The Perfect Gentleman Issue 2 - April 2016 | Page 12

Groomed Gentleman
An Interview with & Profile of

Thomas Clipper
The art of shaving, as we frequently say here at
PGHQ, is a pretty much a lost skill. Indeed, 90%
of men are never taught to shave and some 70%
of men shave poorly every day. We say that a
man you need to embrace the art of shaving.
Find what works for you, get a couple of
lessons and then experiment. With this in
mind, you could not go wrong with starting
your process with great products such as those
made by this month’s profile brand, Thomas
Clipper.

What we like, indeed we love about Matt &
Antonio’s company, is their dedication to great
products, the simpleness and yet beauty of
their mission and their creations.
We chatted about backgrounds, how we got
into our various business & much much more.
Indeed, we almost didn’t get the audio
recorded it was such a great conversation.

They founded the company in 2014 as Matt
explains “We founded Thomas Clipper to bring
Sometimes fortuitous things happen, you
better design & better craftsmanship to men’s
bump into someone and that sparks a romance, mornings”.
or you have a conversation on train and find a They started with double edged safety razors,
new business partner. In the case of Thomas
these are the classic and original safety razor.
Clipper, after a bout of mutual appreciation on You know the one that your Grandfather used
social media, we dropped each other an email. to shave with, before the onslaught of the mass
Then met at a week or so later at a hip London produced modern multi-bladed safety razors.
coffee shop and ended up chatting for over an
These Thomas Clipper razors hark back to that
hour, time flew. I think I almost made them
great by-gone age but with a modern flair &
late for their next meeting. Sorry chaps but
style. They are solid metal, substantial and
great conversations are hard to stop.
sleek but fit well in the hand.

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