THE KING'S BLOG

Congratulations to James Sheppard in his third consecutive win in the P1 Powerboat 'King of Shaves' this weekend, in the German Grand Prix at Travemunde. Sadly the weekend was overshadowed by the tragic death of one of the competitors in Saturday's race. More details at the www.PowerboatP1.com website.

King of Shaves & Fish online 'flash' games pass their forty sixth millionth player (46,000,000!!!)

David Beckham, Beards, LA Galaxy and the King of Defenders: You have to admit that 'brand Beckham' is a phenomenon. BBC 24 gave nearly half an hour to his press conference at LA Galaxy, announcing his signing and intent to relish the new challenge. I actually quite like DB, like JT, he gets on with it, and its clear that he enjoys what he does. Their match, a week on Saturday will be against Chelsea, captained by King of Shaves brand Ambassador, John Terry. Quite ironic really - the previous England captain (once brand ambassador for Gillette, now sporting a beard as they failed to agree to his profit share deal) playing against clean shaven John Terry, current England captain - our very own defender of the face. So, game on! Good luck David, but JT - Go on - be a King (and WIN!)

Read on...Like possibly many fathers I received a shiny new Gillette Fusion shaver for Father’s Day. So far, I am throughly disappointed with it. Let me begin by saying that am big Gillette fan, all the way back to Trac II days, when I first started shaving. I’ve tried every completing brand over the years and come back to Gillette. I still use a 2 blade Sensor shaver today. I’ve always used a 2 blade shaver, largely because in my living memory, Gillette stopped selling 1 blade shavers. I’ve also always had a suspicion that the second blade really served no purpose other than clever marketing. The five blade Fusion confirms my suspicion, after a week of testing them back to back, I find it shaves the same as the 2 blade shaver. So the first blade does the work and the rest are along for the ride. largely to increase the price. In fact, I don’t find much difference using the 1 blade trimmer side of the Fusion but it is harder to tell because it is awkward to use that way. What I can tell for sure is that the Fusion is more like shaving with a spoon than a knife, the 5 blade head is so wide and awkward. And I don’t care what Gillette says, 5 blades makes for more drag and irritation than 2 blades. I will happily keep using my 2 blade Sensor shavers, at least as long as Gillette keeps making them. I would be even happier if there was a 1 blade version but I am not aware that one exists. I doubt I’ll ever see one either, after going down the 5 blade road, I can imagine that Gillette marketing can’t turn around and step back to 1 blade

John Terry scores in the 48th minute against David Beckham's LA Galaxy. Well done JT, another win!

Hi - as you will see, I've been joined in my blogging exploits by many more members of our team, as we move shave.com into the 'web 2.0' era. i hope you enjoy the new format, and reading about many more aspects of KMI, not just my ramblings! Important: Enjoy!