Luxury Razors

I hope this offer will interest you, it’s a 3 for 2 Sale on male grooming products, especially shaving ones, on shaving-shack.com, very handy a few weeks before Christmas:

“Our 3 for 2 Sale has begun and we’re offering absolutely crazy prices on our consumable items! Simply select any 3 items within this category, and you just pay for the 2 most expensive and get the 3rd completely free of charge, your shopping basket will automatically deduct the price of the cheapest item!”

You can get a great deal on:

- Taylor of Old Bond St Shaving Cream
- Truefitt & Hill 1805 Shaving Cream Bowl
- Truefitt & Hill Luxury Pre Shave Oil
- Parker Model 510 Metal Safety Razor
- Parker Model 84 Metal Safety Razor with Gunmetal Finish

I go get some for myself, here is the link for this 3 for 2 Sale.

As certified by the Guiness Book of World Records in April 2000, Truefitt & Hill is the oldest known barbershop in the world. In 1805, William Francis Truefitt established is company, and become the official hairdresser of the British Royal Court. King George III gave Trufitt its first Royal Warrant.

Truefitt & Hill

Edwin Hill opened his baber shop on Old Bond Street, in London in 1911, close to the royal neighborhoods. In 1935, he created the brand Truefitt & Hill. In 1941, other Trufitt regional outlets were merged into the present company, where the current address is 71 St. James Street, London, since 1994. In addition, other locations were opened on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Caesars Forum Shops in Las Vegas and Toronto, Canado.

Truefitt & Hill includes a lot of famous clients like the British Royal Family, Members of visiting Royal Households, business leaders, Members of Parliament, Ambassadors and the diplomatic service and visiting dignitaries. Nowadays, Truefitt & Hill holds a Royal Warrant by appointment to the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Truefitt & Hill excels in the manufacturing of gentleman’s toiletries such as shaving creams and soaps, cologne, shampoo and other hair care products. This brand is also famous for its shaving range of accessories, such as razors, decorative shaving bowls, badger-hair brushes and kit bags, all inherited from year of Bristish “savoir faire”.

The Wellington Set: Truefitt & Hill Luxury Razor and Shaving Brush Set

This is a list of Truefitt & Hill most popular range of products:

• Full shaving and fragrance lines include Trafalgar, 1805, Grafton and West Indian Limes.
• Fragrance-only lines include Clubman, Freshman and Spanish Leather colognes.
• Shaving-only lines include Almond, Sandalwood, Rose and Lavender.

If you want to see all Truefitt & Hill’s line of products, you can download the Truefitt & Hill catalogue. (more…)

Today, we will be looking at the shaving through history, a good way to see the improvements made by mankind. The first technique used to shave facial hair was base on the usage of shells sharpen with stones. From 3000 BC, the first copper tools were developed, and the first copper razors were created.

Shaved Egyptian priests

Historians believe that the notion of personal hygiene may have emerged around this period, or perhaps earlier with Egyptian priests. Later, in the 4th century BC, Alexander the Great strongly promoted shaving to his army.

Alexander the Great

This is a very interesting video which introduces the difference between razors, the composition of single-blade razors, such as a Merkur Progress, and the difference between type of blades (remember to try many different kind). This video also focuses on the technics to use to ensure a nice and clean shave without hurting your skin by using carefully your single-blade razor. For example, you will have to re-learn how to shave by moving carefully the razor on your face, applying the right angle to ensure a clean result.

A big thank you goes to mantic59 for this great video! Have a great shave!

Like most of people, I have tried many brands of razors, from disposable to classic ones. During my younger age, I only used disposable razors, at the time, they only used one blades with a smoothing strip, and they were manufactured by the same brands as the famous ones nowadays: Gillette, Wilkinson or Bic. The blade didn’t really produce a smooth shave because of its poor gliding, it was hardly comfortable and my skin was cut under my ears and my nose.

One day, I was reading a man magazin and I saw an ad for a classic razor from the brand Merkur of Solingen. The razor advertised was expensive compering to the disposable ones, and used real blades! So I checked around and I found my first real razor at a nice entry price: The Merkur 23C Long Handled Classic:

Merkur 23C Long Handled Classic

This was trully my first luxury razor! Very light, with chrome finish and long handled double edged razor, this jewel of German manufactury is built to last with the craftmanship that is synonymous with the Merkur name. Also, it needs a care handling and some preparation to use. This is what we will discover later.

Have a nice shave!