Noodling around Badger and Blade recently I noticed a poster’s signature exhorting a boycott of Geo F. Trumper products. Now, Trumper is one of the old-line British shaving gear companies. Their soaps and creams are considered top of the heap. I found my way to the thread outlining the current anger at the venerable company. [...]

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I posted a while back that I’m breaking in a new boar bristle shaving brush. I was wondering whether my new Semogue 2000 brush was going to lose its rank aroma, start making good lather and live up to the good reputation it’s built in the wet shaving community. Wow. This brush is awesome. It’s [...]

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I posted earlier about what I perceive as a trend toward boar shaving brushes. I have received my own Semogue 2000 boar brush from Portugal. I’ve shaved three times with it now and can report on my progress breaking it in. It stinks. Wait, I’m kidding! Sort of. This thing is made of boar hair [...]

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