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SOTD: More With the Samples

After today's shave, there are just two more soap samples to try. And two more after shave balms to try. For those who didn't grow up in the '80s and/or don't enjoy sci-fi, you may not get the reference here,...

Paul August 14, 2025

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My Best Shaves

Okay, since it's anniversary month, and I'm celebrating a year of returning to shaving with a safety razor, let's talk about the best shaves I've had in the last year. As of this writing (August 10, 2025), I've had 28...

Paul August 12, 2025

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The Proraso (Blue) Sunday Anniversary Month SOTD

I'm in my anniversary month, and for those new here or not paying attention, August 2025 represents one year since I started on my wet shaving/double edge safety razor shaving journey. You can read my shaving story here. It's been...

Paul August 10, 2025

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Always Learning

I keep saying it every chance I get, whether it's here or on Reddit: just keep experimenting and learning. I say it because this entire year of double-edge safety razor shaving has been a learning experience, and only in learning...

Paul August 7, 2025

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The Cella Sample SOTD

I'm continuing to work through the samples. 3 soaps/creams left! Of all the samples I got recently, this is one of a couple I was most looking forward to. This is because of my experience with Proraso. Cella is also...

Paul August 5, 2025

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The Parker & Proraso Sunday SOTD

Welcome to Anniversary Month! I'm entering my second year of safety razor wet shaving by trying something new. As you'll have seen a couple of days ago, my son gave me a slightly early birthday gift of a Parker 55SL...

Paul August 3, 2025

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The Pre-Anniversary Week Mail Call

The mail just arrived a bit ago (as I write this), and in it was something addressed to my son. (Yes, our adult son lives with us, rents the upstairs as a multi-room apartment and pays rent.) Now, packages coming...

Paul August 1, 2025

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SOTD – Sampling the Samples

Even almost a full year in to this experience, I'm still learning. Not only is the experimentation and learning about what products work for me, it's also about developing skills to help ensure the best shave possible. I'm working through...

Paul July 31, 2025

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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 Proraso (green) Sunday SOTD

Welcome to the last week before the anniversary shaves! I'm still working through the sample haul, and swapped in the Proraso green menthol & eucalyptus pre shave and shaving cream for the normal Proraso white products. And no, I used...

Paul July 27, 2025