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Ever since I wrote my last entry, I've felt bad about keeping my latest razor find a secret. I've wrestled with just coming out with it, because let's face it -- who really gives a rat's ass about what razor I happen to be shaving with?

Well, guys like this. They're known as "shavegeeks". Likes include sweat pants, Dr. Who, and Dolly Madison fruit pies. Pet peeves: non-elastic waistbands, "fun-size" candy bars, and when the SciFiCon poster says Seven of Nines will be signing autographs and then it's just some tranny with an eyepatch made out of tin foil.

I'd love to share my latest razor discovery, but I'm conflicted. I made a big mistake yapping about Injectors before I'd scored enough good ones to last me till the Grid comes crashing down (thanks for making my week, Gramps -- I haven't laughed so hard since Rob Corrdry's expose of health clubs on the "Daily Show"). Now the shavegeeks have ruined it for everyone. $200 for a used Injector! It's insanity. No way I want to repeat that nonsense. But I also know that shavegeeks make up less than 5 percent of the visitors to this site, and there are a whole lot more normal, cool guys who could benefit from this tip. As I said, I'm conflicted.

This morning I shaved with the ______ DE again, with the very last schmear of Trumper's Violet shaving cream left in the tub, lathered up with my Vulfix #2235. I love getting to the very end of a tub of cream. With toothpaste, it's always a hassle as you get to the end of the tube -- you squeeze and squeeze and less and less comes out. But a tub of shaving cream's good to the last gumdrop-sized globule, which is a good thing if it's a $30 tub of Trumper's.

Compared to the Featherjector, or even a stock Injector, a DE shaves less close on the first pass, but you make up the difference on the upstroke. A Featherjector shaves so close on that first downward pass you could get by with just that if you had to, and nobody would do the "Miami Vice" theme when you walked by their cubicle.

But with the customary two or three passes, I'm getting the same close shave from the _______, and the whole thing is a much more benign, skin-friendly affair. With the Feather disposable straight razor blades loaded into an old Injector, the incredibly close (and dead easy) shave came with a price -- there's only so many skin-peeling shaves my skin can take before I start feeling and looking a bit raw. And now that winter's on its way and my skin's starting to get drier, I just can't do a Featherjector shave every day. Come spring, I'm all over that thing again. But for now, I need to step back a bit from the precipice and take it easier on my puss.

The ______ razor is perfect for what I need right now. It shaves like a dream, but it's so forgiving that I can do three, four, as many passes as I wish and I don't have to worry about shaving myself raw. Even with a 15-cent Personna blade, the ____ shaves like nobody's business. It's almost time to hit the hay and my face still feels clean shaven. I can't believe I let this razor sit in my drawer for over a year before I ever shaved with it!

Obviously I can't go on blogging about this razor without naming it. I don't like holding down the shift key and typing a bunch of _'s. It's hard work. Let me think about it some more.