And the lather is quite thick and...
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A rosy shave: WSP Baroness, D.R. Harris Rose, iKon Short Comb, and DRH Pink...
A shaving cream makes a good change of pace, the lather being somewhat different in character. The Baroness is a fine little brush and the lather was fragrant and creamy. I like the look of this...
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Shave for the vernal equinox: Phoenix Artisan Solstice and the Rockwell R3
The equinox, of course, is as far removed as one can get from the solstice: each equinox is midway between the two solstices. So that is enough of a connection to provide an excuse for a shave with...
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Rose fragrances to start the day right
Rose is a great fragrance, IMO. The Kent Infiniti, a very nice little synthetic, made a very nice lather frm Soap Commander’s Love—True Rose—shaving soap, and the Baili BR161 removed the stubble with...
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Vetiver morning with Creed sample
The Wife visited the Creed store in Paris and brought me a bottle of a Creed EDT along with some samples. I immediately wanted to try the vetiver, since it strikes me as a fragrance for springtime...
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The shave of the perfumers
Lenthéric has not made their shaving soap for decades, but the tub I picked up on eBay has retained its fragrance—and makes a great lather, today with the Vie-Long horsehair brush shown. I really like...
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Omega’s Mixed Midget, Nancy Boy, Fine aluminum slant, and Alpa 378
The little Omega boar-and-badger brush is a very nice little guy. I soak the brush because of the boar content. This morning it did a fine job with my travel-size Nancy Boy signature shaving cream,...
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