The Cutting Edge Wet Shaving Podcast – Episode 15 : The Big Shave West and Then Some

Welcome to Episode 15 of The Cutting Edge Wet Shaving Podcast w/ Con Kazantzidas & Douglas Smythe! As you, our dear listener, have already out, today’s show is about The Big Shave! A truly unique wet shaving extravaganza in it’s second year! We will recap a bit of last year and verbally anticipate this years […]

2016: The Year of The Wet Shaving Meet Up – A How To

This is the year we bring our virtual “fraternity” into reality. This is the year we share our wet shaving endeavors, show off our collections, trade soaps, and sample aftershaves. This is the year we teach each other how to hone and trade different blades. This is the year of the wet shaving meet up. […]

The Cutting Edge Wet Shaving Podcast: Episode 12 – Shaving Resolutions/Predictions & Then Some

Happy New Years People & it’s Great to Be Back! The boys are back just in time for the New Year! Listen as Con and Doug riff as usual and speculate on the year of wet shaving and what’s in store! The gents also wonder out loud just what will happen between The Dollar Shave […]

The Cutting Edge Wet Shaving Podcast – Episode 7: Moonshine Shaving Elitist

Welcome to Episode 7 of this weeks Cutting Edge Wet Shaving Podcast Folks! On today’s show Douglas tries his darnedest to hold it together while sipping some back woods moonshine while Con tries his darndest to keep Doug on the ground! There is also a listener email in there too somewhere, new meet ups coming […]

Cutting Edge Wet Shaving Podcast – Episode 5: Doug puts the FU in Fun

Well BAM, we made it to Episode 5 of the Cutting Edge Wet Shaving Podcast!! Thank you again people for sticking with us! Con and Doug really deliver this week. Doug really considers his laugh, Con really considers Doug as a co-host and the rest is just WET SHAVING!  Thank you all for tuning in…pour […]

The Wet Shaver’s Round Table – Episode 1: An Interactive Wet Shaving Talk Show

Behold, the very first episode of The Wet Shaver’s Round Table! Every Saturday Night 7:30pm (EST) we will be coming to you live on a quest to answer your questions sent to us via G+ or Twitter! Please join us live or after the fact HERE! The Wet Shaver’s Round Table,a weekly 30 min, wet shaving […]

Vinny’s Barber Shop Photo Essay

Inspired by the interview with Mat Marrash on the Moustache & Blade podcast (Episode 41) of January 5, 2015, I took an Instagram picture of the barber shop I loyally frequent, Vinny’s Barber Shop, during my January 15 haircut. I liked it so much, I decided to do a photo essay. I took the pictures […]

Hunting In The Wild – Antiquing For Vintage Razors 101

There is nothing like that Indiana Jones’ feeling you get from finding your first vintage razor in “The Wild”. For me that feeling started with a $3 Gillette blue tip super speed. I still get that tingle every time and that’s  what keeps me on my quest. Hunting for razors has become so much more […]

6 Simple Hobbies to Find Hemingway in Your Life

City and suburban life have taken most men out of their natural habitat and lodged us firmly in a world filled with hustle and bustle, where there is little rest and even less relaxation. In fact, modern men seem to lack all connection to the traditional concepts of masculinity as typified by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway […]

Using my Acquisition Disorder for the Good of Shaving

  I started traditional wet shaving at the end of March 2014 and it transformed a twice weekly tedious chore into a 5 times a week anticipated ritual. My curiosity for wet shaving lead to internet searches that educated me to its benefits and I quickly acted to embark on this exciting journey of learning a new skill. […]