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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 my Henson mild, I paired the Gillette 7 O'Clock Sharp Edge (yellow) blade with it because it was a favorite from...

Paul December 21, 2025

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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 three weeks using the Super Platinum (black) blades, and now we're on to the Sharp Edge (yellow) blades. You'll recall that...

Paul December 14, 2025

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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 this week will feature black shaves. Cute naming aside, I'm looking forward to this week, for a few reasons. First, I...

Paul December 7, 2025

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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, I decided yesterday that I wanted to shave, so I started thinking about what I'd use for the bonus shave. Would...

Paul December 6, 2025

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The 5 a.m. 7 O’Clock Black Shaves

I struggled with that title. Can you tell? See, I normally wake up at 5 a.m. to start my day, and this week likely is no exception, even with Thanksgiving coming on Thursday. Just as a reminder, last week went very well, with a clean sweep of almost perfect shaves with...

Paul November 30, 2025

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The Long Overdue Gillette Black SOTD

Let's face it, Gillette is the thousand-pound gorilla in shaving. They have a strong foothold in just about every aspect of shaving, and have a pretty broad product line (though you'd almost never know about their safety razor products if you went to their website). So way back in January (which...

Paul November 23, 2025

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The Mild Strangelet 200th Shave Week

It's the last week (for now) with the PAA Platinum Strangelet Super Sharps. This week, I'm going with the Henson Medium, and while I could finish the tuck over the next two weeks and try it in the King C Gillette or Parker Semi-Slant, I won't. At least for now. It's...

Paul November 16, 2025

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The Medium Strangelet Shave Week

Week two with the Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Platinum Strangelet Super Sharp blades. This week, I've moved over to the Henson medium, and I think I kind of know how this week is going to go. Last Thursday's shave with the Rockwell's plate 5 was fairly aggressive feeling, though oddly it wasn't...

Paul November 9, 2025

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The Strangelet SOTD Week

After a few weeks of playing with my new Henson medium and trying out blades that I've used before, it's time to get back to the two remaining blades that are new to me. The first, and the subject for this week and the next three weeks, is the PAA Platinum...

Paul November 2, 2025

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SOTD – Bonus Shave Edition

My wife and I are heading out to a belated anniversary dinner (31 years!) tonight, and I wanted to cut down the two-day stubble. So I started thinking about what I wanted to use in my 4th shave for the week--hence the bonus shave! Since these are one-offs, and they don't...

Paul October 28, 2025