Back to the Gem
Paul 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…
Proraso
The Back to Normal Shaves
After a celebratory week of shaves, I’m back to normal(ish) shaves, meaning I’ll stick with one razor and one blade all week. But if you enjoy the chaos I demonstrated…
Shave 300 Week
I’ve been making a big deal of this for a while now. Sunday’s shave is shave #300, though honestly, I made a rough estimate of about the first 60 shaves…
Some New Lather Reviews
I’ve been remiss in offering full reviews of some of the new lathers I’ve been trying, so let’s dump a bunch of them into one post and get it done…
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. So yeah, to the name of…
The Derby Derby – Part 2, The Premium Part
To finish up this comparison series, I’ll be putting the Derby Premium blade to the test to see how it compares to the Derby Extra. You’ll recall that the Derby…
The Derby Derby – Part 1, The Extra Part
For the next two weeks, I’ll be comparing two blades from the same brand in shaves with the same razor. It is a derby, of sorts–a competition between two similar…
The Blades They Rode In On (Part 5)
This week: something different. A departure from the normal in terms of planned shaves. A couple of weeks ago, I planned shaves with the Cella Rapid Shaving Cream and Truefitt…
The Goodfellas’ Smile(s)
First, about the elephant in the room. Yes, I scheduled the Proraso blue for the second week in a row. I didn’t notice until I’d already taken the picture of…
The Blades They Rode In On (Part 4)
You may recall that a while back (a whole year, basically–eek!), I had the idea to try out the razors I had with the blades they came with. The point…