Shaving products from a local market

August 3, 2013 4:11 pm , Leave a Comment ,

This weekend we visited the market at the annual event “Olavsfestdagene” here in Trondheim. It was fun to see that several vendors had shaving related products. The interest in classic shaving is apparently increasing. Read More →

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Top quality shaving equipment

July 25, 2013 2:03 pm , 2 Comments ,

Nakayama stoneI recently bought two shaving related objects which I am very happy with. These objects represent the pinnacle of quality in two areas. The first is a brand new straight razor from J.A. Hellberg, and the other is a Japanese natural waterstone. Read More →

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Restored straight razors

May 14, 2013 10:48 am , Leave a Comment ,

1I often buy razors that have both rusty blades and broken scales, to restore them later. The other day I sat down with three of them. Read More →

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Star – the modern razor’s mother

February 28, 2013 2:57 pm , Leave a Comment ,
star1b-scaled500I just got a great antiquity in the house. It is a “Star” from Kampfe Bros. I consider this razor to be “the modern razor’s mother”, since it was the first mass-produced razor which placed the head on top of the shaft, in a “T” shape, and had replaceable blades, like we are used to today. Read More →
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100 years old great shaver

January 28, 2013 12:36 pm , 1 Comment ,

Yesterday I shaved with a Single Edge Razor (SE-razor) that is nearly 100 years old. I have long thought about testing one of my older SE-razors, and thanks to the people of The Shave Den Shop I now have purchased brand new SE-blades that fits in my EverReady. Read More →

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Schick – in great shape

January 13, 2013 11:25 pm , Leave a Comment ,

I have now completed a shave with my Shick Injector, Type J (produced 1958-1964). It worked just fine 🙂 One can even buy new injector blades to this type of razors. Indeed all Injector blades from Shick fit all Shick Injector razors, old and new. Read More →

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Good feel for the book!

January 3, 2013 9:05 am , Leave a Comment ,

I have been working on gathering together my knowledge of shaving, and turning it into a book. The timing to release such a book now seems very good. In the magazine “D2” on 28 December, there was an 8-page article about straight razor shaving 🙂 Read More →

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Gillette — still the best a man can get?

November 25, 2012 6:16 pm , Leave a Comment ,

Today I shaved with a brand new “Gillette Fusion Proglide”!
Yes, you read correctly. Today I purchased one of the latest “multiblade plastic razors” from Gillette.

I think that one can quickly become a little “religious” when one are really excited about something. But I would rather not reject something that is working, just because I have chosen a different solution. So i went to the store to buy a multi-blade razor.

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Try an oil shave

November 18, 2012 12:32 pm , Leave a Comment ,

Have you ever tried to shave with just oil? I recommend trying it.
After reading a bit about this, I decided to try it. You can get many types of special “shave oils” for this, but the fact is that regular olive oil works just as fine. Read More →

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And then there were three…

October 9, 2012 5:11 pm , Leave a Comment ,

The two largest producers in today’s razor world, are Dovo and Thiers-Issards. Both produce very good knives, and both have faithful followers. Some believe the TI knives require a bit too much work to become really sharp, while others think Dovo does not get the same edge as the TI straights, but all agree that both generally makes good straight razors. When one wants to buy a new straight razor today, most people choose one of these two. Read More →

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