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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
Dave's Shave Of The Day # 13
... with the Merkur 37c slant Razor: Merkur 37c slant Blade: Feather Hi-stainless Brush: Shave Nation Synthetic Cream: Hawkins & Brimble...
Oct 27, 20192 min read
Dave's Shave Of The Day # 12
... with the Thiers-Issard 1937 Special Coiffeur razor Pre-shave: Proraso red Razor: Thiers-Issard 1937 Special Coiffeur / RazoRock SLOC...
Oct 23, 20193 min read
Michael Freedberg
Shaving tutorials don't come more Zen-like than the ones produced by Michael Freedberg for his excellent and highly-recommended...
Oct 22, 20192 min read
Dave's Shave Of The Day # 11
... with the Boker barbarette Pre-shave: Proraso red Razor: Boker Black-handled Shavette / Merkur 34c HD Blade: Feather Hi-stainless...
Oct 21, 20192 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
Geofatboy
When it comes to How To ... shaving videos, this fine, upstanding gentleman - the legendary Geofatboy, owner of Shave Nation Shaving...
Oct 20, 20192 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
Kensurfs
When I first started to consider old-school, traditional wet shaving, this bloke – Ken Kirkup – was a huge inspiration. Up until the...
Oct 18, 20192 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
Dave's Shave Of The Day #10
... with the Sword Edge Cheadle slant The Razor: Sword Edge Cheadle The Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock Super Stainless The Soap: Taylor of Old...
Oct 18, 20193 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
Extro BayRum Shaving Cream (150ml)
Holy Cow! Look what's just arrived at Dave Shaves from Connaught Shaving: Handmade in Italy, everything about this Extro Bay Rum-scented...
Oct 13, 20191 min read
Dave's Shave of the Day # 9
... with the Fatip Piccolo The Pre-shave: Proraso red The Razor: Fatip Piccolo The Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless The Soap: L'Occitane Cade...
Oct 13, 20192 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
New arrivals
Oh look what the postman brought. Actually, I'm still waiting for something else - a bay-rum-scented shaving cream. In the meantime,...
Oct 11, 20192 min read
Dave's Shave Of The Day # 8
... with the Boker Olivewood shavette Razor: Boker Olivewood shavette / RazoRock Hawk (V2) SE Blade: Miraki Platinum Coated Cream: The...
Oct 10, 20192 min read
Dave's Shave Of The Day # 7
... with the Feather Artist Club SS folding razor The Razor: Feather Artist Club SS Folding Razor / P1R8 Butterfly DE Safety Razor The...
Oct 9, 20192 min read
Dave's Shave Of The Day # 6
... with the Muhle R41 The Pre-shave: Proraso Refreshing The Razor: Muhle R41 The Blade: Astra Superior Platinum The Soap: Hawkins &...
Oct 8, 20192 min read
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