Entries for the ‘shaving’ Category

My first fortnight of double edged razor shaving

Just over two week ago I decided to switch over from my Mach3 cartridge razor to the more traditional double edged Merkur HD razor wet shave. From paranoia about bleeding to death, worrying about losing half my mornings to shaving and trying to get that pre-shave routine down pat at 6am in the morning, here’s [...]

5 reasons the Rolling Razor will be the worst shave ever

I got home from work today and did my usual reading my feeder entries, checking my email and stats/comments on OzSoapbox. Turns out the folks at Rolling Razor (specifically somebody calling themselves Alicia or Allison I can’t remember now) decided to comment spam my entry on double edged shaving. If they’d bothered to read the [...]

The preservation of man: My first double edged razor shave

by Jeremy Jackson “It’s just me and the you now” I thought to myself as I looked down at the razor resting gently on the bathroom sink. I eyed my trusty Mach 3 sitting in it’s cup to the side and felt a pang of guilt. I’d had it for over a decade and it [...]

Shaving with a double-edged razor: Taking the plunge

by PhotoBal If you’ve got decent growth facial hair and work in a professional environment, shaving is something you can’t escape. It’s not going to change as you get older and for most of us it’s something that needs to be done every day, or second day at the least. Then there’s the poor unlucky [...]