2026 – Page 4

The Goodfellas’ Smile(s)

First, about the elephant in the room. Yes, I scheduled the Proraso blue for the second week in a row. I didn't notice until I'd already taken the picture of the shaves for the week, and I'm not going to change it. So just live with it, okay? The Goodfellas' Smile...

Paul May 31, 2026

Mail Call Personal Care Shaving

Another Mail Call

Pictured are the latest additions to the collection. And while it may not look like it, I'm really slowing it down. Added (or in the first case, re-added) to the collection are: Edwin Jagger Aloe Vera shaving soap. Edwin Jagger Aloe Vera Shaving Cream. I really like this soap/cream. It lathers...

Paul May 26, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Blades They Rode In On (Part 4)

You may recall that a while back (a whole year, basically--eek!), I had the idea to try out the razors I had with the blades they came with. The point was to see if those blades presented the best shave possible from those razors. And for the most part, they did...

Paul May 24, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Much Hyped Blade Shaves Week

Yeah, I'll talk about the big bag in that picture up there in a second. But let's talk about the star of the week's shaves first. Last year, Personna announced that they'd be replacing a much loved blade in their brand with another blade. And, they announced that this new blade...

Paul May 17, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

In Search of the Game Changer

I'm trying to get in a second shave with the new razors more quickly than a more normal rotation might allow. Plus, I'm just excited to get into another week of using the Razorock GameChanger .68-P The Razorock Gamechanger .68-P, deconstructed. You'll recall that in my first week of shaves with...

Paul May 10, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

Some Shave Planning Notes

I just wanted to drop a quick post explaining one of the quirks that happens sometimes when planning my shaves, and how it manifests itself in the next two months (8 weeks) of shaves. In my run-up to my 300th shave, I really concentrated on a longer-term plan for upcoming shaves....

Paul May 5, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

…And Sometimes They Don’t Excite

As much as I was excited about last week's shaves, I'm less excited about this week's shaves. But not completely unenthused, mind you. Let me explain a bit. I've got new things I need to try. And old things to finish. And almost too many razors to manage comfortably (at least...

Paul May 3, 2026

Personal Care Shaving SOTD

The Journey So Far – A Problem of Plenty

Fair warning: this post will be full of a very first world problem. I may sound whiny, and I probably am, but I really shouldn't be. In a recent post, I noted that I have over 1,000 individual things in my shaving collection. This does include razor blades counted individually, which...

Paul April 28, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Green Shaves

C.O. Bigelow shaving cream This didn't start out as a planned theme week. I really wanted to compare the Proraso Refreshing (green) shaving cream with the C.O. Bigelow Premium shaving cream in two shaves over the course of a week. C.O. Bigelow is the US importer of Proraso products, and handle...

Paul April 26, 2026

Mail Call Personal Care Shaving

The Heavyweight Feather

I've heard about the Feather AS-D2 razor since the beginning of looking for shaving information and products online. People who use it tend to love it--it's stainless steel, impeccably made, incredibly mild, beautiful and kind of expensive. And I have one in the collection now. And no, I didn't pay full...

Paul April 21, 2026