The Merkur Progress 500 Shaves
Paul This is the last of the new razor shave weeks…for now. I’d like to say I have enough razors and won’t be buying any more, but I want one or…
Shaving
The Goodfellas’ Smile Tryouts
I could also call this week’s shaves happenstance, since I didn’t actually order the razor, but it came to me anyway… The Goodfellas’ Smile Syntesi is a bit of an…
New Arrivals
Okay, have a seat. This may take a while. I was good during all of the Black Friday sales and didn’t buy anything, even though there were some great deals…
The Shark Comparison Shaves–the Conclusion
Okay, it’s week two of the two week Shark comparison shave series. Last week, I used the Shark Super Chrome blades, which were new to me and needed comparing to…
Another Blade Comparison SOTD
I’m really liking this idea of trying a new to me blade and comparing it to something else in it’s brand line. Recently I compared the Astra Superior Stainless (blue)…
Organizationalizing
A lot of shavers in the online forums will refer to the bathroom dedicated to their shaving stuff as the “shave den.” We have one bathroom in the house. And…
The Astra Green Comparison Shaves
This is week two of the Astra blade comparison shaves. If that doesn’t mean anything to you, read last week’s SOTD post, or just check out the next paragraph if…
Let’s Talk (Blade) Gaps
I (and my shaving enthusiast brethren) talk a lot about mild, medium, and aggressive razors, or as some prefer: efficient and less efficient. While this is a somewhat subjective measure,…
The Jolly New Red Shaves
As you’ll have read by now, I was gifted one item from my shaving wish list on Christmas–the Oliworks M3teorite aluminum razor in red. I’ve been seeing some good reviews…
The State of the Shave of the Day (TSOTSOTD)
It's the end of the calendar year now, with only a couple of hours until the clocks tick over to 2026, and this seems like a good time to look…