Grooming
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Four months of shaving: Lessons and Reviews
I entered a new era in shaving when I decided to return to using a safety razor which is how I started shaving as a teen in the 1960s. It has been four…
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The top four Razors in my Collection
I’ve received many new shaving products between my last post and the 2022 year-end holidays. I have fallen behind in reviewing my new products, but I am ready to reveal what I have…
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How to make a Guitarist’s razor blade use-tracker
First question: How do you store your razors and blades between use? Razors and blades will last longer if kept clean and dry. Thus, storing your blade in your razor and your razor…
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Your Next Razor: Vintage or New?
While watching youtube reviews of the Rockwell T2 adjustable razor, I got to thinking about why someone would pay $150 for a new razor rather than purchase a vintage Gillette Fatboy or Slim…
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Super Speed Flare Tip vs. GAP
I shaved with a Gillette Super Speed Flare Tip razor for the first time today. I won’t share how I came to own this razor in the first place except to say, on…
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Shaving Terminology
Shaving Terms 1-piece razor New blades are inserted into a one-piece razor by turning part of the handle, which opens a pair of butterfly doors on the head. Although the razor has many…
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Know your Gap?
Know your blade gap If you shave with a double-edged or single-edged safety razor, you may know about blade gaps and their relationship to how aggressively a razor shaves. But most of you…
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Adjustable Razors
I said I made a mistake when I bought a double-edged safety razor this year. I hadn’t used a DE-razor since the 1970s when I used my grandfather’s Gillette. I know now I…
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The Wrong Razor
I started with the wrong razor—So will you. I haven’t been shaving with a double-edged (DE) razor for all that long yet, but I’ve already learned something important. I made a mistake when…
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Shaving against the grain
I don’t remember the source, but somewhere, about the time I began shaving in the mid to late 1960s, I read you should always shave “with the grain” of your beard for the…
