SOTD – The Eclectic Mix @ Lathropworld

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

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The “How Medium is the Medium” SOTDs

In the Planning the SOTDs post, I talked about what goes into planning the shaves, and two considerations that came into play in a big way this week were a theme, and continued experimentation. This week, I'm continuing to use...

Paul October 19, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

That New Henson Smell Shave Week

What a week I have planned for you, face! We're closing out the month by putting a couple of new products to use, seeing how a new recent favorite blade works in the newest razor, and trying out a shaving...

Paul September 28, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Dorco-KCG Week of SOTDs

Time to pull the King C Gillette razor back out to play. Sometimes I feel bad that it's fallen to the third place position in the stable, but then I use the Henson or the Rockwell and that choice is...

Paul September 21, 2025

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Planning the SOTDs

I've made a post talking about my shaving spreadsheet. Go ahead and check it out if you need to. As I mentioned, it plays a few vital roles in this journey for me: it helps me track inventory--what I have,...

Paul September 18, 2025

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The New to Me Lord Shark (Shark Lord?) Blade Week

Now that Anniversary Month is over, I can get back to some of the more normal shave plans. Like trying out new (to me) blades. Going into this week's shaves, there are 3 blades that I haven't yet tried. So...

Paul September 14, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Anniversary Month Blade Revisit

You know when you've had a tough week and just want to relax or do or eat something that just brings comfort? Yeah, that's where I was on Sunday morning. While the Van Der Hagen was surprising in that it...

Paul August 31, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Anniversary Shaves of the Day

The Van Der Hagen razor. I show it very little love, despite it being the one that started it all. That's what this week is all about: revisiting that first razor to see if it really is terrible, or if...

Paul August 24, 2025