Shaving – The Eclectic Mix @ Lathropworld

The 5 a.m. 7 O’Clock Black Shaves

I struggled with that title. Can you tell? See, I normally wake up at 5 a.m. to start my day, and this week likely is no exception, even with Thanksgiving coming on Thursday. Just as a reminder, last week went...

Paul November 30, 2025

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The Mild Strangelet 200th Shave Week

It's the last week (for now) with the PAA Platinum Strangelet Super Sharps. This week, I'm going with the Henson Medium, and while I could finish the tuck over the next two weeks and try it in the King C...

Paul November 16, 2025

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A Mea Culpa

Okay, you know how I've said I've only got a couple of blades left to try? Yeah...Not so much. I found the contents of a couple of samplers stashed in the Proraso green box. Somehow I hadn't shared them, and...

Paul November 14, 2025

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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

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The Mostly Proraso White Shave Week

I've been shaving with the Proraso white combo since early March of this year. And the Proraso soap was the second soap I purchased and used in shaving. It because a long-time staple of my Sunday shaves, becoming the defacto...

Paul October 26, 2025

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Changing the Ratings

Back to the spreadsheet! I bet you never thought you'd see so many entries about an Excel sheet in a primarily shaving blog... I live by rating the shave products I use, along with the comfort, quality and overall ratings...

Paul October 23, 2025

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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

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The Shaves of the Week – Green Edition

The last time I used the Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless Green blades was in February. This came after using the 7 O'Clock Yellows (Sharp Edge), and being very impressed with them. The KCG was my main razor at the...

Paul October 12, 2025

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Some Shaving Observations

This hobby/experience/journey/whatever-you-want-to-call-it is an odd thing, especially in the forum of r/wicked_edge on Reddit. I've recently noticed that as I've gotten into this, I truly have been working to experiment and experience a wide variety of hardware and software combinations,...

Paul October 7, 2025

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Another Shark SOTD Week

If I haven't said it, and in case you haven't picked up on the idea here, I like to try the new to me blades in all 4 of my primary razors (the Henson mild, medium, the Rockwell, and the...

Paul October 5, 2025