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Nancy Boy Signature shaving cream and RazoRock Old Type razor make for a fine...
As usual, I soaked the Omega Mixed (boar and badger) Midget, and it did a great job with Nancy Boy’s Signature shaving cream. The RazoRock Old Type is a sterling razor, and you can buy the head by...
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Copper Hat silvertip, Henry Cavendish Himalaya, iKon 102, and Bathhouse...
I like this brush quite a bit, and it did a fine job with the Henry Cavendish Himalaya shaving soap. The 102 required a bit more work this morning for a totally smooth shave, so I’ll replace the...
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WSP Prince, Phoenix Artisan Solstice, and the Baili BD 171
I continue to like Phoenix Artisan Solstice a lot, both fragrance and lather, and the doughty little WSP Prince did a fine job on the lather. Three passes with the redoubtable Baili BD 171 (aka BR...
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Wee Scot, Asses’s Milk shaving soap, Stealth, Spring-Heeled Jack, and Molly
When the puck is small, a small brush works well, and my pre-Vulfix Wee Scot is a dynamite brush: it holds loads of lather, and the lather from this soap is quite nice, with a very mild fragrance:...
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D.R. Harris Rose permeates the morning
The Edwin Jagger synthetic really has grown on me. I think it is a fine brush, and this morning it did a great job with D.R. Harris Rose shaving cream—and I have to say that I understand why I found...
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I Coloniali shaving cream, Fatip Testina Gentile, and Hermès Eau d’orange verte
A very satisfying shave, thanks in part to the excellent lather and fragrance of I Coloniali shaving cream, which alas is no more. The Fatip Testina Gentile did its usual comfortable and excellent...
View ArticleChange in shaving schedule
Heretofore I have skipped shaving on Sunday because I like to start the week with the satisfying shave of a two-day stubble. But things change, and now we have a regular Sunday event—a meeting with...
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Simpson Case, JabonMan Eufros, iKon X3 on UFO handle, and D.R. Harris After...
The Simpson Case (aka Wee Scot 3) is the Wee Scot’s big brother: a little larger, and available with a travel tube. Maybe this is the brush for the trip—I leave on Thursday to spend the long weekend...
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A Victoria Day shave: Rooney Victorian (of course), D.R. Harris Marlborough,...
Had I been thinking, I would have used my Edwin Jagger brush, but I wasn’t. D.R. Harris soaps are good in the tub or as a shave stick, and the Rooney victorian did a fine job making an excellent...
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Lavender morning with the Rockwell R3
D.R. Harris again, and another shave stick. The Rooney butterscotch Emilion did its usual great job, and the Rockwell 6S with the R3 baseplate comfortably and efficiently removed every trace of...
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Phoenix Artisan Green Ray and Avo Nice Shave and the Above the Tie S1
This is my last SOTD post until I return from my visit, so I picked a good set-up. I do like the Green Ray, though I probably would like a 22mm version more (this one is 24mm), and it made a very nice...
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Back home again: Simpson Chubby 1 Best, Barrister & Mann Leviathan, and...
On at least one of Homer Capehart’s re-election campaigns for US Senator from Indiana, his campaign song was “Back Homer Again in Indiana.” <rimshot> Back home myself, I selected the Simpson...
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Maggard 22mm synthetic, Meißner Tremonia Woody Almond, RazoRock German 37,...
A very nice shave after a night of coughing: I returned home with a cold, so it’s chicken soup for lunch for me. I really like the fragrance of Meißner Tremonia’s Woody Almond, and this is the shaving...
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Kent Infinity, Meißner Tremonia Pink Grapefruit, RazoRock Mamba, and Creed...
Apologies for the poor framing that clipped off the top of the brush—but I imagine you know what a full photo would show. Pink Grapefruit shaving paste is really wonderful and has an unexpected...
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Vie-Long horsehair brush and Dr. Jon’s Savannah Sunrise, with the vintage...
This slant is one of my very best, and today it delivered a perfect shave, assisted by the excellent lather my Vie-Long horsehair brush created from Dr. Jon’s Savannah Sunrise shaving soap, a soap...
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Chiseled Face synthetic, the Dead Sea, iKon open-comb, and Alt-Innsbruck
A wonderful shave, which feels good considering my misery with this lingering cold. The Chiseled Face brush made a fine lather with the Dead Sea, an excellent soap that requires brush that is merely...
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Another sick-day shave to lift my spirits: Wet Shaving Products Prince,...
The wonderful fragrance of Eufros (JabonMan) Violetta shaving soap did indeed lift my spirits, and the WSP Prince made from it a fine lather. This particular model of the Edwin Jagger I like a lot—for...
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D-Day shave: Whipped Dog silvertip, Institut Karité 25% shea butter soap,...
I am throwing in the towel and going to see the doctor. But certainly not unshaved. See above.
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A woodsy shave—Simpson Case, QED Special 218, RazoRock Baby Smooth, and...
I grew to enjoy the Simpson Case on my trip, and so I bought it out from a shave with my now-vintage QED Special 218 shaving soap. QED’s soapmaker at the time like glycerin-based soaps, and those s/he...
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WSP Monarch, Yardley, Gillette 1940’s Aristocrat, and Barrister & Mann...
A classic shave: Yardley, still great after all these years, brought forth a fine lather thanks to Wet Shaving Products Monarch brush, a brush I like very much. And the Gillette 1940’s Aristocrat...
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