The Shave Cave Journals 2/3

Nobody Puts The GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf SE Razor In The Corner*

I finally took the plunge and bought a GEM Micromatic Clog Pruf SE razor on eBay for an unbelievably reasonable price. There were even...

Nov 19, 20191 min read

Also Coming Soon To The Shave Cave ...

Two other interesting-looking razors plopped through the letterbox this week. Again, I won't be actually trying them out just yet* but...

Nov 10, 20191 min read

Coming Soon To The Shave Cave ...

I've recently acquired some shaving-related products* which - frustratingly - are having to remain in storage on a shelf in the front...

Nov 6, 20192 min read

Focus World Ring-Handled Shavette

This unusual shavette looks like a cross between something that's fallen off a Victorian time machine* and a knuckle duster (or brass...

Oct 29, 20191 min read

Dave Shaves Is On Instagram

Dave Shaves is now on Instagram. As you can see from the photo to the left, the Dave Shaves account currently has 2 followers. I'm hoping...

Oct 28, 20191 min read

Venice

I'm off to Venice for a few days so, naturally, I've already packed my shaving equipment in this handy hanging washbag from The...

Oct 28, 20191 min read

Happy Birthday

Yes, it's Happy Birthday to me. I know I've already posted about the Thiers-Issard Special Coiffeur, but I'm so delighted with it that I...

Oct 20, 20191 min read

Face & Co

Last weekend I bought some shave stuff on eBay. No, that's not quite true. I bought one thing on eBay – a Boker Black Shavette, paid for...

Oct 19, 20193 min read

Sword Edge 10% Discount

The nice people at Sword Edge are offering readers of Dave Shaves a limited-time 10% discount. Yes, that's right. As if the razors...

Oct 18, 20191 min read

Sword Edge

Blimey. Look what just arrived on my doormat from Sword Edge.* Oh dear. I appear to have forgotten my manners. Mother, Father, allow me...

Oct 17, 20192 min read

Fatip Piccolo DE Open-Comb Safety Razor

The heads on both the Fatip Grande Gold Classic Original and the Fatip Piccolo are exactly the same* so I knew exactly what I was getting...

Oct 13, 20191 min read

Thiers-Issard 1937 Special Coiffeur

For his birthday, what do you buy a man who has DE safety razors, shavettes and shaving cream coming out of his ears? Why, you buy him a...

Oct 12, 20191 min read

Merkur Progress Adjustable Razor

Why didn't I buy one of these at the very beginning? Before it all got out of hand? If I'd thought rationally about all of this I could...

Oct 5, 20192 min read

Wilkinson Sword Premium Collection

Trying the wet-shaving experience on a budget I happened to notice this in Asda this morning and it struck me as being a great deal. £16...

Oct 4, 20191 min read

Parker 94r DE Razor

I should point you in the direction of my previous entry in The Shave Cave Journals regarding the Parker 87r TTO razor. There I discussed...

Oct 4, 20192 min read

Fatip Grande – Gold Classic Original

Look at these photos. Do I need to say anything else? I reckon the images alone are enough to explain why I bought it. If you don't know...

Oct 3, 20191 min read

New Arrivals At The Shave Cave

Fatip Grande Gold razor / Arko shaving soap Take a look at what arrived on my doorstep over the weekend. This rather handsome,...

Sep 30, 20191 min read

Parker 87r Butterfly Razor

It was the same old story: boy sees razor (while slightly drunk and browsing online shaving websites). Boy falls in love with razor. Boy...

Sep 30, 20192 min read

Feather Artist Club SS Japanese Kamisori-style Razor / Feather Artist Club SS Folding Razor

Brace yourselves, ladies and gentlemen, brace yourselves. I might be about to get quite emotional. Take a look at the photograph that...

Sep 29, 20192 min read

Boker Olivewood shavette

Now we're talking. This little beauty takes either standard double-edge razor blades (snapped in half, of course) or longer, double-edge...

Sep 29, 20191 min read