The Astra Green Comparison Shaves
Paul 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…
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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…
Let’s Talk (Blade) Gaps
I (and my shaving enthusiast brethren) talk a lot about mild, medium, and aggressive razors, or as some prefer: efficient and less efficient. While this is a somewhat subjective measure,…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…