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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…
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Should the cost of blades dictate how you shave?
The cost of multi-blade cartridges can seem outrageously high when you run out of blades and try to purchase refills. This is in part because you don’t buy refills that often. If you…
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My (beginner) shave routine
I’ve been shaving with a double-edged (DE) safety razor for about two weeks now, after having used a Gillette Mach3 razor for twenty-ish years. It’s not the first time I’ve used single or…
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Is your razor out to get you?
Today I received a marketing email from a maker of single-edged razors. The email argued that cartridges are full of germs, and by implication, their single-edged injector razors and blades are not. The…
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Single-Edged Razors
The history of single-edged (SE) razors, such as the Schick injector razor, dates back to the early Twentieth Century (1935). Double-Edged (DE) razors and blades, as we know them, were invented at the…
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Double Edge Razors for Beginners
I haven’t shaved with a double-edged safety razor since college, about 40 years ago. That makes me a beginner. I’ve decided to explore non-cartridge shavers for various reasons, including the fact that I…
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Why I want a Safety Razor
I am a jazz fan and a blog fan, and one of my favorite sources of information is the JazzWax blog. A recent four-part series surprised me by discussing shaving instead of jazz.…
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Senior Bicycles
My wife and I have been looking to stay active in our retirement and decided to try bicycling again. Hips, vision, and arthritis had kept us from using the bicycles we already owned.…
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15 Years of Shaving my Head
I am bald. When I was a boy, I looked up to my grandfather, who was also bald. I never considered my hair loss something to be ashamed of or a thing I…
