Pivoted Safety Razor Battle Royale + Announcing Sharpologist's "Brother" Site!

May 20, 2025 3:13 pm

What Your Father Didn't Teach You About Shaving

Pivoted Safety Razor Battle Royale!

The recent introduction of the Supply Single Edge Max pivoting head safety razor has re-ignited a controversy among safety razor aficionados about the relative merits of the pivoting-head, single blade safety razor. I decided to do a head-to-head match-up between the Max, OneBlade, Proof, Leaf, and Penny Shaver.

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Announcing Sharpologist's "Brother" Site!

Long-time Sharpologist readers may have noticed that content has not come as regularly as it used to. That’s because late in 2024 I started having some health issues. After a lot of physician referrals and tests, in early 2025 I was diagnosed with a pretty serious liver problem. One of the liver management strategies I was given changes was to drink 2-3 cups of black coffee per day.

The only thing is, I’m not a coffee drinker. But I started drinking it, thinking of it as “coffee as medicine.”

At first I simply put up with the bitterness and burnt taste of what I was drinking.

But then, as my coffee journey progressed, I dived down a rabbit hole not unlike the one that sent me to old school shaving. I discovered the different beans, grinds, and brewing methods that coffee offers–and that drinking coffee without sweeteners or creamers not only had documented health benefits but could taste good, too.

Just like shaving, I decided to share what I now know, by creating a website. Since black coffee is now part of my life I decided to name the site:

The Black Coffee Life.

There you will find information about the health benefits of “pure” coffee, brewing techniques, product reviews, and news and trends–for both the beginner and the coffee drinker who has been around it for a while.

It's not a site for "hard-core" coffee enthusiasts–but you will find how to get the best taste and health benefits from your black coffee source of choice (including the grocery store)!

Sharpologist is still my “first love” and I will be posting here more often again. But I have plenty of ideas for The Black Coffee Life too and I will be posting there regularly as well.

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Comments

Paul Ekstrom

I hope you have a full recovery, I always look forward to reading your articles and reviews. I look forward to your coffee articles.

William Bettis

Praying for your health and recovery Mark. I'm eager to see your new coffee site. I drink my coffee black most of the time. When I was reading your email, at first I thought you had a brother who was starting a new shave site, and you were promoting his site. Lol.