Old Razor, New Blade (and a bunch of other new stuff)
Paul There are moments in this hobby when I come to the painful realization that I just can’t get to some of my favorites as often as I want to. On…
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The Dorco Dilemma – Platinum Edition
After a week with the Dorco Titan blade, it’s now the Platinum HQ Red’s turn. I do have more history with the Dorco Platinum HQ Red blade, having used it…
The Dorco Dilemma
In the last blade pickup, I received a tuck of blades that I honestly hadn’t heard of, but that makes sense, and I’ll explain why in a bit. The blade…
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…
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…