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Dear DAVE SHAVES said the email, Please. You've got to help me. Just tell me how to get a proper, clean shave, without razor rash or...
Oct 7, 20193 min read
The Dave Shaves Beginner's Guide
Make sure you've read this article here before you read any further. Ok. Have you read it? Right. Carry on. Dear David Can I call you...
Oct 7, 20198 min read
Hawkins & Brimble Elemi and Ginseng Shaving Cream (100ml)
The first shaving soap I ever used was Wilkinson Sword. It was ok, but it seemed to require an enormous amount of effort to get any sort...
Oct 7, 20192 min read
Dave's Shave Of The Day # 5
... with the Parker 87r TTO razor Pre-shave: Proraso Refreshing Razor: Parker 87r TTO Blade: Feather Hi-stainless Soap: Arko shaving soap...
Oct 6, 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
Dave's Shave Of The Day # 4
... with the Fatip Grande Gold Classic Original The Pre-shave: Proraso Refreshing The Razor: Fatip Grande Gold Classic Original The...
Oct 3, 20192 min read
The Bluebeards Revenge Shaving Cream (100ml)
From The Bluebeards Revenge website: Our tough-on-stubble Shaving Cream can be whipped into a rich lather with a few flicks of the wrist....
Oct 2, 20193 min read
Dave's Shave Of The Day # 3
... with the Razorock Hawk V2 single-edge razor The Pre-shave: Proraso Refreshing The Razor: RazoRock Hawk (V.2) SE razor The Blade: Kai...
Sep 30, 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
The RazoRock DE Self-lubricating Open-Comb Razor
Phwooooar. Look. Look. Look at it. Definitely a razor I'd be taking home to meet my parents, if either of them were a) interested or, for...
Sep 29, 20192 min read
RazoRock Hawk (V.2) SE Razor
Cor, look at this: Newly-arrived on my shelf from the nice people at Connaught Shaving is this fine-looking razor. Behold the RazoRock...
Sep 29, 20191 min read
Dave's Shave Of The Day # 2
... with the Parker 87r TTO The Pre-shave: Proraso Refreshing The Razor: Parker 87r TTO (twist to open) The Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless...
Sep 29, 20191 min read
Dave's Shave Of The Day # 1
... with The RazoRock Hawk V2 The Razor: RazoRock Hawk V2 single-edge The Blade: Kai Captain Titan Mild The Cream: Taylor's Of Old Bond...
Sep 29, 20191 min read
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