Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint
Lather: Mama Bear’s Awakening
Brush: Vie Long 13051M pure horse
Razors: Wilkinson Classic and Merkur 25C OC both with a fresh Personna Platinum Chrome blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest 80 Below
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint
Lather: Lea Shave Stick
Brush: Omega #50014 travel boar
Razors: Merkur 985CL Open Comb travel razor
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
While a well selected, well packed travel shave kit will – normally – allow you to shave on the Go… you still need a suitable place to do the actual shave. A tad of water, decent light and not being stressed out is all I ask for… honestly.
I have pondered solutions to this issue…
Shaving on the Go helps normalise the situation a bit for me… but it seems like there will be times I can’t do that.
Yes, I’m a little annoyed.
You know you’re on the Go, when you don’t even have time to look for a place to shave…
Backdated
A fair while ago, I received a sample of TFS Bergamotto Neroli as part of a PIF from a fellow shaver. Over the last month or so I have sampled my way though the sample, and can give a short review of the soap.
TFS have been hailed online as a soap that is very much like Martin de Candre, a soap I would been more impressed with if it hadn’t been so darn expensive. For the most part, the other reviews online are correct; like the MdC the TFS makes lovely lather with plenty of slip and glide, it smells pretty good, don’t leave my face feeling dry and is an overall solid performer.
The two things about TFS that – in my eyes – makes it outperform MdC is the longevity and the lower cost of it. A similar sized sample lasted about 50% longer, and the price per gram (excluding shipping) runs to about half.
If you want a high end soap, you can’t go much wromg with TFS bergamotto Neroli – even if I personally gonna stick with Mike’s Natural Soaps fot the foreable future. Works just as well, and the scent’s are better suited for me.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Eucalyptus
Lather: Mike’s Natural Pine & Cedarwood Soap
Brush: Vie Long 13051M pure horse
Razors: Cadet 11 TTO OC and Cadet 13 TTO, both with a Ladas Super Stainless blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint
Lather: TFS Bergamotto Neroli, last of sample
Brush: Omega #10048 boar
Razors: Wilkinson Classic and Merkur 25C OC both with a Personna Platinum Chrome blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Mark – also known as mantic59 – has written an interesting article on the history of shaving mugs and scuttles.
For instance; did you know that back in the day people though that shaving rash came from using sharing the same soap, so people could buy their own personalised shaving mug for use in the barbershop?
A good read, all told – more so since I’m playing with the idea of buying a scuttle.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Orange
Lather: TFS Bergamotto Neroli, sample
Brush: BodyShop synthetic
Razors: Wilkinson Classic and Merkur 25C OC both with a Personna Platinum Chrome blade
Post-shave: Cool water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
In my defence, I was looking for a good photo of a military issue DE-razor… but I must have picked the wrong combination of search terms.
Impressive and war-like though they might be, I think I’ll stick to my goatee and moustache…