About Leisureguy
A retired guy who hated shaving and so decided to figure out how to enjoy it. Did that, wrote a book, and now look forward to my daily shave. I also enjoy movies, cooking, reading, blogging, and the like.
Recently I was pondering the rapid growth of traditional wetshaving. A few years ago, for example, there was one source of blade sampler packs for double-edged blades: LetterK on ShaveMyFace.com and BadgerAndBlade.com. (LetterK went from that to start
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Tagged DE, razor, weber
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I shave after showering, but even so I wash my beard at the sink before I shave. I use a pre-shave soap, rinse partially with a splash, and the apply lather (from a shaving soap or shaving cream) to my … Continue reading →
[Note from Mantic59: I have tried a lot of traditional shaving products, but nowhere near as many as "Leisureguy" has! I asked Michael to suggest a few additional gift ideas as a follow-up to my previous post.] One benefit of … Continue reading →
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Actually, a better name would be “The limited-water shave”: how to shave when you have only a small amount of heated water—as when camping, for example. But the most common use of this shaving technique is for shaving when the … Continue reading →
While going through vendor links in the 5th edition of
In looking back over these recent years of shaving, I’m surprised at how much time it took for me to become aware of certain things. Horsehair brushes, for example: I was using them regularly, thinking “Okay. Brush. Lather. Good.” (I … Continue reading →