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The 2026 Anniversary Month Shaves – Week Three

There's a lot of stuff on that stage. Lots of stuff that seems particularly large: 3 full-sized soaps, 3 brushes, 3 pre and after shaves, 3 razors. 3 blades...But it should be a fun week of shaves with all of that stuff. Proraso Azur Lime single-blade aftershave balm. Here's the origin...

Paul August 23, 2026

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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 brush handle looked really cool. Yaqi R2002-S Lucky Dice synthetic brush So I present to you the Yaqi R2002-S Lucky Dice...

Paul July 16, 2026

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The Organizating. Again.

I'm not sure if I should feel good or bad about this post. I mean, as I started thinking about writing it, I was feeling great, but then I dug back to see what I've posted before, and it appears that I last posted on organizing the collection back in January....

Paul June 23, 2026

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The Blades They Rode In On (Part 5)

This week: something different. A departure from the normal in terms of planned shaves. A couple of weeks ago, I planned shaves with the Cella Rapid Shaving Cream and Truefitt & Hill No. 10 Sensitive shaving gel, and as it turned out, those did not need brushes. So at the time...

Paul June 7, 2026

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Mail Call All Over Again

Just when I think I'm out, they pull me in again with their sales and products and...and...Okay, it's a weakness, really. Probably bordering on a compulsion. I get an email from Maggard or Razor Emporium, and I'm just itching to make a purchase. A 10% discount shouldn't elicit that big a...

Paul June 4, 2026

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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

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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

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The Razorock Gamechanger .68-P Review

Let me address the elephant in the room right now: yes, I did get yet another new razor. This one's been on my mind for a while, as you can note from the State of the Shave of the Day post late last year. The Razorock Gamechanger line is one that...

Paul March 31, 2026

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Getting Started – Some Thoughts On the Collection

As of this moment (I'm writing this the weekend of March 7, 2025), I have 991 individual things in the shaving collection, and that feels like an enormous number. And there are a few more things on the way because I may have a problem...Or not. The current 991 things counts...

Paul March 17, 2026

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The Mühle R89 Review

I know what I said in The State of the Shave of the Day post at the end of the year, as I listed out the razors I was thinking I'd be getting in 2026. And none of them were a Mühle. The R89 in the box. Yet to be unboxed....

Paul February 19, 2026