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- Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:17 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Scottish Fine Soaps Classic Male Grooming Shave Soap
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2288
I got this soap a few months back, and whilst I'm not overly-keen on the fragrance I get a very good lather from it. These days I use a Rooney Emillion 1 nearly all the time, and use my normal lathering technique with this soap, which is: give two gentle shakes to start with a relatively dry brush, ...
- Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:49 pm
- Forum: Straight Razors
- Topic: Feather Artist Club or Whipped Dog
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12175
Whilst the Feather is an excellent shaving tool in it's own right, it is not necessarily the best introduction to straights; the two may share a similar form, but functionally there are a number of differences. First and foremost, there is of course honing and stropping. Not having to do either with...
- Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:49 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Roger & Gallet Shaving Soap
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2539
- Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:34 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Speicktacular
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5861
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:02 pm
- Forum: Straight Razors
- Topic: Honing US steel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2578
I generally find that US steel is harder than Solingen or Sheffield. Whilst it is not difficult to hone in the sense of demanding a different honing strategy than other steels, it is more labour intensive. Based on the way you have described the razor's edge and your honing techniques, I don't think...
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:49 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Traveling to Italy - What shaving items to procure?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3755
- Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:39 am
- Forum: Straight Razors
- Topic: Coticule only?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7507
Such a comprehensive post, thank you very much. I must admit, I am somewhat more attracted towards natural stones for whatever reason. Edit; Do you know of any shops/markets in London that may carry such items? Most of the antique stores I see carry heinously expensive furniture and little else. I'...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:59 pm
- Forum: SOTD - Shave of the Day
- Topic: SOTD: June 1st thru June 7th , 2009
- Replies: 259
- Views: 28947
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:54 pm
- Forum: Straight Razors
- Topic: Coticule only?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7507
If you're still looking for an alternative polishing stone that is available in the UK then you can get a Chinese 12000 grit Polishing Stone from http://www.rutlands.co.uk/hand-tools/sharpening/stones---polishing The Spyderco Ultrafine stone should be available in the UK if you do an iternet search ...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:16 pm
- Forum: Shaving Brushes
- Topic: Plisson 16 vs 12
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3754
The good thing about Plisson is that they have so many different handle materials to choose from, with Plisson brushes it shouldn't have to be an either/ or kind of situation but rather, I'll have a size 12 in horn, a size 14 in briar a size 16 in pearlescent etc. etc. I don't notice a huge differen...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:04 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Fitjar Diary
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2996
Fjellheim does seem to be one of those YMMV scents. To my nose it is an abrasively strong scent ( the soap version) it does tend to mellow a little bit when lathered; but it is not something I can ever imagine becoming truly fond of. For me it is a bi-monthly (at most) change of pace, but for those ...
- Thu May 28, 2009 11:09 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Anyone try Martin De Candre SS
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5459
I'm very fond of the Martin de Candre shave soap, might be a little overpriced, but the lathering efficacy is very good. I find the aftershave skincare to be perfectly balanced for my particular skin type, post shave my skin feels soft and well-moisturised, but not overly greasy. As far as the Fitja...
- Mon May 25, 2009 5:46 am
- Forum: SOTD - Shave of the Day
- Topic: SOTD: May 25 thru May 31, 2009
- Replies: 277
- Views: 30491
- Mon May 25, 2009 5:44 am
- Forum: Shaving Brushes
- Topic: Have any members based in Japan tried one of these?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2479
- Sun May 24, 2009 8:35 am
- Forum: Shaving Brushes
- Topic: Have any members based in Japan tried one of these?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2479
Have any members based in Japan tried one of these?
Curious if any of our forum's members based in Japan have seen or even tried one of these brushes? http://item.rakuten.co.jp/royal3000/a588/ Based on the pictures they aren't the most lust worthy brushes I've ever seen, but it was interesting to read about the maker and his experience in making thes...
- Wed May 20, 2009 11:24 am
- Forum: SOTD - Shave of the Day
- Topic: SOTD: May 18 thru May 24, 2009
- Replies: 256
- Views: 30004
- Wed May 20, 2009 11:22 am
- Forum: Straight Razors
- Topic: gens
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1292
I have a NOS Gens razor, that is identical to the one on Lynn Abram's DVD. It is a 15/16 shoulderless, single hollow. The spine is much thicker than many other Solingen razors of a similiar size, and this coupled with a slightly heavier grind mean that there is much less flex on the edge when shavin...
- Wed May 20, 2009 11:10 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Penhaligon's email campaign
- Replies: 170
- Views: 23491
- Thu May 14, 2009 5:31 am
- Forum: SOTD - Shave of the Day
- Topic: SOTD: May 11 thru May 17
- Replies: 242
- Views: 29531
- Thu May 14, 2009 5:29 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Penhaligon's email campaign
- Replies: 170
- Views: 23491
I was lucky enough to acquire a couple of pucks of the Hammam Bouquet Shaving Soap and one tube of cream from the Penhaligon's outlet shop in Bicester Village. Both excellent products and I would love to see their return. On a related topic, the last time I was in the Bicester Village store I was ta...