Paul – Page 6 – The Eclectic Mix @ Lathropworld

SOTD – The King C Gillette shaves

This is the last week of the series where I decided to try using my three favorite and best razors (the King C Gillette, Henson AL13 + mild, and Rockwell 6C) with the blades they came with from the factory....

Paul June 5, 2025

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More Software – Gels & Foams

In most of the online forums, shave gels and foams are frowned upon. They don't offer the same kind of protection and lubrication as soaps and good lathered creams, and they aren't applied with a brush, which most will say...

Paul June 3, 2025

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The Proraso Post

Here we go again with another mention of that Wicked Edge SubReddit. But I can't adequately express how helpful that forum has been to me: it has shown me products that have, for the most part, been very useful for...

Paul June 1, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

SOTD – The Henson Setup

Week two of my shaves using my favorite razors and the blades they shipped with. Today's SOTD (May 25, 2025): Razor: Henson AL-13 Mild Blade: RK Stainless Steel Pre-Shave: Razor Emporium Pre-Shave Shaving Soap Soap: Nivea Sensitive Shave Gel Alum:...

Paul May 30, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

SOTD – Getting Over My Fears

It's the last shave of the week--Thursday. And this week, I've been using the Rockwell 6C razor with the Rockwell blades it came with. (You'll recall that I'm doing this because I wanted to see how my 3 favorite razors...

Paul May 28, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

SOTD – Proraso Sunday, All Rockwell

Back in the Blade post, I mentioned that I hadn't shaved with the blades that came with my 3 best (and most recent) razors. The reason was basically was that I'd already had favored blades that I wanted to try...

Paul May 26, 2025

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More Software – Soaps

Early on in this journey, I kept seeing posts saying that the only way to shave is with a good soap. Gels, creams, foams, etc. aren't worth it at all and don't perform well, blah, blah, blah. Hey, those gels,...

Paul May 24, 2025

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Software – Let’s Talk Blades

Blades are the fundamental software--in fact, initially I thought they were classified as hardware in the discussions. But no, they're a consumable, so they're software. Outside of razors, soaps/creams/gels, brushes, and pre- and after shave routines, few things generate as...

Paul May 22, 2025

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More Hardware – Brushes

In the Wicked Edge subreddit and elsewhere, shaving gear is referred to broadly as hardware and software. This pretty much falls along the lines of items that are designed to be replaced and used up, and items that are designed...

Paul May 20, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Hardware – Razors

As of this writing (May 6, 2025), I have 4 razors. The first two were completely uneducated purchases bought out of convenience. One turned out to be good. The other, not so much. The Van Der Hagen There's a point...

Paul May 18, 2025