Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint
Lather: Lea stick and Dalen d’Men Energetic cream
Brush: Turkish No6
Razors: Bakelite slant and Gillette ’58 TV Special, both with Zorrik Super Stainless
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Tea Tree
Lather: Arko stick and Dalen d’Men Energetic cream
Brush:Turkish No7
Razors:Bakelite slant and Gillette ’58 TV Special, both with fresh Zorrik Super Stainless
Post-shave: Cold water rinse and alum.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint
Lather: Mike’s Peppermint & Rosemary
Brush: Vie Long 14033
Razors: Cadet’s TP-01 OC and TTO-13, both with Derby blades
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum and Proraso Liquid Cream Aftershave
Occam’s razor (also written as Ockham’s razor from William of Ockham, and in Latin lex parsimoniae) is a principle of parsimony, economy, or succinctness used in logic and problem-solving. It states that among competing hypotheses, the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions should be selected.
The term “Occam’s razor” first appeared in 1852 in the works of Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788–1856), centuries after William of Ockham’s death. Ockham did not invent this “razor”; its association with him may be due to the frequency and effectiveness with which he used it. Ockham stated the principle in various ways, but the most popular version “entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity” was written by John Punch from Cork in 1639.
So what does a philosophic principle have to do with shaving? Read that last paragraph again, and pay extra attention to “entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity”… in short, Occam’s Razor tells us that you’ll only really need one blade (straight, SE or DE) to shave; having two or more introduces needless complexity to the process.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Peppermint
Lather: Mama Bear’s Awakening
Brush: Semogue TSN 1012 LE brush
Razors: Cadet’s TP-01 OC and TTO-13, both with Derby blades
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Prototype Menthol
Pre-shave: none
Lather: none
Brush: none
Razors: Philips AquaTouch AT890
Post-shave: Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
Running short on time, I decided to try the reasonable expensive electric razor we got for my Better Half to do her legs with in summer – I guess I was thinking that a bad shave was better than no shave…
Wrong! Not only did it do a lousy job on my neck, but my neck now itches.
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid
Lather:Derby shavestick with a touch of Dalen d’Men Energetic cream
Brush: Semogue TSN 1012 LE brush
Razors: Cadet’s TP-01 OC and TTO-13, both with Derby blades
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum
One of the other members on my favourite shave-forum have experimented with making his own shaving soap. The results are encouraging and the process don’t look impossible to emulate – even if I don’t think I’ll be allowed to turn the crock-pot into a soap maker any time soon…
Pre-shave: Dr Bronner’s Liquid Orange
Lather: Orange EO soap
Brush: Vie Long 14033
Razors: Cadet’s TP-01 OC and TTO-13, both with fresh Derby blades
Post-shave: Cold water rinse, alum and Krampert’s Finest Bay Rum