March 27th, 2012 §
The breathtaking majesty of the Colorado Rockies
Luminous colors: glowing bronze, richly wine-hued purples deepening into softly silky sable and obsidian. The stunning natural palette of the Colorado Rockies inspires a rugged yet elegant collection of fine leather accessories for discerning men everywhere from Golden Head, German leather-crafting artists and experts. Distinctively grained and precisely designed, the Colorado Collection creates a connection between the untamed beauty of the wide open spaces and precipitous heights of the Rockies and the luscious and lithesome leathers of Golden Head.
Offered in a warm, burnished bronze tobacco, a delicious, decadent Bordeaux, and a ravishing, resplendent raven, the Colorado Collection leathers are easy on the eye and soft and responsive in the hand. Only selected hides from the uniquely textured neck and shoulders of Italian cows are fashioned into these premium accessories, every piece permitting the leather to tell the story of the noble creature that gave its all for such a splendid treasure.
Respectful of the source and the tradition and artistry of the crafters of the leather, the wide array of options from the Colorado Collection combines great aesthetics with perfect practicality. Each wallet, billfold or money clip performs its function precisely and thoroughly, assisting the man of today with cash and credit management sensibly and sensuously. Organizational tools such as key and business card holders and opulently outfitted personal-care sets are available in the same gorgeous leathers and colors, indispensable accessory coordination for the man who demands and deserves the best.
Golden Head Colorado Billfold Leather Wallet with Coin Purse in Tobacco
The leather expertise of Golden Head dates from its inception in 1979, yet also reaches back much further to encompass centuries of German leather-crafting. Tanning of the carefully sourced hides is a special, vegetable-based process, completed by hand with unsurpassed skill and hard-earned expertise. Every quality accessory is made of hand-dyed leather, with fifty individual pieces of premium leather joined together through fifty individual steps, completed only by those who truly love working with this most ancient of materials. When a fine leather accessory from Golden Head becomes a man’s companion, a bond that can bridge decades is begun, and the man and the leather gracefully grow better together.
No more appropriate commitment can be made for or by the man of distinction than a fine leather accessory from Golden Head. The Colorado Collection reaches across hemispheres to infuse cultured and refined Old-World tradition with the ambiance of the bold and majestic New-World wilderness. Strike out on your own journey to the rarified air of Colorado by Golden Head, holding appreciatively in your hand the finest small leathers the world has to offer.
March 22nd, 2012 §
Since 1854, Taylor of Old Bond Street have ensured the gentlemen of London — wherever they may travel — look their elegant and well-groomed best. Bond Street has been at the heart of classic, timeless elegance since the late 17th century, and Taylor of Old Bond Street offer especially high quality, natural personal grooming products. Located in a part of London that has been classically fashionable for over 150 years, where the streets are elegant and the gentlemen’s clubs numerous, the brand is synonymous with luxury, quality, and understated class, and popular throughout the world.
Whether customers are looking for shaving brushes and accessories, razors, mirrors, combs and hair brushes, or talcs, soaps, oils, aftershaves and colognes, Taylor of Old Bond Street has a product to suit.
Shaving brushes from Taylor of Old Bond Street come in a range of sizes, from 8cm to 13cm, with a choice of different shaped handles and in options including travel versions. A little secret? Their shaving brushes are manufactured by Vulfix. So pick up a Vulfix 374, 375 or 376 model and enjoy the same remarkable quality for less.
For aftercare, Taylor of Old Bond Street shaving cream comes in a fabulous range of fragrances, including sandalwood, almond, lavender, rose, lemon and lime and avocado. More classic scents are available in Shaving Shop, Mr Taylor, Eton College and the St James Collection. The Sensitive Skin variety includes soothing aloe vera, and the Jermyn Street Collection is paraben-free and allergen-free. Natural, quality ingredients are used, and the packaging is distinguished and simply elegant yet distinctive.
Taylor of Old Bond Street tooth brush, hair & body shampoo, and shaving stick
Taylor of Old Bond Street products aren’t just about shaving. There is also a great choice of deodorant sticks, roll-on deodorants, sprays, talcum powders, and hand and bath soaps. Solid soaps are produced using traditional triple-milled methods, and, like the handwashes, are both cleansing and moisturizing.
