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ARC Weber and Strop Shoppe
A terrific shave today. Strop Shoppe’s Teakwood was the first of her Special Edition soaps that I purchased, and I still love it. With the Plisson Chinese Grey brush, a gift from Paris from The Wife,...
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Nice shave, smooth finish
A two-day stubble with a slant gives an excellent shave, both process and result. My Simpson Persian Jar brush worked up an immediate good and fragrant lather from Geo. F. Trumper Rose shaving soap....
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Books abroad
I just now learned about BookSepository.com, which offers free shipping to (e.g.,) Australia, unlike Amazon (and there is no Amazon.au). And, yes, they do carry the Guide to Gourmet Shaving. Filed...
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Omega silvertip badger and HTGAM shaving soap
Extremely good shave today. The Omega silvertip is totally wonderful. I’m using my other tomorrow, then I’m going through the Wet Shaving Products brushes again, just for fun and because I was talking...
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Omega silvertip 2
A wonderful shave once more. Against the luscious, luxurious feel of an Omega silvertip with its big, soft kknot with wonderful capacity. I worked up a fine lather from Mystic Waters Sensitive Skin...
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Nice aftershave, following a very good shave
I mainly using the emu-oil version of Jlocke98′s formula, and that’s what I used today. The the Wet Shaving Products “Stubby” did a very nice job of making lather from Petal Pushers Neroli shave soap....
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In praise of extended loading
Extremely good shave today. The title is because I sometimes have found that my La Toja soap’s lather lacked sufficient creaminess. So today I loaded the brush at length—somewhat beyond where I would...
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Fine shave and Hermès aftershave
Great shave once more. Again the emu-oil version of Jlocke98′s formula, then an excellent lather from Institut Karité’s 25% shea butter shaving soap, quickly created with Wet Shaving Product’s...
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Perfect Monday smoothness, with Sandalwood
Once again, a big fat I used Fitjar Såpekokeri shaving soap, mentioned recently by a reader, and once again a wonderful lather from that soap (which, admittedly, does contain SLS, which doesn’t bother...
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Extremely smooth result
A Rod Neep brush made a great lather from Geo. F. Trumper’s Coconut Oil shaving cream, certainly one of the best creams going. (So far as I know, the alleged reformulation wrecked only the soaps.) My...
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HTGAM Synergy Shaving Soap
A video review (via Wicked_Edge) that gives a better idea of puck diameter: Filed under: Shaving, Video
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Travel-day shave: BBS
The brush is a Vintage Blades LLC house brand silvertip, and very nice, though no markings on the handle. it make a great lather from the Institut Karité shaving soap, and then three passes with a...
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Great shave in Baltimore
A true BBS resu;t, readily achieved. A beard wash with a liquid handsoap, then a fine lather of Palermo, from AlsShaving.com, worked up into a fine lather by the Simpson Case brush (aka Wee Scot 3)....
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New day, new shave—with more Harry pix
A very nice shave. RazoRock’s XXX shaving cream (reputedly Aqua di Parma shaving cream) made a great lather, and the iKon Slant left my face BBS in three passes. A good splash of TOBS Sandalwood, and...
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Perfect shave, sunny day
Terrific shave today. Coate’s Sandalwood makes a terrific lather, and the Feather razor, holding a new Feather blade, left me BBS without any effort on my part: 3 passes to total smoothness. A splash...
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Another no-photo shave
The situation here makes the morning shave photo more difficult, but by now you’ve seen what I brought. Today: Coate’s Sandalwood shaving cream, the Simpson Case brush, and the iKon slant. Since no...
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Another no-photo shave, but a good one
Same, actually, as yesterday: Coate’s Sandalwood, Simpson Case, iKon Slant, and TOBS Sandalwood aftershave. But tomorrow, for variety, I’ll use my Feather AS-D1. It’s chilly here in the Berkshires, but...
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Absolutely perfect shave—could the asses’ milk have helped?
One of those totally amazing shaves—and the fact that it was a two-day stubble and I used one of my slants probably helps, but certainly the asses’ milk shaving soap contributed. I read of it in a...
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More treasures from Paris
Rupert Bizzell has long recommended the use of powdered alum as a styptic. Unlike alum blocks, he has commented (as on this post) that powdered alum is extremely effective on nicks and cuts. And one...
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Hallows soap from Barrister & Mann
The Scent-Off continues with a soap that seems appropriate for Hallowe’en: Hallows, by Barrister & Mann. I do like the mustachioed skull and the fragrance of the soap is, to my nose, wonderful:...
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