This is an idea whose time I knew had come. There are some open store spaces in a tourist street near me – pondering what kind of store I would put there, the thought wasn’t long coming. A wet shaving store would be cool. Unfortunately, as much stuff as I have, it doesn’t begin to [...]

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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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Lately I’ve seen posts by frustrated shavers on the message boards complaining of weak, runny, bubbly, short-lived lather from some of the better known soaps out there. Particularly maligned lately have been one of my favorites, Mitchell’s Wool Fat, and venerable Williams Mug Shaving Soap. I’ve never had trouble lathering MWF, and I just finished [...]

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