Proraso – The Eclectic Mix @ Lathropworld

Software – The Pre-Shave

A lot of people get into wetshaving/safety razor shaving/double-edge razor shaving because it can be a simple thing: razor, soap, water...But you quickly learn that really, you've just changed some of the hardware, and that likely, you've ignored a bunch...

Paul June 17, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Sunday Gillette Platinum SOTD

In the Wicked Edge subreddit, the Gillette Platinum blade is frequently held up as a favorite. It's frequently presented as being very sharp and very efficient. I've had a tuck of them since I got my Gillette sample pack back...

Paul June 15, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Sunday Bic SOTD

The Bic Chrome Platinum blades shown above came to me as part of a sensitive skin blade sampler from Razor Emporium back in September 2024. (I see that since then, they have removed these blades from that sample pack and...

Paul June 10, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

SOTD – The King C Gillette shaves

This is the last week of the series where I decided to try using my three favorite and best razors (the King C Gillette, Henson AL13 + mild, and Rockwell 6C) with the blades they came with from the factory....

Paul June 5, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

The Proraso Post

Here we go again with another mention of that Wicked Edge SubReddit. But I can't adequately express how helpful that forum has been to me: it has shown me products that have, for the most part, been very useful for...

Paul June 1, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

SOTD – Proraso Sunday, All Rockwell

Back in the Blade post, I mentioned that I hadn't shaved with the blades that came with my 3 best (and most recent) razors. The reason was basically was that I'd already had favored blades that I wanted to try...

Paul May 26, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

More Software – Soaps

Early on in this journey, I kept seeing posts saying that the only way to shave is with a good soap. Gels, creams, foams, etc. aren't worth it at all and don't perform well, blah, blah, blah. Hey, those gels,...

Paul May 24, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

More Hardware – Brushes

In the Wicked Edge subreddit and elsewhere, shaving gear is referred to broadly as hardware and software. This pretty much falls along the lines of items that are designed to be replaced and used up, and items that are designed...

Paul May 20, 2025