To help keep hair and scalp healthy and attractive, try a Taylor of Old Bond Street shampoo or hair tonic. Fragrances include rosemary, chamomile, herbal, and lavender brilliantine. Options include shampoo and conditioner to thicken and moisturize, or for dry hair, hair gel and styling cream.
There are also excellent, high-quality accessories to help get your personal grooming routine off to the very best start. Whether it’s a compact travel mirror, fine-teeth or coarse-teeth combs, or oval military style brushes in ebony, pear wood or beech, Taylor of Old Bond Street can offer products that are as decorative as they are practical.
For more info visit Taylor of Old Bond Street’s Official Site.
March 15th, 2012 §
Although in a state of continual metamorphosis when it comes to their logos, the German company Heinrich L. Thäter never alters its key attribute: the exquisite quality of their products. Encompassing the slogan ”Times and Tastes May Change, Yet Quality Always Endures,’’ the ultimate shaving-brush crafter Heinrich L. Thäter has put Nürnberg at the center of the wet-shaving map.
Cherishing the family tradition of “Nothing But The Finest,” the artisans at Heinrich L. Thäter maintain the highest standards by using premium materials and proven methods to produce the best shaving brushes possible. In the hands of these masters, the essential wet-shaving tool is transformed into a rare gem: flexible, beautiful and extremely effective.
Since 1913, Heinrich L. Thäter has offered shaving tools that are a step above exceptional. Pride in both appearance and performance is obvious in every facet of the execution of the company’s brushes. Small, but handsome, the Thäter pieces range from the 92 mm to 124 mm in overall height. Perfection arrives when 14,000 strands of the most expensive grade of badger hair are carefully shaped by hand.
The soft silver-tips are glorious, and the overstuffed knots well-support these remarkable bristles, providing a most satisfactory feel when lathering. Like a minimalist work of art, the carefully polished handle catches the eye and enhances the impeccable design of the German masterpieces.
These silver-tip badger brushes are known to be denser, softer and more flexible, with better water-retention qualities, than any using boar or horse hair. The decision to use only the most superior grade of rare, natural badger hair is the key to the Thäter quality. Their highly skilled experts shape each brush to ensure a phenomenal flow-through; this fanatical attention to detail explains why a Thäter brush is a synonym for the best quality shaving brush available.
No matter what your aesthetic preference may be, Thäter offers the discerning customer not only a long-lasting and amazingly well-made brush, but also a variety of stunning and alluring handles fashioned of rare and beautiful materials such as ebony and faux tortoise, including clear or two-tone options. The logo chosen for you will no doubt delight and will definitely surprise. Thäter changes this aspect frequently, all the more to your pleasure in such a unique decoration.
What will never vary, however, is the steadfast Heinrich L. Thäter devotion to enduring quality. An instant heirloom, in careful hands, your Thäter brush will see you through decades of extraordinary grooming. Cultivate well your relationship with this marvel. You will be richly rewarded.
March 12th, 2012 §
Conceived and nurtured in the heart of the Tirol, the refined products of Alt Innsbruck are as fresh and pure as the surrounding snow-capped Alps. Alt Innsbruck’s intoxicatingly aromatic fragrance is full with Virginia tobacco, rich and nostalgic and reminiscent of a deep breath of an antique humidor brimming with the finest hand-wrapped cigars. A crisp, yet harmonious, note of icy menthol cools and refreshes, balancing the aroma perfectly.
Available in Pre- and After Shaving Emulsions, Colognes and Aftershaves, this irresistibly manly scent was formulated carefully in the late 1940s and early 1950s by a master Austrian druggist, Franz Gatterer. Herr Gatterer created a rare classic, a bracing measure of cooling menthol followed by the light but authoritative ambiance of the tobacco and its flower. Its two-note fragrance is clear yet complex, lingering yet never cloying.
Drawing on his considerable expertise in dermatology, the clever druggist also assured his formula contained only natural and safe ingredients guaranteeing smooth, healthy skin and an elegant look. Preparing the skin with the burst of menthol eliminates the burn of a close shave, replacing any irritation with the cooling of a crystalline mountain spring. Let the Pre-Shaving Emulsion invigorate and relax with its bewitching aroma, giving it a moment to work its enchantment before your shave begins. Comfort and long-lasting fragrance is the purview of Alt Innsbruck After-Shave emulsion, soothing, gentling and smoothing the skin for an enduring manly finish.
