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Tag: traditionalwetshaving

Henson Razors are engineered to give a spectacular shave with dirt-cheap generic blades, and it’s on sale

2025-12-102025-12-10 Danie
A sleek silver safety razor rests on a stand, showcasing its modern design and textured grip.

“Razors are one of the most heavily and competitively marketed products in American capitalism. Made with steel and plastic that costs a few pennies but sold for a thousand-percent profit, the razor market is the […]

Blogtechnology, traditionalwetshaving

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

Review: South Africa’s Clicks branded Double Edge Razor Blades for R13 for 5 Blades

2024-09-012024-09-01 Danie
A pack of razor blades that are branded with the name Clicks. It states it is German Technology, and they are double edge blades, with 5 blades in the pack.

I just spotted these blades a week ago at Clicks in South Africa, and thought I’d better buy them to try out, seeing we have a really dismal selection of blades in retail stores in […]

Blograzorblades, southafrica, traditionalwetshaving, wetshaving

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 clean your traditional shaving equipment after a shave

2023-05-212023-05-21 Danie
View of a basin with a straight razor being cleaned, and behind basin is a shaving bowl with a shaving brush standing in it

So many videos mostly concentrate on preparation and shaving, and not really on the cleaning at all. The liquid paraffin is a good tip for putting razors in storage. Of course, once I tried this, […]

Blogtraditionalwetshaving, wetshaving

Traditional Wet Shaving: How To Easily Fit A Soap Puck Into A Bowl

2023-05-142023-05-14 Danie
Red and white chequered table cloth with two bowlss of shaving soap (one opened) and a shaving brush with a white handle and badger hair.

You don’t have to only pick a shaving soap puck that fits into a bowl that you have, you can actually melt it down and get it to fit into your bowl. It’s the same […]

Blogshavingsoap, traditionalwetshaving, 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

What is Traditional Wet Shaving? How to Wet Shave?

2022-09-042022-09-04 Danie
What is wet shaving

There was a time when things were simple, days before multiple blades and aerosols. Unfortunately, one can say that the big corporations couldn’t help but get carried away with over-the-top marketing; now, even shaving is […]

Blogsafetyrazor, traditionalshaving, traditionalwetshaving, wetshaving
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