The Christmas Eve Bonus Shave
Paul I really enjoy bonus shaves. They let me plan a shave that’s different from whatever shaves I’ve got going at that time, and they give me the opportunity to play…
Shaving
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…
The Henson Blue & Gillette Yellow Shaves
I’ve mentioned this before, but here’s full disclosure on this week’s shaves: This isn’t the first time I’ve shaved with this razor and blade combo. Back in March, after getting…
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…
The 7 O’Clock Yellow Shaves
The next three weeks finish up the journey across the Gillette 7 O’Clock blade line. I started out back in October trying out the Super Stainless (green) blades, just finished…
Rating the Lathers
I have, at least once in the last year, tried almost* all of the shaving lathers (the product used specifically to hold the hairs while shaving) in my collection, be…
The Gillette & Henson Black SOTDs
My Henson AL-13 ++ medium razor is black. The Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Platinum blade comes in a black tuck and is known as a 6 O’Clock Black blade. So…
The KCG-1919-Shark Bonus Shave SOTD
My wife and I are getting together today with my sister and her husband and my parents for lunch and a movie (White Christmas). While I don’t really need to,…
The 5 a.m. 7 O’Clock Black Shaves
I struggled with that title. Can you tell? See, I normally wake up at 5 a.m. to start my day, and this week likely is no exception, even with Thanksgiving…
The Long Overdue Gillette Black SOTD
Let’s face it, Gillette is the thousand-pound gorilla in shaving. They have a strong foothold in just about every aspect of shaving, and have a pretty broad product line (though…