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Dapper Doc’s KC-6 shaving soap with the iKon open comb
This is an extremely nice soap, both fragrance and lather, and my Plisson synthetic did a very fine job. I had shaken it well enough that I had to add (just a little) water to load the brush fully....
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Cologne Russe and the Gillette 1940s Aristocrat
The Phoenix Artisan brush in the photo did a fine job on the lather, and the Cologne Russe fragrance is very nice indeed. Three passes with my 1940s Gillette Aristocrat and a good splash of...
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Wholly Kaw’s premium line: DFS (damn fine soap)
That’s my Edwin Jagger synthetic brush, and I believe the razor is Italian Barber’s EJ clone. But first, the lather, which the EJ brush easily made. The Wholly Kaw premium line, with donkey milk and...
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Merkur Progress and Antica Barbieria Colla
Antica Barbieria Colla shaving soap makes a fine lather with a good brush, and my Rooney Victorian is one of my best brushes—and the Merkur Progress is a very fine razor indeed. Three passes, a tiny...
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Yardley and the Fine aluminum slant
Yardley is a fine traditional shaving soap, last made some decades ago, but still making a very fine and fragrant lather, with lavender being the predominant fragrance. Chiseled Face’s very nice brush...
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D.R. Harris makes a first-rate shaving soap—and my Fendrihan razor is damn...
I mentioned in the Guide that in the first months of my return to good shaving methods, I would from time to time say to myself, “My! This lather is good,” and on checking, would discover I was using...
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That Fendrihan razor again, this time with Nancy Boy
I liked yesterday’s shave so much, I returned to the Fendrihan razor this morning—I could do that because yesterday the cleaning ladies came. I keep my razors on their sides in a bathroom drawer. When...
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Phoenix Artisan KC-6 and their DOC
Phoenix Artisan’s KC-6 formula is quite wonderful, and after an exchange of comments on brush types, I decided on my trusty Omega 20102 this morning. I wet the knot well under the hot-water tap,...
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Unfortunately, the shave scene has a disappointing ending. (But it was his own fault: he clearly was not paying attention. Shoulda been using a DE razor.) Series category:...
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Van Yulay’s wonderful Achilles shaving soap
Van Yulay’s soap is very nice on the skin (an emu and tallow formula) and makes a fine lather, but what made me pick it this morning is the fragrance: Tobacco with the perfect amount of Kentucky...
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Watermelon and coffee to start the day
Each of these fragrances might be viewed as novelty fragrances, with withal they are very pleasant and make for a fine weekend shave, based on my just-completed experience. Catie’s Bubbles Waterlyptus...
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There’s a Drunken Goat in my bathroom!
Mickey Lee’s Drunken Goat labels: soap label is an early version, aftershave label the current design. Either way, it’s a fragrance I like a lot, and my Simpson Chubby 1 Best made a very nice lather...
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Otoko Organics from Oz
Aussie Eddie mentioned that Otoko Organics shaving “soap” had been not seen for a while, so I used it this morning and will thank him publicly for the reminder: it’s a lather source I like a lot, from...
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Grand Havana in the morning
I used a very nice Mickey Lee shaving, Grand Havana, and really liked the lather my Mühle Gen 2 synthetic made—and once again the Rockwell 6S gave an amazingly good shave. The 6S really is a...
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Spice in the morning
My direction this morning was spice: pumpkin pie spice for the soap, oriental spice for the aftershave. Seifenglatt’s Tarte à la Citrouille made an exceptionally good lather very easily, though some...
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Sandalwood before and after
Art of Shaving Sandalwood shaving soap is really excellent—at least this puck is. (Mainline shaving soap makers will unpredictably change their formulae.) The fragrance is excellent, and the lather...
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Yuzu, rose, and patchouli: Marvel-ous
Yuzu, rose, and patchouli turn out to go together very well, and thanks to Rob for recommending this. I used my Wet Shaving Products Prince shaving brush, and I was somewhat surprised by the amount of...
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Declaration Grooming’s Unconditional Surrender
Continuing my revisit of Declaration Grooming shaving soaps, this morning I used Unconditional Surrender, a very pleasant fragrance, and again it made a lovely lather with the WSP Prince. My RazoRock...
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The Christmas shave with the Icarus formula
The Icarus formula (including bison tallow, lamb tallow, lanolin, goat milk, … well, take a look: Stearic Acid, Water, Castor Oil, Avocado Oil, Vegetable Glycerin, Mango Seed Butter, Potassium...
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Post-Xmas shave and home again
We stayed in a hotel up-island, this was my morning shave, which went very well indeed. I transported the razor in a little leather case, which worked well and protected the blade. Extremely nice...
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