Shaving 2: Brushes

November 7, 2009

Part 1

How do you prepare a lather?
In classic shaving, you have a choice of cheap plain boar brushes ($15-25), or badger brushes.  Badger brushes are generally broken down into, ‘pure badger’ ($23-40), ‘best badger’ ($40-60) and ’silvertip’ ($60-300+).  There are also synthetic brushes ($20-60) available for vegans ($1).
Boar brushes are stiff; pure badger are soft; [...]

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Shaving 1: Introduction & Razors

August 25, 2009

I’ve had bad acne-ridden skin since I was 12 or 13.  I learned to shave by watching TV commercials.  As far as I was concerned, the only way to do so was with Gillette Mach3 blades and “canned goo,” so to speak.  Eventually though, I became dissatisfied mostly because of the high cost of new [...]

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