Palm stropping razor blades
I have written on here in the past about the technique of corking razor blades to make them smoother. Here now is the technique of palm stropping razor blades which […]
November 2010
iKon Total Razor Set
This is a very nice idea indeed. The iKon razors are widely considered to be amongst the best currently made. Their components are hand machined out of solid blocks of […]
New shaving forum
We all know that most of the existing shaving forums leave a lot to be desired. Banning good members, deleting good content, allowing bad behaviour, behaving hypocritically, favouring certain vendors […]
The 3 razor shaving method revisited
Regular readers will remember this idea of using the best tool for the job on each shaving pass. Starting with a Merkur slant bar to remove the maximum amount of […]
From Russia with love. Shaving creams and balms
I am lucky in that my wife doesn’t just tolerate my male hobbies, she takes an active interest and contributes. We watch F1 races and football matches together, at the […]
Sleeping with the enemy. The Gillette Guard razor
History can teach us many lessons and this applies to shaving as much as anything else. Until the 20th century anyone who could be bothered to shave (many didn’t) used […]
Site update
The first full day at Bruce on Shaving was 8th July, so we have been going about 4 months, in that time there have been 147 articles written and 325 […]
Wilkinson Sword (Schick) Hydro 3 & 5 system razors
Oh no, I can hear you thinking, Bruce has gone over to the dark side. But don’t worry, there is some method in my madness. The two big global system […]
How double edged razor blades are made
The true genius of the double edged razor blade is how it is bent over and held in tension within the razor. This simple engineering technique allows the blade edge […]
The 5 top tips for traditional shaving
Wander round the online shaving forums and you come across lots of beginners asking the same questions again and again. Whilst some may find this a tedious misuse of bandwidth […]