Software – The Pre-Shave
Paul 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
The Sunday Gillette Platinum SOTD
In the Wicked Edge subreddit, the Gillette Platinum blade is frequently held up as a favorite. It’s frequently presented as being very sharp and very efficient. I’ve had a tuck…
The Sunday Bic SOTD
The Bic Chrome Platinum blades shown above came to me as part of a sensitive skin blade sampler from Razor Emporium back in September 2024. (I see that since then,…
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…
SOTD – The King C Gillette shaves
This is the last week of the series where I decided to try using my three favorite and best razors (the King C Gillette, Henson AL13 + mild, and Rockwell…
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…
SOTD – The Henson Setup
Week two of my shaves using my favorite razors and the blades they shipped with. Today’s SOTD (May 25, 2025): As I’ve said before, it stands to reason that blades…
SOTD – Getting Over My Fears
It’s the last shave of the week–Thursday. And this week, I’ve been using the Rockwell 6C razor with the Rockwell blades it came with. (You’ll recall that I’m doing this…
SOTD – Proraso Sunday, All Rockwell
Back in the Blade post, I mentioned that I hadn’t shaved with the blades that came with my 3 best (and most recent) razors. The reason was basically was that…