Wednesday 3rd March
French Pink Clay & Charcoal Face Soap
Martin de Candre Vetyver
Semogue SOC Taj (Boar)
Muhle Rocca R95
Zorrik Talvar (1), then (1) ... then Zorrik Titanium (3)
Alvarez Gomez Agua de Colonia
Three of four shaves ago I used a Zorrik Supreme (Chromium) blade which I found to be very neutral, by which I mean right on the pivot point between its characteristics: sharp and smooth, not so much sharpness that it might bite and not so much smooth as you feel like it's not shaving and over-compensate with pressure. Right on the cusp.
Tonight, I fully expected my first use of the Zorrik Talvar (also a Chromium blade) to be the self-same blade ...
It just wasn't sharp enough and I could definitely feel that it was, well, missing. Is this the legendary inconsistency that we hear levelled at SuperMax? I have another, so popped that into the razor and got the same kind of shave. Noisy, scratching, not necessarily tugging, but not necessarily shaving (well) either.
Washed off, it looked like I hadn't shaved ... and that's technically two passes. So, I popped last night's Zorrik Titanium in for a third run on that blade and third pass for tonight. Sorted! I know I've reviewed the SuperMax & Zorrik Titanium as a blade I can't so much recommend, but equally cannot escape that it has something quite niche to offer ...
... and this is it! You get a bad shave, what's best to sort it out? Either with something seethingly sharp and VERY carefully, or something phenomenally smooth and exceptionally forgiving. Yeah! That sorted it. Wash off, no longer patchy, feels smooth all over, good splash of highly alcoholic Alvarez Gomez, do a little dance (make a little love?) as the burn flashes off and I'm done.
Happy to have rescued that shave!
So, I don't think the Zorrik Talvar is the same blade as the Zorrik Supreme. I wondered if one was the descendent of the other, but they're both in the branded greaseproof inner papers indicative of the latest generation of blade from the SuperMax house. I think they're more like a good and budget kinda market placement.
Talvar (or तलवार) translates as "sword".
I found some courtroom drama where Gillette (who hold the patent to Wilkinson Sword in India) went after SuperMax over this branding, claiming that it was leaning on the Wilkinson Sword name:
https://www.latestlaws.com/latest-n...le-to-distinguish-the-products-read-judgment/ ... more here:
https://spicyip.com/2018/07/a-freud...arity-and-a-psychological-slippery-slope.html
Much thanks to
@donnie_arko for the blades - the Zorrik Talvar and the Zorrik Titanium. I'll be trying out the Zorrik Super Platinum tomorrow, which I do hope is akin to the current Vidyut Super Platinum that you sent me as I enjoyed that blade very much!