Add a last spritz of this magic potion with the quaint yet so-effective atomizer, and savor even the most mundane everyday activities with your heart and mind in a high-mountain meadow. Treat yourself, and that someone special, to a naturally superior skin care experience, with an unexpected scent that assuages a yearning you did not recognize as your own until Alt Innsbruck provided its satisfaction. European elegance that travels well, Alt Innsbruck is appreciated by men of distinction everywhere — and by those who love them.
March 8th, 2012 §
Crisp, fresh and exhilarating, Castle Forbes premium products for men lead you deep into the Scottish Highlands to discover inspiration for your unique grooming needs. Crafted on the grounds of the Castle Forbes estate, Jinny Forbes and her husband, Malcolm, Master of Forbes, share a life-long love of their wild and fiercely beautiful natural surroundings and ancient Highland traditions through their quality line of men’s skin care and shaving products. Six centuries of Clan Forbes nobility have graced the Castle Forbes estate, the ambiance of which is now yours to enjoy.
Only the purest essential oils of herbs, exotic woods and citrus are used within the former dairy on the venerable Aberdeenshire estate to create the natural, manly scents and richly soothing shaving and skin-care products available from Castle Forbes. Complex, yet clean, earthy, yet subtle, the brilliant integration of both delicate and robust ingredients is the essence of the Castle Forbes men’s care line, formulated in the world’s smallest and most exclusive perfumery. Highland magic is conjured here: innovative and exciting, but never brazen or overpowering, Castle Forbes offers the man of distinction a remarkable and masculine selection of scented products from which to choose his own signature.
Castle Forbes, an estate-based crafter of superlative grooming products for men.
Few can claim the experience of Scottish nobility during their daily skin-care routine, but you will be joining the finest of Highland aristocracy as you luxuriate in our exclusive Castle Forbes offerings. Blended with attention to the soothing, healing and rejuvenating properties of the essential oils employed, the creations of Jinny Forbes also administer the proven benefits of aromatherapy. The shaving creams and after shave balms we have sourced will not only give you a supremely comfortable wet shave, but will also calm and order your consciousness.
Step back a century or six and immerse yourself in the untamed Scottish Highlands without leaving the luxury of your own bathroom. Elegantly encased in the traditional Forbes Clan tartan, each Castle Forbes product proudly carries the Forbes’ family crest and the motto “Grace me Guide.” A reminder, indeed, of gracious resolve from a maker of truly noble products.
Experience the traditions of Castle Forbes shaving products and men’s fragrances at Fendrihan.
Original Castle Forbes image © Copyright Gilbert Scott and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
March 1st, 2012 §
In 1996, Philippe Dumont launched Nickel Spa For Men in Paris, seeking to fulfill a simple vision: provide a high quality, supportive environment where men can find their inner and outer beauty. Over a decade later, Nickel Spa for Men has three international locations in Paris, London and New York devoted to guiding men on their quest for beauty. Straightforward spa services and fantastic skin care products are the backbone of the Nickel Spas For Men. An easy-to-navigate website brings cutting edge skin care products to men who value well-crafted skin products and are unafraid to use them.
For a Man, By a Man
Nickel for Men features its own signature line of extremely effective and innovative products for no-nonsense skin care for men. Crisp scents and sturdy packaging help define what Nickel offers its male customers: generously sized products that encourage total immersion in the benefits of the formulations. Developed with a man’s skin in mind, Nickel’s products help manage the challenges of male skin, from its relative thickness to the daily trials shaving, sports and working present. Individuals using Nickel’s products can relax, assured that all necessary steps have been taken to tailor the skin care regimen to real men like them.
Streamlined Routine
Nickel For Men products feature a wide array of options, catering to the specific needs a man’s skin may have at any given time. Not fussy but targeted, Nickel’s skin care products skip over the jargon to the results, which are immediate and remarkable. Nickel’s most skilled technicians are the male customers themselves, who have no problem identifying what they want, and demanding they get it right away. No outlandish claims, just good, solid results are what Nickel For Men’s skin care system promises and delivers.
Real Time Testing
Three full-service spas give Nickel Spa For Men the unique opportunity to see what works for its valuable customers, and also what products need further development before joining the skin care team. Nickel and its loyal customers benefit greatly from this approach, and men who are considering moving up to Nickel For Men skin care products do so confident in the knowledge that all have earned their place in a well designed and received system.
Shop the Nickel range of grooming products for men here.
Find Nickel Spa For Men locations: Paris, London, New York.
