Four Lords A-Leaping — Lord Platinum
Paul It’s week two of the four weeks of Lord blades, and this week, after a week of an uncoated blade that felt rough, I’m back with the Lord Platinum, a…
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The 2026 Anniversary Month Shaves – Week One
You no doubt have already read the announcement post which laid out the selections for the month’s shaves and some of the reasoning behind them. If not, please do so…
Flipping My Bic?
As seems to be a theme with these SOTD posts, let me address how this one got started: plain and simple, I needed a chance to get the Razorock GameChanger…
An Anniversary Bonus Shave
No, no, no, not my shaving anniversary. That comes next month. I’ve still got about three weeks to get through first before the crazy anniversary shave month comes, and you’ll…
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…
…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…
The Return of the King
The King C Gillette razor was my second razor. If you’ve spent any time here, you know that. You’ll also know that it’s kind of been buried by those that…
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 Mühle R89 is often referred to as a fairly mild razor, good…
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…
Rating the Lathers
I have, at least once in the last year, tried almost* all of the shaving lathers (the product used specifically to hold the hairs while shaving) in my collection, be…