Razor Emporium – The Eclectic Mix @ Lathropworld

The Astra Blue Comparison Shaves

Just a little behind-the-scenes for you: I planned this week's shaves (and next week's) the week before Christmas. And I'm really excited about these two weeks (and the two after that, but that's for a later post) because they give...

Paul January 11, 2026

Mail Call Personal Care Shaving

The Christmas Gift Haul

Christmas gifts are all opened and everyone is back where they should be. Friday will be a day of relaxation for everyone here, and hopefully for you too. I got one shaving item as a gift (though there are a...

Paul December 30, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

Rating the Lathers

I have, at least once in the last year, tried almost* all of the shaving lathers (the product used specifically to hold the hairs while shaving) in my collection, be they foam, cream, gel, soap, or stick. I have also...

Paul December 11, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Medium Strangelet Shave Week

Week two with the Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Platinum Strangelet Super Sharp blades. This week, I've moved over to the Henson medium, and I think I kind of know how this week is going to go. Last Thursday's shave with the...

Paul November 9, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

Sample Reviews – Part Two

A little while ago, I reviewed some of the samples I'd received in July, with a promise that I'd be back to review more of that collection. So here goes, the review of the rest of the samples: Edwin Jagger...

Paul October 16, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

SOTD – Sampling the Samples

Even almost a full year in to this experience, I'm still learning. Not only is the experimentation and learning about what products work for me, it's also about developing skills to help ensure the best shave possible. I'm working through...

Paul July 31, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

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

SOTD – Getting Over My Fears

It's the last shave of the week--Thursday. And this week, I've been using the Rockwell 6C razor with the Rockwell blades it came with. (You'll recall that I'm doing this because I wanted to see how my 3 favorite razors...

Paul May 28, 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