The Dorco Dilemma – Platinum Edition
Paul 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…
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The Merkur Progress 500 Shaves
This is the last of the new razor shave weeks…for now. I’d like to say I have enough razors and won’t be buying any more, but I want one or…
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…
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…
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…
More Software – Aftershave Balms
The first aftershave (or post shave) anything I used was Clinique for Men Maximum Hydrator Activated Water-Gel Concentrate. It came in a starter kit that I bought at Target for…
More Software – Gels & Foams
In most of the online forums, shave gels and foams are frowned upon. They don’t offer the same kind of protection and lubrication as soaps and good lathered creams, and…
SOTD – The Henson Setup
Week two of my shaves using my favorite razors and the blades they shipped with. Today’s SOTD (May 25, 2025): As I’ve said before, it stands to reason that blades…
SOTD (Shave of the Day)
This was my Shave of the Day (SOTD) for Sunday, May 11, 2025. The Wicked Edge SubReddit has a tradition of people posting their shaves of the day. Most of…