North Texas Men

[Herr Hitman]

Anyone know of a mens grooming shop that sells classic (wet) shaving products in the DFW area?

 

[Sunny]

My father's gotten his electric shaver fixed, or a new battery or something, at a shop on Montgomery in Fort Worth by Will Rogers. It's a little hole-in-the-wall place, but I honestly don't recall if they also had what you're looking for. Sorry, that's not much help!

 

[texasgirl]

Th Galleria and NorthPark both have one of these. Not sure about pricing or quality.

http://www.theartofshaving.com

 

[Herr Hitman]

Th Galleria and NorthPark both have one of these. Not sure about pricing or quality.

http://www.theartofshaving.com

The Art Of Shaving is good stuff, but all they have is their brand. I was looking for a bit more variety. Thank you though!

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Crabtree & Evelyn carry men's shaving products (shaving soap & balm & such). There's not a store listed in Dallas, but they have some retailers listed. Nordstrom and I believe Neiman-Marcus carry a couple different lines.

Art of Shaving's way over-priced and frankly, their knowledge is pretty limited. They're happy to sell you an over-priced brush or razor, but if you ask if they sharpen or hone or know anyone who does, they've got no clue.

There are plenty of online sources and some great forums like Straight Razor Place, Classic Shaving, http://badgerandblade.com/ and various others.

 

[texasgirl]

Thanks for the review. I just saw the shop and it looked interesting. Good to know

There is a Crabtree and Evelyn at The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano, suburb of Dallas. Actually a really nice mall.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Thanks for the review. I just saw the shop and it looked interesting. Good to know

There is a Crabtree and Evelyn at The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano, suburb of Dallas. Actually a really nice mall.

Yep, Art of Shaving is a great shop with a lot of nifty things, but very pricey. Most of the razors I've seen there can easily be found on the net for substantially less. Same thing with the shaving brushes. Their chrome Gillette Fusion razors are nice to look at...but when you can get the regular ones at any market or drugstore for about $10, is getting it in chrome worth the additional $140?

I was asking what I considered pretty easy questions about straight razors and was surprised they were answering "I don't know" and so forth. I asked did they need to be sharpened before use, where could I get them sharpened in the future when they went a little dull, and similar questions. So I came home and hit the Internet and educated myself.

 

[DeaconKC]

I've gotta find someplace near here that sells Col. Conk's Soap.

 

[Foofoogal]

http://www.google.com/products?q=Col.+Conk's+Soap&btnG=Search+Products&hl=en

There is a Col. Conks shop on here.

 

[Alucard73]

Mr. Savile Ebay is the best place to get classic Gillette safety razors which are still the best. Google Lee's Safety Razors...they have some good stuff too.

 

[Martinis at 8]

Down here people north of I-10 are considered Yankees

 

[Herr Hitman]

Down here people north of I-10 are considered Yankees

Oh you mean over there in what we consider Louisiana?