Straight Razor Shave at Tommy Gun’s Barber Shop

Since my first straight razor shave experience at “Not your Father’s Barber” went so well, I figured I would continue on my exploration of such services. When I was last at Lansdown park on a Friday night for a football game, my wife pointed out the “Tommy Gun’s” Barber shop.  It certainly looked the partRead more

Brickell Shaving Cream and After Shave

For the last few months, I have become interested in trying the Brickell shaving cream and after-shave. Their sales pitch is simple, they use natural ingredients to make their products.  The well known; aloe, jojoba and coconut oil being some of the key ingredients.  Their site and their sales pitch was enough to spike myRead more

OMEGA Alum Stick

A few weeks back I decided to give the ME1 butterfly razor from Men Essential another try.  Obviously, with a different blade than the Rockwell’s it came with.  The blade for this test was a Derby. Test Stage: Razor: Men Essential’s ME1 Blade: Derby Pre-Shave: Proraso white Shaving Foam: Vichy Fixer: Omega Alum Stick TheRead more

Straight Razor shave at “Not your Father’s Barber”

Lunch time today was a special treat: an old school cut throat shave. There are a few barber shops in Ottawa offering this and 3 of them are in the market area which was more convenient for me.  I opted to try “Not your Father’s Barber” for this service.  They are located at 91 MurrayRead more

Dollar Shave Club

Last week a friend of mine made me aware of an on-line company called “Dollar Shave Club“.  A simple search showed me what this was about.  A simple and economical way to buy your razor blades on-line and have them delivered to your door step.  Somewhat like Harry’s you might ask!  It is different inRead more

DERBY “Extra” 100 blades pack

Having made the switch to a Double Edge razor, I am going through a good number of blades.  Basically one blade per shave.  Some of the shaving foam stays stuck on the blades no matter how well it is rinsed.  Some blades rinse a bit better than others, but I haven’t manage to get aRead more

Barbasol Soothing Aloe Shaving Cream

For years I have been seeing the Barbasol brand.  By its typical product placement on the bottom shelf and its low price, I also assumed that it was a lesser product and pretty much snob it. Yesterday,  I was picking up stuff at my local Walmart and went through the shaving isle.  The Barbasol productsRead more

PRORASO Gel Riparatore – TOTALLY IMPRESSIVE

Last week I was at my favorite Italian grocery store in the Ottawa Byward Market, La Botega / Nicastro’s to replenish some of my PRORASO shaving supplies. While browsing what they had, I noticed this fairly small box.  I picked it up to get a closer look at what it might be.  My Italian isRead more

Hair and shaving supplies at OBSCO

Today I paid a visit to a wholesale store for Hairdressers and Barbers, in the Ottawa Byward market,  a shop called “OBSCO“, located at 158 Dalhousie street.My visit there was mostly out of curiosity as I drove by there last week and noticed the store. I figured it might be an interesting place to visitRead 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