SOTD – The Eclectic Mix @ Lathropworld

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 you don't want to invest that much time or get...

Paul January 18, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Astra Blue Comparison Shaves

Just a little behind-the-scenes for you: I planned this week's shaves (and next week's) the week before Christmas. And I'm really excited about these two weeks (and the two after that, but that's for a later post) because they give...

Paul January 11, 2026

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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 and generally positive comments about it, and it seemed to...

Paul January 4, 2026

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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 at 2025 and look ahead.

Paul December 31, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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 Rockwell 6C and last week was almost perfect across...

Paul December 28, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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 with a combo that I might not have planned for...

Paul December 24, 2025

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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 my Henson mild, I paired the Gillette 7 O'Clock Sharp...

Paul December 21, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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 three weeks using the Super Platinum (black) blades, and now...

Paul December 14, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

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 this week will feature black shaves. Cute naming aside, I'm...

Paul December 7, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The KCG-1919-Shark Bonus Shave SOTD

My wife and I are getting together today with my sister and her husband and my parents for lunch and a movie (White Christmas). While I don't really need to, I decided yesterday that I wanted to shave, so I...

Paul December 6, 2025