Non plastic shaving

Plastic and Shaving by Edward

Plastics are a hot topic at the minute and for good reason, as the seas are swimming with the stuff. Also things like exfoliation pearls have made there way Into fishes stomachs and onto our plates. For example shaving Is a consumer Industry which will sadly add to this. If each Industry keeps It’s side of the street clean we will be able to change the circumstances.  Traditional shaving Is a considerably more environmentally friendly way to shave than with modern cartridge blades. Due to the large lump of plastic that holds the four three or two blades together. Double edged blades however, are Just thin sheets of stainless or carbon steel. Some come in plastic packs but many Just plane old cardboard.

A straight razor Is something else entirely If healthy renewable shaving Is your thing. Although yes It will be a longer process entirely. Shaving at Edward’s are always trying to get more ecologically friendly. Last summer your noble author when walking back from the Love box festival In London. Wearily I got home at 1 or so, In the pitch black after gallantly walking a lady home. On the approach of my country dwelling. I was snarled and hissed at, realizing what ever I could not see, could quite clearly see me.

Plastic and Shaving

What ever It was circled me also at this time I noticed that It was of a fair size.  I decided It would not be to cowardly to run away. Eventually on finding the courage to get In side I googled hissing quadrupeds and the obvious clue was a Badger.

Realizing that my encounter was In fact a spiritual message. I have since taken the Edward’s badger brush off the market, and put more emphasis Into synthetic brushes. We still sell other firms badger brushes yes, but all Edward’s brushes that will be marketed are now synthetic. Yes plastic based, but they are not disposable goods. You will have one of our brushes forever.

Shaving soap

We are so very proud of Edwards Smoke shaving soap review, our new product. Which we have toiled over for so long It seems. The scents and the constituency were two Important factors. We decided on lemon and Juniper as we wanted a London familiar flavor. And the Victorian cockney loved they’re Gin. The traditional shaving soap also contains sea salt as to represent the Thames estuary. Sea salt heals damaged skin and drys out bacteria. The body of this natural soap Is clay and charcoal, whilst the clay acts as a natural lather. Also charcoal Is an antitoxin which cleanses the skin.

We kept the branding close to the Edwards Smoke traditional shaving soap story, as the tin sports a fierce lonely eel. Edwards favorite native cockney delicacy, the text on the back Is In cockney slang for the shaver to decipher.

The Edwards Smoke traditional shaving soap review

Starting off a scent of lemon and Juniper rushes up your nose on opening the tin, the name Edwards Is stamped on the soap. Being a bar there Is a lot of shaving soap area for your traditional shaving brush. Also with a hot wet shaving brush, It has generated a lot of lather that seems to have erupted. Often soaps are thin on lather but still giving adequate, the Smoke really packs a punch. I left the soap on my face for a minute to check grip, again It seems to have good hold. The first pass with my safety razor was a breeze. I lathered again for the second It felt great to paint my face with the traditional shaving brush the shaving soap seemed to slap on like emulsion. This pass against the grain also went well, the conclusion was a well shaven face.

The soap has a warmth to I, and there Is a certain consistency to which that perfectly takes of hair. Also I was relatively harsh with my razor and my face feels great. I did use a shaving oil also but nonetheless my no cuts and It has really taken care of those trouble spots like under my chin.

8/10 for our most splendid of traditional shaving soaps.

Edwards Smoke traditional shaving soap review by Ed.

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Safety razor blades

Personna traditional shaving blade review by Edward.

Personna are an American brand who have over 135 years of traditional shaving history. Once the Kampf brothers, who patented the Star razor. Being the first safety razor patent way back In 1875.  The 1920’s saw rise to there brand of blades like, Gem and Burma shave. Today, I Edward will test they’re Personna DE blades.

The blade Is medium In firmness, which In my experience makes a less prone cutting shave. I did have some slight alignment Issues with fitting It Into my Fatip Gentila, which In there defence can be a problem with the model of razor. Nonetheless Muhle and Feather blades fitted In quick.

