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The 2026 Anniversary Month Shaves – Week Three

There's a lot of stuff on that stage. Lots of stuff that seems particularly large: 3 full-sized soaps, 3 brushes, 3 pre and after shaves, 3 razors. 3 blades...But it should be a fun week of shaves with all of that stuff. Proraso Azur Lime single-blade aftershave balm. Here's the origin...

Paul August 23, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The 2026 Anniversary Month Shaves – Week Two

When I was planning the month, I knew I was going to get in all of the razors. So I basically just throwing them into the plan with no real consideration to their order. And since I was just going to mix up the blades as well, the razor order became...

Paul August 16, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Blue Italian Week – or – The Last Shaves Before 300

I'll get to the first title up there in a moment. But wow, three full-sized tubs of soap take up a lot of space. The Astra Superior Stainless (blue) blade. So yeah, to the name of this week's shaves. You'll notice that I'm using the Astra Superior Stainless (blue) blade this...

Paul June 28, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

Another New Razor Shaves

As you'll see soon in a review post, I brought another razor into the fold recently and am inserting it into the lineup this week. The Razorock Gamechanger .68-P, deconstructed. This is the Razorock Gamechanger .68-P razor. The head is machined stainless steel, and the handle I chose for it was...

Paul March 29, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Goodfellas’ Smile Tryouts

I could also call this week's shaves happenstance, since I didn't actually order the razor, but it came to me anyway... The Goodfellas' Smile Syntesi razor. The Goodfellas' Smile Syntesi is a bit of an enigma for me right now. I've never considered getting one, I haven't looked into them, so...

Paul February 22, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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