Human facial hair
I thought it would be interesting to take a look at what it is that we spend so much time and trouble (and with traditional shaving, enjoyment) cutting. A hair […]
I thought it would be interesting to take a look at what it is that we spend so much time and trouble (and with traditional shaving, enjoyment) cutting. A hair […]
Firstly a disclaimer, this is not a highly researched academic paper, just a romp around some of what I find interesting. There is a whole lot more information on Fido’s […]
Frankenrazor is a term used in the shaving community to describe a razor that is made up of bits from one razor and bits from another razor, so what you […]
A while back now I bought a handsome looking secondhand shaving brush on eBay, the handle was very fine marble but the knot could have been better. When it arrived […]
About a month ago here Michael Ham wrote an article about how he came to write this book, the story behind its creation and development. He then sent me two […]
Here you can see a few pictures of some of the old shaving brushes I have acquired in my travels. On the front row are some Culmak brushes that are […]
The key to traditional shaving is the double edged (DE) safety razor blade invented by King Camp Gillette which has been in continuous production now for over 100 years. This […]
It strikes me that in a traditional wet shave with three passes each of those passes is doing a different thing. In the first pass most of the hair is […]
When it comes to traditional shaving I have a fair bit of kit, however it is far less than many others own and I am a user of this stuff […]
The two basic shapes of a shaving brush knot are the bulb and the fan, there are reasons for this and they both behave differently. A fan shaped knot puts […]