My shaving brush collection, #2 the badgers
In part one we dealt with the boar, horse and synthetic brushes. Now it is time to deal with the badgers. As you can see I am a victim of […]
Silvertip
Custom shaving brushes from Penchetta and Penworks
Anthony Turchetta owns an insurance company in Arizona but very obviously likes making things of beauty with his own hands. So he also owns The Golden Nib (TGN), Penworks, Penchetta Pens […]
English shaving brushes, Morris & Forndran etc
A lot of people have recently seen the light and come over to real shaving. They see the products and industry as they are but they don’t see this history, […]
Some European shaving brush manufacturers
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 […]
My custom shaving brush
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 […]
Custom shaving brush manufacture by Kimson
As I have said before on here badger shaving brush knots are mainly made in China, they are available in the West from companies like The Golden Nib or, in […]
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 […]
My “go to” shaving kit
One of the great joys of real, traditional shaving is the huge diversity of kit available. You could have many dozens of razors without having two the same, the same […]
More on Frank Shaving brushes
I have written on here before about Frank Shaving brushes from China and how they are remarkably good quality for not much money. The value is so good that I […]
Simpson’s shaving brushes #2
I have said before on here that one of the joys of real shaving is that we are all different, real shaving offers infinite variety in its various elements so […]