Four Lords A-Leaping – The Lord Classic
Paul 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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…