Razor: GEM Micromatic Clug Pruf
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Vie-Long #13051M
Pre-Shave: The Lavish Gentleman Natural Strength Oil Cleanser
Lather: Arko Shavestick
Aftershave: BullDog Original Aftershave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block, Scotch Porter Beard Balm, & Pereira Shavery Boomerang Beard Comb
My Gillette Old Type from my vintage Khaki Kit still gives great shaves a hundred and one year after he was born – try that with a cartridge razor…
Razor: Gillette Old Type “Khaki”
Blade: Lord Super Stainless
Brush: Omega #50014 Travel
Lather: BEA Shavestick
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Additional Care: Alum Travel Stick, & WSP Matterhorn Beard Oil
I posted the very first post on this blog seven years ago today… it’s been fun, and as long as it keeps being fun I’ll keep at it. Thanks to all my readers, both my regulars and those who swing my now and then. I couldn’t done this without your interest in the fine art of wet shaving.
One of my favourite parts of writing this blog is when I got the time to deep dive into old patents and odd shaving gear and accessories – what I call Shaving Oddities – and I gathered all (or at least most) of those in a single page. If you have the time and inclination I suggest looking over them; there is quite a bit to learn and a fair number of chuckles to be had there.
I’ve also attempted to collect all of my reviews on a single page… I probably missed out a few here and there.
So again, to all my readers, thank you all for coming by and thank you all for inspiring me to keep having fun writing this blog.
Razor: Gillette Old Type “Khaki”
Blade: Lord Super Stainless
Brush: Omega #50014 Travel
Lather: BEA Shavestick
Aftershave: Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Additional Care: Alum Travel Stick, & WSP Matterhorn Beard Oil
To paraphrase my sergant in boot camp; Take care of your feet and your feet will take care of you…
Wearing marching boots all day at work can be pretty rough on your feet, and my feet were getting pretty nasty… dry, cracking and generally sore. Not a pretty sight, and just filing and lotion before bedtime didn’t do much. But then my beloved wife spotted this:
While the name is a bad pun and the ingredient list is full of stuff you definitely don’t want in your shaving soap, it actually works very well. While my feet ain’t baby smooth by far and I still need to grind the hard skin off every evening, all the crack and a lot of the soreness is gone.
If you have cracking heels and dry feet, and if you can find it, definitely give the Heel-tastic a chance. It helped me enough that I’m devoting space in my GoBag for a stick of it.
Razor: GEM Micromatic Clug Pruf
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Omega #10048
Pre-Shave: The Lavish Gentleman Natural Strength Oil Cleanser
Lather: Mike’s Natural Soaps Orange, Cedarwood & Black Pepper
Aftershave: BullDog Original Aftershave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block, BullDog Original Beard Balm, & Pereira Shavery Boomerang Beard Comb
Phil – from BullGoose Shaving – have just informed everyone that Cold River Soap Works is working with him to release a Special Edition for BullGoose’s tenth anniversary. The scent is described as “tobacco, leather and sandalwood, which to me sounds like my fathers basement workshop when I was growing up. The soap base is CRSW’s Glide, which I know is a very good soap base indeed.
It should be released very soon – as far as I know it’s currently in transit to Phil – and at least initially there is a limit of two tubs per customer.
Razor: GEM Micromatic Clug Pruf
Blade: GEM Single Edge Stainless
Brush: Semogue TSN LE 2012
Pre-Shave: The Lavish Gentleman Natural Strength Oil Cleanser
Lather: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Proraso Liquid Cream After Shave
Additional Care: Alum Block, Gentlemen of Sweden Original Beard Oil, & Pereira Shavery Boomerang Beard Comb
Razor: Asylum Shave Works Evolution
Blade: Perma-sharp Super Stainless
Brush: Gustavo Rimano Manchurian Badger, imitation horn
Pre-Shave: The Lavish Gentleman Natural Strength Oil Cleanser
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Colonia
Aftershave: Nivea Cooling After Shave Balm
Additional Care: Alum Block, BullDog Original Beard Oil, & Pereira Shavery Boomerang Beard Comb