Personna traditional shaving blade review

I had a 5 day growth to start, yes I know. I am sorry compatriots but In the week I am slogging away trying to keep you lot happy. But still the Personna did not have the easiest of start. I previously applied shaving oil and heavily submerged my face In the sink, then lathered my neck and throat. Which Is a renowned troublesome area.

Difficulty with my first pass and also overshadowed by the fact that I had been using feather traditional shaving blades, which are clearly far the sharper.

Using a blade buffing technique the Personna battled through the grain with consistency. I lathered my neck several times which has led to some light rash despite a large application of shaving oil. I gave my cheeks and mustache 2 passes which was ample, there Is a certain strength and consistency to the blades. Which I very much like.

Overall I will give Personna traditional shaving blade review a 6.8. I received a little rash, which Isn’t great, although I did have a relatively gnarly growth.

Also It was perhaps slightly biased as my last traditional shave was with the super sharp feather, nonetheless Personna are a sturdy shave.

Kent shaving brushes

Kent traditional shaving brushes, have been an English Institution since 1777. That Is well old, In fact When Kent opened, the dead sea was only unwell. They are based In Hertfordshire and are one of the queens brush makers. Which Is why Kent have the royal coat of arms on they’re logo.

The traditional shaving Black range

The black range Is the most popular with traditional shaving retailers like Edward’s, this range Is very well priced on the shaving brush market. Pure badger and silver tip badger are the two main options, there Is no best badger which Is a great middle ground usually In price. But Kent’s Silver tips are very reasonable, like the legendary BLK4 priced at £60. A solid pure badger example Is the BK4. All brushes In the Black range, come In a oxblood leather cylindrical case which Is some serious presentation.

Kent also have an abundant range of combs and hairbrushes a lot traditionally based, although traditional shaving Is fashionable. Kent Is and old English company, you will find the brand stocked In lots of high street chemists. In recent years Kent have brought out the Kent Infinity, which Is a very Inexpensive fiber shaving brush, at Edward’s we Implore this as customers should at least have a synthetic option. The Kent Bk12 Is the higher end of Kent brushes, with an retail price of £134. With an over all length of 122 mm and a bristle diameter of 85 mm she Is a beast. It Is a serious piece of shaving equipment, handling It you feel how packed the ring Is with silver tip hairs.

The English Institution that Is Kent makes great products, we at Edward’s are so very proud to sell which. They are perhaps Britain’s oldest brush makers, and we must support them. I can only hope that others do not sell to cheaply as I see some chemists do.

Kent traditional shaving brushes.

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Shaving Evolution

Traditional shaving Evolution

By Edward

There has been steady growth in the Industry since 2005. Which has lead to the birth of new shaving companies with old values.  The old companies Like Kent brushes, or Geo.F Trumper of Mayfair have had a massive rise since then, with a great deal of new customers and a great deal of new traditional shaving firms to wholesale too.

In the early part of the 20th century, England was a heavy hitter In the razor making Industry, Sheffield homed a great deal of safety razor and straight razor brands. Sadly we could not compete with German Industry, and eventually contracted our razors to be ground In Solingen. Which remains to this day.

Now cheap labor In the far East has changed the Industry again and companies re brand Chinese models of razors. Shaving brushes will always rely on China as they are the only country who eat badger, and the hair Is a bi product of which.There has been a steep rise of synthetic badger In recent years for ethical reasons.

On Instagram a lot of new shaving soap companies seem to be saturating the market a great deal In America It seems, some make they’re own, some re brand from existing soaps. There are also a lot of wood turners who have Interestingly started turning out hand made brushes from fine woods. And there seems to be a rise of handmade safety razors, which we implore.

As a company we are trying to maintain companies RRP, thus for keeping the Industry healthy and also we are working steadily on our own range. We have a launch of a new traditional shaving soap next month which Is a quirky as we are as a company, and will be as stimulating a shave as, we make It. We want you compelled by our products and that Is why we spend so much time making them.

Traditional shaving Evolution

By Edwardo

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