A Mid-December Mail Call

A Mid-December Mail Call

Recently, in an overall review of all of the lathers I have in the collection (shaving soaps, creams, sticks, tubes, foams, gels, etc.) I ranked Taylor of Old Bond Street Organic Shaving Cream at the #7 position out of 29 lathers. It feels luxurious and rich, and really works well for...
Talking Passes

Talking Passes

Let's talk passes. Shaving passes. I'll address the elephant...er...nostrils in the room in a moment. As I've mentioned before, there are three types of passes, and they're pretty fundamental to everyone's shaving technique. And two of the three are uncontroversial. One is extremely controversial. These are the passes: With the Grain...
Rating the Lathers

Rating the Lathers

I have, at least once in the last year, tried almost* all of the shaving lathers (the product used specifically to hold the hairs while shaving) in my collection, be they foam, cream, gel, soap, or stick. I have also rated them (and possibly modified that initial rating after additional usage)....