Archive for the ‘Wetshaving’ Category

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

My Gillette Slim

My Gillette adjustable “Slim” razor was my first razor when i got into wetshaving. It is in surprisingly good condition for its age (L4 from 1966). At 71 grams, it is a significantly heavier than my other razors. It has considerable heft and is balanced much more toward the head of the razor; it is [...]

April 2, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Wetshaving  Comments Closed

Wet Shaving Without a Badger Hair Brush

Wet shaving without a badger hair brush is more difficult to get a good lather, but still provides an excellent shave. The brush and bowl serve to mix air into the soap/cream and water mix which creates the bubbles which give the lather volume, but there is still plenty of lubrication and some volume if [...]

March 6, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Wetshaving  No Comments