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 […]
Mitchell’s Wool Fat
Evaluating shaving kit
Regular readers will know that there are two strong recurring themes in the articles here. The first is the near infinite choice that is to be enjoyed in traditional shaving. […]
A beginner’s guide to traditional shaving kit
Firstly a disclaimer, the variety of traditional shaving kit on sale is so vast that the choices are effectively infinite. And because you are different to the next man so […]
Some recent shaving related videos
Feather of Japan make famously sharp DE razor blades. This is a corporate video that contains some interesting footage of blade manufacture. I have mentioned Mantic59s excellent videos on here […]
The global nature of real shaving kit
One of the really bad things about the multibladed system razors is that they try and force a communist like conformity. Supposedly we are all the same and must all […]
Cheap (but not nasty) shaving brushes
When it comes to shaving brushes you definitely don’t get what you pay for. Some brands buy their stock in China and then add on enormous profit margins to inflate […]
Your Milage May Vary YMMV
YMMV is not a very common acronym, yet it is widely used in the shaving community. The abbreviation stands for Your Mileage May Vary which means that you could have […]
Frank Shaving short lofted brushes
Whilst the reaction to Frank Shaving brushes has been very favourable indeed and many people are enjoying these high quality badger brushes having paid very low prices for them, there […]
Vegan and vegetarian traditional shaving
A couple of months ago I was putting together a traditional shaving starter kit for a friend who has high moral scruples concerning the impact that his existence has on […]
Mitchell’s Wool Fat Shaving Soap
Mitchell’s Wool Fat (MWF), and the supposedly identical Kent Brush shaving soap, has a legendary status in the traditional shaving community. It is regarded by many as the gold standard […]