Some “British” shaving brush brands
Britain is the home of the classic shaving brush. Even today there are a lot of brands that have survived the lean years when horrible aerosol lathers nearly killed them […]
How its made video – Safety razor & double edge blades
Escaping from the dark side. A road map
Due to being brainwashed by marketing there are tens of millions of men in the world who use multibladed system razors with patent protected cartridges that you can only buy […]
Custom horse shaving brush
Regular readers here will know that I have a penchant for horse hair shaving brushes. Once most brushes were made of this hair, until there was an anthrax scare (which […]
How big is yours?
There is a current fashion for ridiculously large wrist watches, you are not a real man without half a pound of steel strapped to your wrist, yet I remember when […]
Announcement about this blog
Now there are nearly 200 articles on here about traditional shaving it represents a considerable body of work. Easily as much as a book would contain. If you use the […]
Fake Iridium blades
The Pogonotomy forum member mitsimonsta posted these pictures (and more) to the forum so that members could identify the fake Iridium razor blades that are currently being distributed and sold […]
Gillette don’t want to talk to me
Gillette make fantastic double edged (DE) razor blades at the Petersburg Products International (PPI) factory in Russia that they (or their parent Procter & Gamble) 65% own. But Gillette also […]
The Marketing Powerhouse that was and still is the Gillette Safety Razor Company, part 4
Here is the fourth in this fascinating series of articles by Matt Pisarcik of Razor Emporium: The One-Piece Razor The NEW razor was short lived and made way for the […]
Boots No7 for Men Protect & Perfect
The vanity of the world’s women leads them to spend billions of dollars every year for grease to put on their faces (and other bits of their bodies). They will […]
