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The Fine German Shaves of the Week

It's time to start breaking in the new razors, and I'll be starting with the Mühle R89. The Muhle R89. Fine German engineering. The Mühle R89 is often referred to as a fairly mild razor, good for starters, but is also a solid, well engineered and made razor that serves experienced...

Paul February 15, 2026

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The Shark Comparison Shaves–the Conclusion

Okay, it's week two of the two week Shark comparison shave series. Last week, I used the Shark Super Chrome blades, which were new to me and needed comparing to one of their brand-mates and one of my favorite blades: the Shark Super Stainless. The (Lord) Shark Super Stainless blade. As...

Paul February 8, 2026

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Another Blade Comparison SOTD

I'm really liking this idea of trying a new to me blade and comparing it to something else in it's brand line. Recently I compared the Astra Superior Stainless (blue) to the Astra Superior Platinum (green), and really learned a lot. The Shark Super Chrome blades. The Shark Super Stainless is...

Paul February 1, 2026

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Favorite Blade, New Razor Shaves

As I try to do with all new razors, I'm continuing to try favorite blades with the Oliworks M3teorite to see how it handles. And since the M3teorite is adjustable, with its three plates of varying aggressiveness/efficiency/mildness, that works out perfectly to try all three plates during my 3 shave weeks....

Paul January 25, 2026

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The Astra Green Comparison Shaves

This is week two of the Astra blade comparison shaves. If that doesn't mean anything to you, read last week's SOTD post, or just check out the next paragraph if you don't want to invest that much time or get into detail. Astra Superior Platinum blades (green). Similar to the Gillette...

Paul January 18, 2026

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The Astra Blue Comparison Shaves

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 that, but that's for a later post) because they give me the chance to compare two blades head-to-head. Astra Superior Stainless...

Paul January 11, 2026

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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 and generally positive comments about it, and it seemed to tick the boxes for what I look for in a razor....

Paul January 4, 2026

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The State of the Shave of the Day (TSOTSOTD)

It's the end of the calendar year now, with only a couple of hours until the clocks tick over to 2026, and this seems like a good time to look at 2025 and look ahead.

Paul December 31, 2025

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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 Rockwell 6C and last week was almost perfect across the board with the Henson AL13+ mild. So this week, it's...

Paul December 28, 2025

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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 with a combo that I might not have planned for that moment. And because they're not on the usual schedule for...

Paul December 24, 2025