My new Travel Shaving Brush by Mühle.

This is my new travel brush by German company Mühle (which means mill) or Muehle (ü becomes ue) or Muhle if you can't write an Umlaut.

Check out the pronounciation of "Mühle" here, if you like to: http://www.dict.cc/?s=M%C3%BChle&failed_kw=m%C3%BChlle

 

When travelling, taking your badger brush with you might be tricky in terms of protection, drying process and convenience.

As I'll be on a business trip from Thursday to Saturday, I decided to buy this little travel companion, helping me to get my daily shaving routine done.

Please note: This travel brush comes with artificial hair, called Silvertip Fibre.

Mühle says on their homepage:

"Silvertip Fibre - high-quality synthetic fibres, a world first: a premium quality developed in-house analogously to natural silvertip badger. Silvertip Fibres are tangibly soft, extremely long-lasting and somewhat less sensitive in everyday use as water drips off them and they dry faster than natural hair. The completely vegan fibres are more economically to use, create a particularly creamy lather from shaving soaps and creams but require only half of the amount of medium compared to natural brushes. Their solid fibres make them more hygienic and easier to clean."

A fast drying shaving brush is very important when you're traveling. So I'm very fine with my choice.

Specs:

Hight: 138 or 82 mm
Diameter: 30 mm
Weight: 95 g

About the weight: 95 g might be too heavy for some of you guys. The aluminium version of this brush comes with a weight of only 36 g but it's a bit smaller (130 or 68 mm).
 

Great size for traveling.

Check out the 5 ventilation holes in the cap.

 

Good size even for big hands.

How to shave

My Sunday started with a shower and a close shave.

I learned that the average man will shave about 20,000 times in his life. Seems like a hell of a lot. To avoid pain, here’s how to do it right:

Prepare:
First and most important point: The hairs of your beard need to be soft. Best way to achieve that is to shave directly after you hit the shower. Otherwise, hold a damp, steaming towel against your face for a few minutes. This will have the same effect and will relax your skin.

Shaving cream:
Apply cream from a tube on your wet face with a badger-hair shaving brush. Whip the cream with hot water into a rich lather. Shaving mugs will do best.

Shave:
You’ll need a sharp blade. And I mean sharp. First, draw the razor with the grain of the hair, then re-lather and make a return stroke against the grain. As the first stroke will remove about 90 percent of the hair, the second stroke will do the rest. Never use too much pressure. The blade will do the job. And it doesn’t really matter if the razor has 3, 4 or 5 blades. It needs to be sharp!

Protection:
When you finished the shaving, take a towel and rub the remaining foam off your face. This has the same effect as a peeling and will help your skin recover.
Then rinse your face with cold water, to close the pores of your skin. Then dry your face with a towel. After that, apply a non-alcohol-based post shave balm.

Result:
I use this technique for many years and never had some skin irritation or razor burns or whatever. Maybe it will work for you too?