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The Intergalactic Indestructible Shatterproof Travel Scuttle by Phoenix Shaving

2025-09-092025-09-09 Danie
A blue shaving bowl with a textured interior, a red drawstring bag with branding, and a circular shaving soap container.

Recently, my ceramic Crown King shaving scuttle fell in the basin, and has a few hairline cracks on its outer shell which are leaking water now. After doing some searching, I came upon this shatterproof […]

Blogshaving, traditionalwetshaving

Video comparison of a Gillette Fusion Proglide Power vs a Gillette King C DE Razor

2024-07-212024-07-21 Danie
Title says Cartridge vs Safety Razor. Image of a man in the centre. On the left side he is holding up a Gillette cartridge razor, and on the right side he is holding a double-edged safety razor.

Way too many people only know about the razor they currently use because of advertising they see. There are 60 years old technologies (well, actually older than that) that work even better actually, at a […]

Bloggillette, shaving, wetshaving

The Youth should know there are WAY CHEAPER, and better, alternatives to expensive Gillette razor blades

2024-07-032024-07-03 Danie
Shaving Kit Dec 2016 - a white shaving mug with a tub resting inside with the label Tabac on it. S silver safety razor stands vertically in a short black holder. There is a small brown bottle in the centre labelled Badger pre-shave oil. To the right is another silver safety razor, and on the far right is a wooden-handled shaving brush resting on its stand.

In hindsight now, I wish my father would have told me about safety razor shaving with universal standard double edge razor blades, when I started to shave! I was probably taken in by all the […]

Blogcheaper, environment, gillette, shaving

Tired of Gillette Razor blades costing US$3.58 each then try Safety Razor Blades costing only US$0.08 Each

2024-01-212024-01-21 Danie
A safety razor with a beautiful solid wood handle

There’s a lot more to traditional wet shaving than just price, but for many, price is the big deciding factor. Safety razor blades work out to being 44x cheaper than Gillette Fusion5 blades (both as […]

Blogsavings, shaving, traditionalwetshaving

How to Shave with a Safety Razor

2023-10-292023-10-29 Danie
Close side-view of a man's cheek partially covered in shaving soap, and his hand holding a matt-black safety razor against his cheek.

This is a no frills, no lengthy intro, guide that gets straight into the meat of the topic. Learning anything new though does require a little memory muscle reprogramming. It did take me about two […]

Blogsafetyrazor, shaving, traditionalshaving, wetshaving

Why Use a Shaving Brush instead of ‘Modern Technology’

2023-06-112023-06-11 Danie
Screenshot 20230611 121917

Perhaps you’ve caught a glimpse of one in an old movie, a vintage barbershop, your grandfather’s medicine cabinet, even that “how to wet shave” video that piqued your interest: a shaving brush. But isn’t it […]

Blogshaving, traditionalshaving, wetshaving

Traditional Wet Shaving: The difference between shaving soaps and shaving creams

2023-04-302023-04-30 Danie
Woman with long pigtails in her hair, and background has various shaving supplies on many shelves

I’ve long been a fan of harder shaving soaps myself because I find them easier to lather, and they seem to last longer. I can usually just lather the soap right on the puck and […]

Blogshaving, shavingsoap, traditionalshaving, wetshaving

History of the Safety (DE) Razor

2023-02-052023-02-05 Danie
Old fashioned tin box with lid open, and green cloth lining, and a safety razor resting across the box

The resurgence of interest in traditional men’s shaving has led to a market for tools once almost obsolete. One vital instrument to a wet shave is a safety razor. But what IS a safety razor, […]

Blograzor, safetyrazor, shaving, traditionalshaving, wetshaving

The art of cut-throat shaving: Because real men shave with a naked blade

2023-01-072023-01-07 Danie
Black and white photo of a man shaving with a cut throat razor, whilst looking into a mirror that is mounted on a wooden pole holding up a tent

The cut-throat razor is an appealing throwback to traditional shaving. It’s heroically old school, both an objet d’art and a challenge. “It’s the apex of wet shaving,” says Robert Burton, ecommerce manager at The Executive […]

Blogshaving, traditionalwetshaving, wetshaving

Which Safety Razor Should I Buy?

2022-11-122022-11-12 Danie
safety razor fro

This is an article by the Wet Shaving Club. I love that they list their own options as well as those of their competitors. But it is a key question for new traditional wet shavers […]

Blograzor, safetyrazor, shaving, traditionalwetshaving, wetshaving

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