The 2026 Anniversary Month Shaves – Week One
Paul You no doubt have already read the announcement post which laid out the selections for the month’s shaves and some of the reasoning behind them. If not, please do so…
2026
Flipping My Bic?
As seems to be a theme with these SOTD posts, let me address how this one got started: plain and simple, I needed a chance to get the Razorock GameChanger…
The Second Anniversary Month – The Plan Announcement
August is self-designated as my wetshaving anniversary month–that is, the month that I have generally identified as the month that I started this shaving journey in 2024. You can go…
Another Gem?
The planning for this week was remarkably simple to start: I wanted to try the Personna Gem blade with my 3rd mild razor: the Mühle R89. So far, it’s performed…
Back to the Gem
This shave (and next week’s shaves, for that matter) was set up as a chance to try out the Personna Gem blade with some more razors. So this week, it…
A Mini Mail Call
I picked up yet another brush recently. I’ve had this one on the wishlist for a while, having decided after seeing it that a d20 die suspended in an acrylic…
The Back to Normal Shaves
After a celebratory week of shaves, I’m back to normal(ish) shaves, meaning I’ll stick with one razor and one blade all week. But if you enjoy the chaos I demonstrated…
An Anniversary Bonus Shave
No, no, no, not my shaving anniversary. That comes next month. I’ve still got about three weeks to get through first before the crazy anniversary shave month comes, and you’ll…
Shave 300 Week
I’ve been making a big deal of this for a while now. Sunday’s shave is shave #300, though honestly, I made a rough estimate of about the first 60 shaves…
Some New Lather Reviews
I’ve been remiss in offering full reviews of some of the new lathers I’ve been trying, so let’s dump a bunch of them into one post and get it done…