Archive for the ‘Wetshaving’ Category

Impressions of Straight Razor Shaving Part II

With a single NS pass I can now get a socially acceptable, irritation free, shave which is very comfortable. I would say it is a directional BBS shave. Even XTG is fairly smooth. I would rate it a DFS. Each shave takes about the same amount of time as a DE shave, but i am [...]

April 22, 2010   Posted in: Wetshaving  No Comments

First Impressions of Straight Razor Shaving

A couple of weeks ago i purchased a Dovo Best Quality 6/8 straight razor from straightrazordesigns.com and a strop from ruprazor.com.The razor includes aВ  free honing from straight razor designs which is pretty sweet. The strop has some finishing paste on it to help keep the edge sharp which should help stretch the time between [...]

March 26, 2010   Posted in: Wetshaving  2 Comments

Fargo Shaving Scene

I guess the Fargo shaving scene is pretty hot. According to a recent post on mantic59’s blog, Fargo ranks as the number three city after New York and London for number of visits.

January 29, 2010   Posted in: Wetshaving  No Comments

Cella Crema da Sapone Review

Cella Crema is an Italian tallow based shaving soap. This soap was first made in 1899 in Italy and it is still hand made using the same family recipe.В  This pure Italian shaving soap has a bitter almond scent and creates a thick luxurious shaving lather in seconds.
To be honest, i was a little bit [...]

December 30, 2009   Posted in: Wetshaving  No Comments

Try Kiss My Face Shaving Cream

I happen to be wandering through the organic food isle at Hornbacher’s when I saw that they now carry Kiss My Face shaving cream. They had four different varieties in 4oz containers for about $5. They also had a bunch of different hand soaps as well. I can’t say enough good stuff about KMF. It [...]

May 18, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Wetshaving  No Comments