One of the regulars over at my favourite shaving forum also writes articles for his local newspaper. Recently he wrote one on straight edge shaving which I found to be a good read.
A good read on straight edge shaving
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Shave of the day 4th December
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s liquid Peppermint
Lather: Lea shavestick
Brush: Omega 50014 travel boar
Razors: Merkur 985CL with a Lord Platinum
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, travel sized alum stick and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
New slant is being released soon
From time to time a new razor hits the market – but very few of them are slants… and I like slants.
I’m rather excited about the promised RazoRock Slant, but I probably wont be the first to buy – I like seeing what others think before I hand over my cash.
Shave of the day 2nd December
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s liquid Peppermint
Lather: Lea shavestick
Brush: Omega 50014 travel boar
Razors: Merkur 985CL with a Lord Platinum
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, travel sized alum stick and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Shave of the day 29th November
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s liquid Peppermint
Lather: Lea shavestick
Brush: Omega 50014 travel boar
Razors: Merkur 985CL with a Lord Platinum
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, travel sized alum stick and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Bugs Bunny Barber
Ten points for style, minus five hundred for technique – I will not let him shave my crop, no matter how daintily he might do it…
Shave of the day 27th November
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s liquid Peppermint
Lather: Lea shavestick
Brush: Omega 50014 travel boar
Razors: Merkur 985CL with a Lord Platinum
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, travel sized alum stick and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
How straight razors are made
Shave of the day 25th November
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s liquid Peppermint
Lather: Lea shavestick
Brush: Omega 50014 travel boar
Razors: Merkur 985CL with a Lord Platinum
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, travel sized alum stick and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Shave of the day 22nd November
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s liquid Peppermint
Lather: Lea shavestick
Brush: Omega 50014 travel boar
Razors: Merkur 985CL with a Lord Platinum
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, travel sized alum stick and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum