Talking Passes
Paul Let’s talk passes. Shaving passes. I’ll address the elephant…er…nostrils in the room in a moment. As I’ve mentioned before, there are three types of passes, and they’re pretty fundamental to…
Shaving
The 7 O’Clock Yellow Shaves
The next three weeks finish up the journey across the Gillette 7 O’Clock blade line. I started out back in October trying out the Super Stainless (green) blades, just finished…
The Gillette & Henson Black SOTDs
My Henson AL-13 ++ medium razor is black. The Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Platinum blade comes in a black tuck and is known as a 6 O’Clock Black blade. So…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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,…