What Your Father Didn't Teach You About Shaving

The Barbershop Shave

Whether it's due to nostalgia or wanting a pampering experience, a lot of those into traditional shaving want to have a classic barber shave. But is a barber shop with shave service worth it?

According to various search engine tools, the keyword search of straight razor shave near me gets thousands of queries every month--and that's just in the U.S. So the old-school wet shaver is not alone here...there is a lot of interest in the topic!

A few weeks back I asked on this email list about whether a barbershop shave was "worth it." This article is the result of that question, and other research.

Click/tap here to read Is A Barbershop Shave Worth It? Expectations vs. Reality

How To Keep Your Shaving Rotation Fresh

Joe Borrelli's latest Wet Shaving Talk podcast on Sharpologist goes into a number of subjects this week:

• Analyzing the Wet Shaving Market 2022
• New Releases losing their Appeal?
• New Shave Brush From Wolfman
• How to keep your wet shaving rotation fresh

Click/tap here for the podcast (and transcript)

Unscented Soap Competition

Ed McCarthy's second, second-round head-to-head (or beard-to-beard) evaluation in Sharpologist’s scent-free soap competition features Mike’s Natural Soap Unscented versus Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Scentless Soap (Formula CK-6).

In this series I’m focusing on overall shaving performance so neither a soap’s scent nor its cost is a factor in the review.

Click/tap here to read "Scent-Free Soaps Round 2, Match 2: Mikes vs. PAA"

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