Organizationalizing
Paul 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…
Shaving
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…
The Black and Yellow Christmas Week Shaves (with a debut)
It’s Christmas week this week, and it’s also the third and final week for now with the Gillette 7 O’Clock Sharp Edge (yellow) blade. It’s delivered some great shaves in…
The Christmas Eve Bonus Shave
I really enjoy bonus shaves. They let me plan a shave that’s different from whatever shaves I’ve got going at that time, and they give me the opportunity to play…
The Henson Blue & Gillette Yellow Shaves
I’ve mentioned this before, but here’s full disclosure on this week’s shaves: This isn’t the first time I’ve shaved with this razor and blade combo. Back in March, after getting…
Talking Passes
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…
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…