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Mail Call! Samples!

In the Wicked Edge subreddit, one of the frequent post types is the Mail Call. It's where the community members share their recent acquisitions (typically received by mail or other package delivery because there are so few brick and mortar...

Paul July 29, 2025

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The Anniversary Plans

The anniversary is coming up. Which anniversary, you ask? The one-year anniversary of getting started in this whole madness that is double-edge safety razor shaving. At least, semi-arbitrarily, it's one year. It was sometime early in August 2024 that I...

Paul July 22, 2025

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Rating My Razors

I have 4 razors. One of them has 6 plates that provide 6 different shaving experiences. And a key difference between all razors is their aggressiveness. Whether it's blade gap or exposure or what, each razor feels different. And it's...

Paul July 17, 2025

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Sunday SOTD – The Bic in the KCG

I've said it often that my experience with double edge or safety razor or wet shaving is a constant learning experience. I've got enough combination options to be able to change up almost every aspect of my shave with every...

Paul July 13, 2025

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Software – The Pre-Shave

A lot of people get into wetshaving/safety razor shaving/double-edge razor shaving because it can be a simple thing: razor, soap, water...But you quickly learn that really, you've just changed some of the hardware, and that likely, you've ignored a bunch...

Paul June 17, 2025

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Shaving Storage – Hardware or Software?

As I started gathering more shaving hardware or software, I needed to figure out how to store it all. Our house and bathroom are not large, so figuring out how to efficiently store 4 aerosol cans of shaving foam and...

Paul June 8, 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

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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