The Anniversary Plans
Paul 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…
Shaving Information
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…