SOTD – Page 3

Making Them Look Pretty

Just because none of you have asked, here's a look behind the scenes at the photo process and setup I use to make the shaving stuff look so pretty. The obligatory family portrait. If you go back through the posts here, you'll see that the photography has really evolved over time....

Paul June 16, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Derby Derby – Part 1, The Extra Part

For the next two weeks, I'll be comparing two blades from the same brand in shaves with the same razor. It is a derby, of sorts--a competition between two similar items to see who's better. The Maggards' Purple Swirl synthetic brush. And the brand I'll be comparing is Derby, specifically their...

Paul June 14, 2026

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The Blades They Rode In On (Part 5)

This week: something different. A departure from the normal in terms of planned shaves. A couple of weeks ago, I planned shaves with the Cella Rapid Shaving Cream and Truefitt & Hill No. 10 Sensitive shaving gel, and as it turned out, those did not need brushes. So at the time...

Paul June 7, 2026

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The Goodfellas’ Smile(s)

First, about the elephant in the room. Yes, I scheduled the Proraso blue for the second week in a row. I didn't notice until I'd already taken the picture of the shaves for the week, and I'm not going to change it. So just live with it, okay? The Goodfellas' Smile...

Paul May 31, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Blades They Rode In On (Part 4)

You may recall that a while back (a whole year, basically--eek!), I had the idea to try out the razors I had with the blades they came with. The point was to see if those blades presented the best shave possible from those razors. And for the most part, they did...

Paul May 24, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Much Hyped Blade Shaves Week

Yeah, I'll talk about the big bag in that picture up there in a second. But let's talk about the star of the week's shaves first. Last year, Personna announced that they'd be replacing a much loved blade in their brand with another blade. And, they announced that this new blade...

Paul May 17, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

In Search of the Game Changer

I'm trying to get in a second shave with the new razors more quickly than a more normal rotation might allow. Plus, I'm just excited to get into another week of using the Razorock GameChanger .68-P The Razorock Gamechanger .68-P, deconstructed. You'll recall that in my first week of shaves with...

Paul May 10, 2026

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Some Shave Planning Notes

I just wanted to drop a quick post explaining one of the quirks that happens sometimes when planning my shaves, and how it manifests itself in the next two months (8 weeks) of shaves. In my run-up to my 300th shave, I really concentrated on a longer-term plan for upcoming shaves....

Paul May 5, 2026

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…And Sometimes They Don’t Excite

As much as I was excited about last week's shaves, I'm less excited about this week's shaves. But not completely unenthused, mind you. Let me explain a bit. I've got new things I need to try. And old things to finish. And almost too many razors to manage comfortably (at least...

Paul May 3, 2026

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The Journey So Far – A Problem of Plenty

Fair warning: this post will be full of a very first world problem. I may sound whiny, and I probably am, but I really shouldn't be. In a recent post, I noted that I have over 1,000 individual things in my shaving collection. This does include razor blades counted individually, which...

Paul April 28, 2026