Wet Shaving Talk 2025 Year End

You’re listening to Wet Shaving Talk powered by Sharpologist.com where we’re dedicated to preserving the art and skill of classic shaving. I’m your host Joe Borrelli and today is December 30th, 2024.

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Today on the Show:

Year In Review 

Happy New Year! 

What’s In-Store for 2025  

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Year in Review  

1/15/24: 

• The Modern Guide to Straight Razor Shaving out on Kindle

• Shavemac Discontinued the Custom Shave Brush Option.

• Proof Razors, SE with a ½ DE Blade 

• Maintaining a clean beard 

2/12/24:

• Going down the rabbit hole in terms of collecting 

• Pear Flexi Razor ( Rex Ambassador clone) 

• Leap Year Restraints over at B&B

• AOS closing the last Brick & Mortar store in Florida

 

3/11/24

• Meet-up at Maggards 

• One Month with a Hart Steel Straight Razor 

• “How Failure Can Lead to Success” Interesting Article on Sharpologist 

• Superior Cuts 3-D Printed Razor. Is this the Future?

• St Patrick’s Day is Next Week . Get your Green On

 

4/8/24

• Happy Eclipse Day!!

• Bottom Dial Gillette Selling for over $2200! 

• New Bench Strops from Amazon

• Paladin Brushes Slowing Down the Pace 

• Cleaning Your Shaving Brushes… Do You Need to Do it? 

• One Month With Tabac Challenge! (For Me) 

 

4/22/24

• Barn Find Gillette Bottom Dial 

• Email: Are Simpson Brushes Worth It 

• May Is Dedication to Single Edge Razors Month

• A Month with Tabac comes to an End

 

5/8/24

• May Is Single Edge Razor Month !!

• How it Started: The First SE Razor Lather Catcher 

• Shovel Heads. How you can use them

• Not All Blades are Created Equal.  How to Choose the Right Blades 

• Gillette Double Ring ebay NOS 

• May Is Dedication to Single Edge Safety Razors

 

5/24/24

• May Is Single Edge Razor Month !!

• Auto Strop Razors and How They Work

• Injector Razors: Schick was a Major Competitor

• Modern Artist Club Style Razors 

• May Is Dedication to Single Edge Safety Razors

 

6/10/24

• Happy Father’s Day

• Single Edge Month Finale!  Modern SE Razors 

• OneBlade 

• Modern SE Razors 

• Father’s Day Gift Guide

 

6/24/24

• New Stuff From Wiborg Shaving 

• TI Glide Single Edge Razor 

• Old Soaps Worth Trying 

• Now is the time to Purchase on Ebay

 

7/22/24

• Return of the Sabre from Blackland 

• What Are “Frankenrazors”? 

• Trying Gillette Foamy with a Straight Razor? 

• Gillette Still Sends out a Free Razor on Your 18th Birthday

 

8/5/24

• Been Using a Boar Brush 

• New Double Edge Blades from Razor Emporium 

• Oliworks Hand Built Razors 

• WoolBlades Straight Razors 

 

8/19/24

• Rare Gillette in Big Auction (Techmatic)

• One Stone Honing the trusty Dovo 

• Brand New release from Barrister and Mann for Fall 2024!

• Fall Season is Coming 10/28/24

• Plant Based Synthetic Brush

 

9/4/24

• Fall is in the Air

• Top Pumpkin Spice Scents 

• New Article (Are Vintage Straight Razors Worth Restoring?)

• Alum Block  More uses than you might think! 

• Fall Season is Coming 10/28/24

 

9/23/24

• Best Shave Soaps under $10 Article 

• Modern Guide To Wet Shaving Now Available at Pastuer’s Pharmacy!!

• Murray Carter is Shutting Down His Ecommerce site

• Darkfall is Back

 

10/28/24 

• Fall Seasonal Special

11/11/24

• Fall Seasonal Special Recap 

• One Blade Safety Razor Blades  Finally An Alternative to the Feather FHS-10 Blades

• Traveling With Your Wet Shaving Gear for the Holidays

• Rocnel Sailor 2024 is Announced! 

• Year in Review Episode will be 12/30/24.

 

12/9/24

• Trip to Pasteur’s in NYC

• Holidays are here Choosing the right Gift!

• Traveling With Your Wet Shaving Gear for the Holidays

• Vintage Wet Shaving Ads

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What’s In-Store for 2025  

2025 is upon us.  I have a few plans for this upcoming year for the cast.

 

• More consistent schedule. Announcing in advance if there is a schedule change. 

• Dedication Episodes to Vintage and Modern Gear (This proved to be popular over the past two years) 

• Product Reviews

• 10 Year Podcast Anniversary!  Yes it all started in 2015! 

• Thank you all for the support and I look forward to delivering content in 2025!

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