This one, to be presice, even if not in that colour:
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Orange Soap
Lather: Orange Essential Oil Shave Croap
Brush: Semogue TSN 2012 LE mixed badger-boar
Razor: Cadet 11 TTO OC with a Flying Eagle
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum, and Body Shop maca root face protector
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint Soap
Lather: Prorazo Eucalyptus & Menthol Cream
Brush: Vie Long 13051M pure horse
Razor: Cadet 11 TTO OC with a Flying Eagle
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum, and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Unknown to many these days, it used to be common to have your shaving brush made out of horsehair. Horsehair for a brush makes sense on many levels, not the least of which is the fact that they are animal friendly – the hair is harvested as part of the normal grooming of the horse.
However, the horsehair brush fell out of favour around the Great War, since some suppliers were less than good about sterilizing their products. A bit of searching online brings to light some documents from the time:
Anthrax from Shaving Brushes (July 12, 1918)
Anthrax and the Sterilization of Shaving Brushes (May 9, 1919)
An Investigation of the Shaving-Brush Industry, with Special Reference to Anthrax (May 9, 1919)
Isolation of Anthrax Bacillus from a shaving Mug (November 1, 1922)
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Teatree Soap
Lather: Arko Cool Mint
Brush: Turkish No6
Razor: Cadet 11 TTO OC with a fresh Flying Eagle
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum, and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Well, they do call it a Baby Butt Smooth shave…
Pre-shave: N/A
Lather: N/A
Brush: N/A
Razors: Phillips AT890
Post-shave: Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Got a sunburn this weekend, so opted for a ‘worse’ shave that wouldn’t involve dragging a blade over my tender skin
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Teatree
Lather: Rise brushless cream
Brush: N/A
Razors: Parker 22R with a Feather blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and BodyShop maca root face protector
Shaving soap, shaving brush, and shaving.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint
Lather: Mama Bear’s Awakening
Brush: Vie Long 14033 mixed horse/boar
Razors: Parker 22R with a Feather blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Kramperst’s Finest Prototype Menthol