New Arrivals
Paul Okay, have a seat. This may take a while. I was good during all of the Black Friday sales and didn’t buy anything, even though there were some great deals…
Shaving Information
Organizationalizing
A lot of shavers in the online forums will refer to the bathroom dedicated to their shaving stuff as the “shave den.” We have one bathroom in the house. And…
Let’s Talk (Blade) Gaps
I (and my shaving enthusiast brethren) talk a lot about mild, medium, and aggressive razors, or as some prefer: efficient and less efficient. While this is a somewhat subjective measure,…
Another December Mail Call
Thanks to the sample haul back in July, there were a couple of lathers that I really have wanted to add to the collection. I put them on my wish…
The State of the Shave of the Day (TSOTSOTD)
It's the end of the calendar year now, with only a couple of hours until the clocks tick over to 2026, and this seems like a good time to look…
A Mid-December Mail Call
Recently, in an overall review of all of the lathers I have in the collection (shaving soaps, creams, sticks, tubes, foams, gels, etc.) I ranked Taylor of Old Bond Street…
Talking Passes
Let’s talk passes. Shaving passes. I’ll address the elephant…er…nostrils in the room in a moment. As I’ve mentioned before, there are three types of passes, and they’re pretty fundamental to…
A Mea Culpa
Okay, you know how I’ve said I’ve only got a couple of blades left to try? Yeah…Not so much. I found the contents of a couple of samplers stashed in…
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,…
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…