More Software – Gels & Foams
Paul 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…
Shaving Reviews
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…
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…
The Hardware – Razors
As of this writing (May 6, 2025), I have 4 razors. The first two were completely uneducated purchases bought out of convenience. One turned out to be good. The other,…
SOTD (Shave of the Day)
This was my Shave of the Day (SOTD) for Sunday, May 11, 2025. The Wicked Edge SubReddit has a tradition of people posting their shaves of the day. Most of…