February 12th, 2012 §
Often it’s the little things that can make the ordinary extraordinary. Every day we pull out our wallets to pay for a morning coffee, cover a late lunch with colleagues or buy a round of drinks after hours. Bulky and battered, the average man’s wallet bleeds change and scatters credit cards with each use. Stuffed full of receipts and business cards, it can make every transaction aggravating and sometimes even downright embarrassing.
Why put up with the irritation of cheaply made, poorly organized and inefficient accessories? The recent addition of high-quality European leather goods to our website has really opened our eyes to the possibilities a quality leather wallet offers the discerning man. Beautiful textures, handsome and unexpected colors with impeccable designs truly set these wallets apart from the typical clunky department-store bifolds. If you have never experienced the quality and flexibility of thoughtfully crafted personal leather ware, now is your opportunity to be amazed.
Carefully hand made to exacting standards, a wallet such as one of Ettinger’s Bridle Hide Billfolds offers its owner a variety of different features from which to choose. If you are a traditionalist with a sheaf of crisp bills and a handful of shiny coins, take care to select a billfold with dual note pockets and a generously sized change purse, along with room for an emergency credit card or two. Clutching, instead, a handful of personal and business plastic? One of Ettinger’s Coat Wallets sorts and keeps ready up to eight credit cards, and has room for bills as well, all in a super-slim and sophisticated package.
The success of the Ettinger handcrafted British leather products has opened wide the door to extraordinary solutions for ordinary problems. We eagerly look forward to new offerings from the UK as well as wonderful and unique selections from other European leather works as we expand our small leathers selections. Take advantage of the creativity, convenience and sheer luxury of our small leathers collection to organize your life. Who knew how much stress would disappear from your day-to-day tasks when your wallet stopped causing chaos and began simplifying your life?
For more about Ettinger, see our previous post here or visit the Ettinger Official Website.
February 10th, 2012 §
The technical superiority of a straight razor converts many men from the ranks of disposable razor users to the rich yet simple joy of straight-razor shaving. The pace of morning grooming slows a bit, all to the good, as the straight-razor man takes the time to truly know his face and develop his own shaving rhythm. But the quickened pulse of modern life sometimes intrudes on even this most intimate of personal moments, and the pleasurable communion between man and razor may become strained if the tool asks too much of the user. Will it be inevitable that he newly converted to the straight-razor must abandon his intensely gratifying morning shave if blade maintenance becomes impossible to sustain? Perhaps a gliding Feather will restore the balance and rescue the ritual from oblivion.
Maintenance of a straight razor, although a fascinating science and enjoyable procedure for many wet-shavers, can overwhelm a time-pressed gentleman and force a return to mediocre, yet convenient, disposable razors. Fortunately, Feather Japan offers the discriminating straight-razor user a remarkable solution to the conundrum posed when a fast-paced lifestyle interferes with the pleasures of a more slowly experienced routine. The noteworthy innovation that Feather Japan provides for straight-razor aficionados is a replaceable blade for a straight razor. Men who appreciate that this time-honored shaving method now have the freedom to continue their highly preferred habit of straight-razor shaving without the need to resort to a high-maintenance tool. The simplicity and worthiness of the concept is astonishing; it is rare that something so right and fine can be implemented so easily.
Located in Osaka, Japan, Feather Safety Razor Co. Ltd. leads all competing manufacturers of high-end shaving, medical and industrial blades. In business since 1932, Feather’s primary manufacturing plant is found in the “City of Cutlery,” Seko City. This area in Japan fostered the incredibly skilled craftsmen who designed and devised those most famous of ritual and fighting blades, the Samurai Swords. Steeped in this deep tradition and with reverence for quality cutting implements, Feather Japan carries on the ancient art of sword and blade creation, improving on the venerable traditions with a thoroughly modern line of products for the 21st century man. Made with cutting-edge materials, the cutting edges crafted by Feather Japan boast not only the finest in a smooth and close shave. but also the technology to ensure the safest and most hygienic grooming as well.
We at Fendrihan are pleased to make available to our valued clients a growing collection of Feather Japan razors and replacement blades. Current choices include double-edge blades, which can be used with Feather Japan safety razors or any other standard safety razor. We also are excited to offer their no-sharpen straight razors, partnered with their single-edge replacement blades. Known to be some of the sharpest and smoothest blades out of the box, Feather Japan affords old-time shaving seekers a real alternative that permits a cherished tradition to continue and to grow with a convenient and modern twist. A barbershop-quality wet shave is now within the reach of all men who yearn for a return to this comforting and clearly preferable grooming technique.
