Black & White Hairdressing Pomade

  Today’s pomade was brought back by my traveling buddy that just returned from the UK.  The Black & White Hairdressing Pomade.  This is a completely old school and original product from the 20’s. Even referring to the product as “Hair Dressing” is very old school in itself. Most brand nowadays simply state: Pomade.  ThatRead more

Rumble 59 Schmiere Wasserbasiert

This is the Rumble 59 Schmiere pomade I have been waiting for.  My traveling buddy has returned from the UK where he picked some up for me along with a comb.  The actual testing will be tomorrow morning, but I couldn’t resist putting some pictures up and give the first impression.  WOW! The brand behindRead more

LORD Platinum Razor Blade

As part of my double edge razor blade sampler pack, were a good number of LORD blades. This morning I tried the LORD platinum. TEST STAGE State: Right out of the shower Razor: Merkur 180 Blade: LORD Platinum Pre-Shave: Proraso white Shaving Cream: Proraso white foam After Shave: Proraso white lotion This blade does notRead more

Rockwell Razor Blades

This is the Rockwell Double Edge razor blade.  These blades came with my ME1 Butterfly Safety Razor from Men Essentials.  Obviously I tried it with the ME1.  The results where disappointing. See my blog on the ME1 butterfly razor.  I initially assumed that it was the blades fault.  Then after trying a 3 piece safetyRead more

Double Edge Razor Blade Sampler Packs

So you’ve decided to make the jump and try a Double Edge razor.  Good for you, Buddy!  You rock! That razor you bought most likely came with 1 or a few blades. You now need to get more and you are realizing that there is a large number of razor blade brands. You might alsoRead more

Merkur 180 Safety Razor

Based on my last experience with a safety razor I had some apprehension shaving with such a tool again. I was certainly questioning the praises for such a shaving solution. But my test was with a “butterfly” razor and this is one of two possible designs for safety razors. The butterfly design is the oneRead more

Rocky Mountain Barber Company Pomade

While doing some research earlier in the week, I came across a brand I had not seen before. The “Rocky Mountain Barber Company“.    This discovery was doubly rewarded by the brand being a Canadian one.     With a name like that you might think that their are from British Columbia or perhaps Alberta, but no theyRead more

Bluebeards Revenge Pomade

The Bluebeards Revenge pomade arrived today.  It took a total of 9 days between the order and delivery from the UK and I will admit being quite excited about this one.  Their shaving cream was the first products of theirs I tried and it is a keeper.  If their pomade is anything like the shavingRead more

GROOM Shaving Oil

It feels like I am behind on my testing.  Specifically, I have been holding on to the Groom shaving oil since last week.  Groom is an interesting Montreal based company that makes a few shaving products as well as a pomade.  From what I can see they mostly focus on natural oil based products.  SinceRead more

Bluebeards Revenge Shaving Cream

A little while back I came across the Bluebeards Revenge brand while searching various shaving creams.  After checking out their web page and watching their YouTube video Bluebeards Revenge Informercial where a barber does a shaving demo with a regular razor, then a safety razor and finally a cut throat blade using this shaving creamRead more

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