The Astra Blue Comparison Shaves
Paul Just a little behind-the-scenes for you: I planned this week’s shaves (and next week’s) the week before Christmas. And I’m really excited about these two weeks (and the two after…
Shaving Reviews
The Jolly New Red Shaves
As you’ll have read by now, I was gifted one item from my shaving wish list on Christmas–the Oliworks M3teorite aluminum razor in red. I’ve been seeing some good reviews…
The Black and Yellow Christmas Week Shaves (with a debut)
It’s Christmas week this week, and it’s also the third and final week for now with the Gillette 7 O’Clock Sharp Edge (yellow) blade. It’s delivered some great shaves in…
The Christmas Eve Bonus Shave
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…
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…
The Hoffman’s Grooming Lathers – A Review
Let me set the stage: Back in August (I think), there was a woman who posted in two of the Reddit shaving forums I follow saying that she was going…
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,…