The most impressive aspect for our customers is that the convenience and technical superiority of Feather Japan comes at a reasonable price and through beautifully designed tools. Not your father’s disposables, these fabulous products are truly worthy of our amazing customers.
February 8th, 2012 §
Morning routines are extremely important for every active man, as having a fresh morning start will highly reflect on your mood and self-confidence. On one hand, shaving and caring for your hair and skin are mandatory to achieve a neat professional look, but on the other hand, you don’t really want to spend hours in front of the mirror grooming yourself. So what you really need is some easy-to-use and efficient grooming products to get things done within minutes.
So if you are looking for efficiency and safety, you can opt for Jack Black men’s grooming products. Jack Black is an efficient company founded back in 2000 by Curran Dandurand, her husband Jeff, and Emily Dalton. They have worked their way up by making premium quality, high-performance, easy-to-use grooming products for men. Thanks to that, the company has quickly taken its place among premium men products manufacturers.
The company founders have noticed that men skin care was being overlooked by the majority of other brands. Jack Black worked on correcting the false belief that only women are entitled to enjoy skin care developed to suit their needs; they have proved that the male skin requires attention and grooming in order to remain healthy.
“Nothing complicated. Nothing cosmetic. Just superior skin care.”
Working under this motto, Jack Black have been producing quality products using real natural ingredients only. All of their products are mainly formed from extracts of plants, herbs and restorative botanicals that have been dermatologically tested to achieve optimum results and maximum performance. Jack Black uses top-of-the-line technologies to produce lightweight, oil-free and skin-friendly products that help men have a fresh start every morning.
It is a known fact that men want to spend minimum time at the mirror, and taking this in consideration, Jack Black has made sure to produce easy-to-use, multifunctional products to reduce application time while offering maximum benefits. Examples:
Needless to say, the products’ results depend on the purpose they’re used for; aftershaves and body washes, for example, begin reacting as soon as you use them (smoother face skin, easier shave, freshness, etc) as other products take some time to show their effects, such as anti-aging products.
February 6th, 2012 §
The hand-finished Edwin Jagger double-edge razors are sharp not only when it comes to their shiny edges but also when taking into consideration their innovative design, meant to fit the needs of the contemporary gentleman. E. Jagger also manages to elevate the act of getting a clean shave from no more than a routine to a unique experience by using proficient, stylish shaving accessories.
This British company, founded in 1988 in Sheffield, England has smoothed its way into the grooming product manufacture developing as a family-run business with a personal input. Owner and founder Neil Jagger is the mastermind behind the unrivaled flawless products desired by men who value professionalism, craftsmanship and luxury.
Nowadays, a renowned brand associated over the last two decades with the world’s finest shaving accessories, the Edwin Jagger company delivers sophistication all over the world.
The artful creations which turned this name into one of the foremost European grooming manufacturers, individualize themselves through the fact that every piece is created by Mr. Jagger himself. Following the belief that absolute perfection is a consequence of hand finishing, the expert men accessories trace back to the traditional English quality style, keeping an eye on future orientations. With the personal consideration of the connoisseur, no wonder that the luxurious outcome is characterized by attention to the finest detail!
Developed in the home of the steel and cutlery industries, the Jagger shaving products incorporate the much appreciated Sheffield craftsmanship in various shaving sets. Sharp, highly-recommended because they offer precision, the Edwin Jagger double-edge razors can be considered exclusive due to their one of a kind design. Using classy materials and eye-catching colors underlining quality of the highest standard, the double-edge razor can fit your personal style.
Pick the ebony elegance, the ivory delicacy or the sleek chrome handle and make a statement through this very masculine act. A smart choice accentuating your good taste would also be an Edwin Jagger shaving gift set offered to your friends and loved ones.
Thinking about skin care, you will not have to worry about the Edwin Jagger brand integrity not translating into their toiletry line. Their shaving creams, shaving soaps and aftershave lotions are manufactured using only genuine natural ingredients which manage to meet the buyer’s highest expectations.
Choose hand finishing and ultimate perfection by picking a dedicated brand which has grown to be a global leader in the grooming product manufacturing! The Edwin Jagger shaving accessories have brought shaving to a whole new level.
