Some “British” shaving brush brands 27 Dec 2012 | 10:00 am

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 off. I have put the word Briti...

How its made video – Safety razor & double edge blades 20 Apr 2011 | 06:16 pm

Escaping from the dark side. A road map 9 Mar 2011 | 11:35 pm

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 from the one monopoly supp...

Custom horse shaving brush 16 Feb 2011 | 08:51 pm

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 is no longer a problem). Using ...

How big is yours? 9 Feb 2011 | 04:29 am

Simpson's Wee Scot and Penworks Finest Badger 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 r...

Announcement about this blog 7 Feb 2011 | 10:27 pm

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 search box on the right you can re...

Fake Iridium blades 3 Feb 2011 | 06:00 pm

Iridium razor blades. Real on the left. Fake on the right. Iridium razor blades. Real on the left. Fake on the right. The Pogonotomy forum member mitsimonsta posted these pictures (and more) to the ...

Gillette don’t want to talk to me 2 Feb 2011 | 06:00 pm

Petersburg Products International factory in Russia Gillette make fantastic double edged (DE) razor blades at the Petersburg Products International (PPI) factory in Russia that they (or their parent ...

The Marketing Powerhouse that was and still is the Gillette Safety Razor Company, part 4 1 Feb 2011 | 06:00 pm

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 razors that most people know Gill...

Boots No7 for Men Protect & Perfect 31 Jan 2011 | 06:00 pm

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 happily pay out $30 dollars for a small ...