Review
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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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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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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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First Shave with the VB Chieftan JR
I recently purchased The Vikings Blade Chieftain JR. Among the reasons I decided to purchase the Chieftain JR were its turn-to-open (TTO) butterfly head, which makes changing blades easier, a handle longer than…
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Merkur DE vs Twig SE
I have begun shaving with a double-edged safety razor again after fifty years of single-edge and cartridge razors. I chose a Merkur 34C as my first new DE-razor because it is moderately priced…
