Paul – The Eclectic Mix @ Lathropworld

The “How Medium is the Medium” SOTDs

In the Planning the SOTDs post, I talked about what goes into planning the shaves, and two considerations that came into play in a big way this week were a theme, and continued experimentation. This week, I'm continuing to use...

Paul October 19, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

Sample Reviews – Part Two

A little while ago, I reviewed some of the samples I'd received in July, with a promise that I'd be back to review more of that collection. So here goes, the review of the rest of the samples: Edwin Jagger...

Paul October 16, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

Razor Rating Redux – A Razor Ratings Revisit

Back in July, I rated my razors (and razor experiences) and dropped them into a ranking against each other. While it's only been three months, I've added two razors and think I need to revisit this. So here goes. First,...

Paul October 14, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Shaves of the Week – Green Edition

The last time I used the Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless Green blades was in February. This came after using the 7 O'Clock Yellows (Sharp Edge), and being very impressed with them. The KCG was my main razor at the...

Paul October 12, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

Some Shaving Observations

This hobby/experience/journey/whatever-you-want-to-call-it is an odd thing, especially in the forum of r/wicked_edge on Reddit. I've recently noticed that as I've gotten into this, I truly have been working to experiment and experience a wide variety of hardware and software combinations,...

Paul October 7, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

Another Shark SOTD Week

If I haven't said it, and in case you haven't picked up on the idea here, I like to try the new to me blades in all 4 of my primary razors (the Henson mild, medium, the Rockwell, and the...

Paul October 5, 2025

Mail Call Personal Care Shaving

Mail Call 2 – More New Additions (and some were free!)

Uh...Have I mentioned that I'm a big fan of the Proraso products? For those who didn't read a prior post on the first mail call shipment, you may not know that there were two orders to this mail call. So...

Paul September 30, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

That New Henson Smell Shave Week

What a week I have planned for you, face! We're closing out the month by putting a couple of new products to use, seeing how a new recent favorite blade works in the newest razor, and trying out a shaving...

Paul September 28, 2025

Beard

Let’s Talk Beard Care

Okay, I've talked extensively here about shaving. But I do have a beard, but I keep it trimmed and shave my cheeks and lower neck, otherwise, I'd look like Wolfman or something equally facially-hairy. And I don't want that. Fun...

Paul September 25, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

Some Sample Reviews – Part 1

You may recall that back in July, I ordered 17 samples thanks to a sale at Maggard Razors. The samples included three complete product groups (pre-shave, lather product, aftershave) of the same brand or line, and then piecemeal samples of...

Paul September 23, 2025