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Tag: wetshaving

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

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 13 Most Soothing, Smooth and All Around Best Shaving Soaps for Men

2023-11-122023-11-12 Danie
Daniel Craig, as James Bond, standing in front of a mirror and lathering his face with a shaving brush with shaving cream on it

There are few things that can make a modern man feel more like a classic gentleman than grabbing a proper shaving brush and lathering on a soft layer of a good shaving soap. Sure, nowadays […]

Blogshavingsoap, traditionalshaving, wetshaving

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

Gillette Cartridge Blades R110 ea (US$5.79) vs Gillette DE Blades R4 ea (US$0.21)!

2023-06-182023-06-18 Danie
Cartridge

I was so shocked at the price of these cartridge blades, I had to take a photo of it. I used to use one of these blades per week when I still used cartridge shaving […]

Bloggillette, shavingblades, 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

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

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

Gillette still sells Safety Razors but you don’t need to buy Gillette blades for it

2023-03-252023-03-25 Danie
Gillette

Gillette invented the safety razor about 120 years ago, even though they lost interest in it when they discovered they could lock buyers into buying very expensive plastic cartridge razor blades. This happened because everyone […]

Bloggillette, safetyrazor, traditionalshaving, wetshaving

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