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The Martin de Candre Week

Just a reminder that the new rating system goes into effect with this week's shaves. You stand warned. Oh, and there have been a few design changes. Enjoy! Martin de Candre Magellan Shaving Soap With my last sample soap purchase from Maggards', I added a couple more Martin de Candre soaps....

Paul October 4, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

Four Lords A-Leaping — Lord Platinum

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 blade that obviously is coated with platinum. Lord Platinum Class blades. As a reminder, I'm pairing the blades with the Rockwell...

Paul September 13, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The 2026 Anniversary Month Shaves – Week Four

The last week. It ends here with the last three shaves. I've saved the more medium-aggressive razors for this last week, and I'm pairing them with some mellow, milder blades: the PAA Platinum Strangelet Super Sharps, and the Parker Premium Platinum. Uh...the last week of the Anniversary Month shaves. The last...

Paul August 30, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The 2026 Anniversary Month Shaves – Week Two

When I was planning the month, I knew I was going to get in all of the razors. So I basically just throwing them into the plan with no real consideration to their order. And since I was just going to mix up the blades as well, the razor order became...

Paul August 16, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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 here. This week, I take on 3 razors, two blades, just two brushes, a new shave soap that I decided to...

Paul August 9, 2026

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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 .68-P into action. It's been sitting unused since May, and I've only used it in two weeks' shaves, so only in...

Paul August 2, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Blue Italian Week – or – The Last Shaves Before 300

I'll get to the first title up there in a moment. But wow, three full-sized tubs of soap take up a lot of space. The Astra Superior Stainless (blue) blade. So yeah, to the name of this week's shaves. You'll notice that I'm using the Astra Superior Stainless (blue) blade this...

Paul June 28, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

In Search of the Game Changer

I'm trying to get in a second shave with the new razors more quickly than a more normal rotation might allow. Plus, I'm just excited to get into another week of using the Razorock GameChanger .68-P The Razorock Gamechanger .68-P, deconstructed. You'll recall that in my first week of shaves with...

Paul May 10, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Feather Experience

Meet the newest razor in the collection (and the last for a while): the Feather AS-D2. The Feather AS-D2 razor. Now, Star Wars references aside (get it? R2-D2?), the Feather AS-D2 is revered as a high-quality, extremely mild razor from Japan. It's made entirely from stainless steel, so it's heavy (90g...

Paul April 19, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

SOTD – Bonus Shave Edition

My wife and I are heading out to a belated anniversary dinner (31 years!) tonight, and I wanted to cut down the two-day stubble. So I started thinking about what I wanted to use in my 4th shave for the week--hence the bonus shave! Since these are one-offs, and they don't...

Paul October 28, 2025