I’m on my way to the 2018 Maggard Razors meetup in Michigan! Meanwhile, here are the shaving-related links I found most interesting last month. Plus some website housekeeping.
Shave Like Grandad
On a Modern 28-shave Blade and Original Gillette One-month Blades
How did the original Gillette customers get up to a month of shaves from a single blade?
There is much hoopla about the three-pass shave. There may be an alternative that is quicker, simpler, and as effective as you want it to be.
BrushnSoapnBlade Podcast
Ep 218 – Single Edge Razors and Happiness!
Ep 217 – Straight Razors and Marketing!
Wegian Warrior
Cleaning a flea marked find – Gillette Single Ring from 1921-28
Review of Pereira Shaving Cream With Activated Charcoal
Male facial shaving – or “how not to be asphyxiated by poison gas”
Grooming Heroes
Rasals
5 reasons not to shave with a straight razor
Here are five common misconceptions about straight razors which, I think, are stopping a lot of people from making the transition to a straight razor.
Wet The Face
Georgetown Pottery – G20 Scuttle
Primer Magazine
5 Things You Don’t Know About Your Own Face
It’s the largest organ of the human body, we break down how to care for it easily.
Aspiring Gentleman
The Gentleman’s Guide to Manscaping
If you are expecting your other half to be clean down below, then you can imagine she’d want you to do the same.