Post 13 I’ve reconciled myself to the fact that my shave will never again be as close as that my Mach 5 used to provide. The reason is that the Mach 5, true to the advertisements, actually cuts the hairs below the surface of the skin [Update: Things have changed]. As I’ve come to find […]
Moustache & Blade Podcast – Episode 17: Ryan Takes His Dad To Craig The Barber For A Shave
January 29, 2014 by
Time for Episode 17 of Moustache & Blade people!!! Today’s show is a really fun, endearing and memorable episode when Ryan decides to take his dad, Dr. Glen Lloyd Green to Craig The Barber for his first straight razor shave! Also, The razor Doctor, Matt Pisarcik stops by again to answer a listener’s question, Douglas […]
Moustache & Blade Podcast – Episode 16: Interview with Charles Roberts
January 22, 2014 by
Welcome back to The Moustache & Blade Podcast! In Episode 16 we hear from straight razor master Lynn Abrams, our very own Shave Doctor, Matt Pisarcik and learn how to achieve level 3 from your hot towel with Douglas…then we check in with The Method Shaver himself, Charles Roberts! Charles has been on the wet […]
Notes From The Noob: Ryan Steven Green’s Wet Shaving Journal – Entries 9-12
January 17, 2014 by
Post 9 So the first up of my DE sampler pack: Astor. Made in France. A colorful, but ultimately unassuming, wrapper I certainly would not have reached for had it not been randomly selected for the position. The shave feels light and very sharp, similar to Feather. First two shaves cut me up really bad – […]
Moustache & Blade Podcast – Episode 15: Interview With Zen Shave
January 14, 2014 by
Welcome to yet again another episode of Moustache & Blade…Episode 15! On today’s show we are joined by our good friend GD Carrington, who will be introducing his new segment on brush care! We will also be getting some tips an tricks from our very own Douglas Smythe on how to travel wisely with your […]
Moustache & Blade Podcast – Episode 14: Interview with The Razor Emporium
January 7, 2014 by
Welcome Back again to the Moustache & Blade Podcast! Strangely enough we begin our first show in 2014 with Episode 14…whoa. Magic as always here at Moustache & Blade! On Today’s show Douglas shares his favorite DIY Bay Rum Recipe, Ryan hits us with some more wet shaving acronyms and then they pay a visit […]
Notes From The Noob: Ryan Steven Green’s Wet Shaving Journal – Entries 4-8
December 30, 2013 by
[Check Notes From The Noob Entries 1-3] Post 4 So I’ve found my first love – in the world of DE blades, that is. Gillette Wilkinson Sword. The packaging is completely unpretentious, bordering on ugly, but these blades have provided the best shave of the three brands of blade I have tried thus far. […]
Moustache & Blade – Episode 11: Interview With Fine Accoutrements
December 16, 2013 by
Welcome to Episode 11 of Moustache & Blade, you are certainly in for an epic ride down the wet shave highway! Today Douglas shares his tips and tricks on breathing life into your very own FrankenRazor, while Ryan dabbles with frequently seen but seldomly understood wet shaving acronyms! Then Mantic 59 drops some more wet shaving […]
Notes From The Noob: Ryan Steven Green’s Wet Shaving Journal – Entries 1-3
December 14, 2013 by
Entry 1 My very first DE shave was on June 26, 2013. After interviewing me for How to Grow a Moustache regarding my film Between the Upper Lip and Nasal Passageway, and then tag-teaming an interview with F. Stone Roberts (Director of the short documentary Splitting Hairs), Doug sent me a care package with a 1955 […]
Moustache & Blade Podcast Episode 10: Interview with Craig The Barber
December 10, 2013 by
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