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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...

Paul December 7, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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...

Paul November 30, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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...

Paul November 23, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Mostly Proraso White Shave Week

I've been shaving with the Proraso white combo since early March of this year. And the Proraso soap was the second soap I purchased and used in shaving. It because a long-time staple of my Sunday shaves, becoming the defacto...

Paul October 26, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The “How Medium is the Medium” SOTDs

In the Planning the SOTDs post, I talked about what goes into planning the shaves, and two considerations that came into play in a big way this week were a theme, and continued experimentation. This week, I'm continuing to use...

Paul October 19, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Shaves of the Week – Green Edition

The last time I used the Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless Green blades was in February. This came after using the 7 O'Clock Yellows (Sharp Edge), and being very impressed with them. The KCG was my main razor at the...

Paul October 12, 2025

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Mail Call – Some New Additions

There have been some reports coming out of late in the forums and Reddit site saying that people are starting to notice price increases on a lot of shaving products due to tariffs. Let's face it, just like in other...

Paul September 16, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Anniversary Shaves of the Day

The Van Der Hagen razor. I show it very little love, despite it being the one that started it all. That's what this week is all about: revisiting that first razor to see if it really is terrible, or if...

Paul August 24, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

SOTD: More With the Samples

After today's shave, there are just two more soap samples to try. And two more after shave balms to try. For those who didn't grow up in the '80s and/or don't enjoy sci-fi, you may not get the reference here,...

Paul August 14, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Proraso (Blue) Sunday Anniversary Month SOTD

I'm in my anniversary month, and for those new here or not paying attention, August 2025 represents one year since I started on my wet shaving/double edge safety razor shaving journey. You can read my shaving story here. It's been...

Paul August 10, 2025