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The Syntesi Swan Song Shaves?

The Goodfellas' Smile Syntesi razor. It came into my world by accident--thrown into a box with some other ordered items. I contacted the business and they said they didn't want it back, so I was randomly gifted a $65 or $70 razor. The Goodfellas' Smile Syntesi razor. The Syntesi, while being...

Paul October 11, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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 Super Chrome

Lord Super Chrome blades. It's week three with the Lord blades, and this week's entrant is the Lord Super Chrome. It's another coated blade, so I'm expecting good things, but I've been burned by chrome coated blades before (I'm looking at you, Shark Super Chrome, which is also a Lord product)....

Paul September 20, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

Four Lords A-Leaping – The Lord Classic

Ah, September (almost). Summer gives way to Fall, school goes back into session, the sun rises later and sets earlier, and I am finished with the Anniversary Month shaves. Back to normal, right? Well, not quite. Lord Classic blades. I've had 4 different Lord blades in the collection for a while...

Paul September 6, 2026

Beard Personal Care Shaving

The 2026 Anniversary Month Shaves – Week Three

There's a lot of stuff on that stage. Lots of stuff that seems particularly large: 3 full-sized soaps, 3 brushes, 3 pre and after shaves, 3 razors. 3 blades...But it should be a fun week of shaves with all of that stuff. Proraso Azur Lime single-blade aftershave balm. Here's the origin...

Paul August 23, 2026

Mail Call

An Anniversary Month Mail Call

Thanks to a bunch of things (including weird shipping delays), I've been receiving a few orders during Anniversary Month. Now I know that I've really said that I don't need anything else, I have also said that if the opportunity presents itself, I'll take advantage. Treet Falcon blades Something you'll see...

Paul August 13, 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

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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

Another Gem?

The planning for this week was remarkably simple to start: I wanted to try the Personna Gem blade with my 3rd mild razor: the Mühle R89. So far, it's performed wonderfully well with the Henson mild and Feather AS-D2, but you know me, I can't call it a success unless I...

Paul July 26, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

Back to the Gem

This shave (and next week's shaves, for that matter) was set up as a chance to try out the Personna Gem blade with some more razors. So this week, it meets the Feather AS-D2, and next week, it will play with the Mühle. I've mentioned it before, but I prefer to...

Paul July 19, 2026