Classic Shaving - The Wet Shave Blog
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Welcome to Classic Shaving! Read here about new products, product reviews, and new and exciting news. ClassicShaving.com was established in response to the current worldwide rediscovery of and increased interest in traditional wet shaving methods and products.
Classic Shaving - The Wet Shave Blog
4y ago
Today we're going to be showing you the contents of what you get when you order the MOASK Shaving Kit.
You are going to get this really nice rugged hygiene kit. It's custom made in America for BOG by Tactical Tailor. It's going to come with a place for your pre-shave, after shave, beard oil, and a couple of different types of pre-shave and after-shave. You're going to get a BOG shaving brush, black, and a little carrying case. The BOG Napalm Shave soap, a really great smelling, really nice, a very slick shave soap, you get a five pack of feather, double edge blades that you can use and the Sh ..read more
Classic Shaving - The Wet Shave Blog
5y ago
Brad here! What's up everybody? Today, we're going to talk about a popular new addition to the shaving world, Occam's razor. All right, so Occam's razor. If you're not already familiar with Occam's razor, we're going to take a look at everything inside the box today. We're going to go over all the information you need to know about it. We're going to go over all of the benefits that it's going to bring to you that your disposable terrible razor that you're using right now isn't providing you at all. A couple of the quick benefits are easy blade swaps, adjustable levels of aggressiveness, easy ..read more
Classic Shaving - The Wet Shave Blog
5y ago
How To Build A Shaving Lather Using A Bowl
What's up everybody? I'm Brad and today we're going to learn how to build a lather. So before we build a lather let's go over everything we need. You need a shaving brush, some soap from classicshaving.com, a bowl to build your lather in, and last but not least, water.
Before I start building a lather I like to fill this scuttle that I usually call a bowl with hot water for about five minutes and let my brush soak beforehand. After the water's dumped out, this does a couple things to benefit you. It gets your brush very wet and it also creates a laye ..read more
Classic Shaving - The Wet Shave Blog
5y ago
Anatomy Of A Straight Razor
What's up everybody? I'm Brad, and today we're going to talk about the anatomy of a straight razor. All right, so we all know that this is a straight razor. Let's learn about all the different parts of it. All right, so we have the toe of the blade, the heel of the blade, the spine, the cutting edge, the tang or the shank. I'll be calling it the tang, the pivot, the tail, and the scale of the straight razor. So now that we know a little bit about the anatomy of a blade, let's talk about the different profiles from blade to blade. So here are three examples of the ..read more
Classic Shaving - The Wet Shave Blog
5y ago
Strops and how to use them...
What's up, everybody? I'm Brad, and today we're talking strops and how to use them. I'm really excited for our video today. Before we go over everything you need to know about strops, and even a surprise field trip at the end of the video outside of the studio, let's go over the three example strops that I have here today. This is a three-inch synthetic practice strop. You have your hook on the end, with fabric on the other side. This is good for beginners because they can buy this and learn on it without risking cutting a real leather strop. Remember, instead ..read more
Classic Shaving - The Wet Shave Blog
5y ago
The Occam's Razor - Version 1.0
Hey, everybody, we're going to be going over Occam's Razor today. We're going to review with you all the benefits, features, the different blades it uses, how to change the blades in and out, using your fingers or the tool for extraction or insertion of blades. We'll go over the sharps containers that are contained within the blade packs. We'll go over changing the different heads of the razor. And we'll go over the anatomy of the razor. We'll also give you some tips on what you can do to get the best shave possible with Occam's Razor. Let's go ahead and open ..read more
Classic Shaving - The Wet Shave Blog
5y ago
The sink counters of men who enjoy traditional wet shaving are usually cluttered with bowls and tubs of various shaving soaps and shaving creams. These products come in a variety of textures and fragrances, and it may be difficult to know which product to choose. This article helps explain the differences (besides the obvious) of soaps and creams so that you can have the most efficient and enjoyable morning shave.
About Shaving Cream
SHAVING CREAMS
In high school, most shavers start shaving with a gel or foam out of an aerosol can. This type of shaving cream contains excess chemicals and nu ..read more
Classic Shaving - The Wet Shave Blog
5y ago
It is difficult to describe the way a razor feels when it glides across the skin, but both the feeling and performance are classified by safety razor aggressiveness. There are several factors that affect how aggressive a safety razor is and how it performs. The size of the blade gap, the amount of blade that is exposed, and the cutting angle dictated by the design of the safety razor affect the way it shaves. This article simplifies cutting head designs to quantify safety razor aggressiveness.
Mild Safety Razor
A mild safety razor has a cutting head that is designed to limit the amount of for ..read more
Classic Shaving - The Wet Shave Blog
5y ago
ClassicShaving is excited to announce our new Shaving APP.
Available APRIL 1st for both Android and Apple.
The Future is HERE! Just open Google Play or the App Store and search for "ClassicShaving Razor App". The download is fast and free. You will be shaving in no time.
Lets Get Started! Once Downloaded, click the icon to launch the App. That's it! Lather up and get your shave on.
Benefits of using the ClassicShaving Razor App:
Great shave
Reduces landfill waste
Save money
No blade replacement needed
Portable
High tech
FREE
NOTE: Multiple razors will be added in future u ..read more
Classic Shaving - The Wet Shave Blog
5y ago
Text Version As many things have evolved over the decades, so have the tools man has shaved with. Specifically, the designs of Straight Razors have changed quite drastically, and have become much more efficient than in “the beginning” …
In and before the 1800’s, the blade and handle started out as wedge, without a “tang” and often without the monkey tail. The scales (then referred to as the “handle”), were made of wood, horn, bone, ivory and tortoise…over the next 30 years, the straight razor advancements included, blades started to be “hollow ground”, a start of a “shoulder” appeared, the ..read more