Disaster struck

Godfather · Tuesday June 28, 2016

On the list to try are sharks, Rapira Super stainless and some Gillette super blues to see how they fair but will take it nice and slow.

Driftwood · Tuesday June 28, 2016

PM your address and I'll send you some Rapira Supersteel and Voskhod's to try

Godfather · Tuesday June 28, 2016

Driftwood said:
PM your address and I'll send you some Rapira Supersteel and Voskhod's to try

very kind offer indeed.. Thank you very much.

Godfather · Tuesday June 28, 2016

I LOVE THIS PLACE....

Godfather · Wednesday June 29, 2016

Just a quick update. Had my first shave today with my progress (on a 2 setting) Gillette green and TOBS peppermint cream followed by Proraso protective balm. All went well, I was very light pressure wise and tood oodles of time. maybe 3.5 passes in total. Hazzah, a few more days of calmness before I launch back into the ATT S1.

Johhnyboy · Wednesday June 29, 2016

Driftwood said:
PM your address and I'll send you some Rapira Supersteel and Voskhod's to try

I have the S1 and have found Voskhods to be the best blade match for it. I also don't get on with the Gillette Green or Yellows blades, however Sputniks also work very well for me with the S1. Good luck.

Godfather · Wednesday June 29, 2016

Johhnyboy said:
I have the S1 and have found Voskhods to be the best blade match for it. I also don't get on with the Gillette Green or Yellows blades, however Sputniks also work very well for me with the S1. Good luck.

thanks for the recommendations.

Godfather · Friday July 1, 2016

Well, tried the S1 again today. Used Myrsol Emulsion pre shave TOOBS peppermint and a massive thanks to Driftwood for some Rapira blades (amongst others) so put one in ending with Myrsol Emulsion. Result following 2.5 passes BBS, well I think we are back in business, with no razor burn at all. TOP DOLLAR. I can't wait to test the other blades too. with time I think the S1 will be my daily if all goes well!

PLANofMAN · Friday July 1, 2016

thackeray said:
...it is easy to get loads of billowing, fluffy, but quite useless, lather out of MWF. it takes a bit of practice to get it spot on., don't let it set you back though, keep going.

I agree. A person can gets mounds of lather from MWF, that looks great, but is very lacking. When you have trouble painting on a layer of lather that is more than 2 cm thick, you've got enough water in the mix. It's quite slick and protective at that point, even if it doesn't look very impressive.

Driftwood · Saturday July 2, 2016

Godfather said:
Well, tried the S1 again today. Used Myrsol Emulsion pre shave TOOBS peppermint and a massive thanks to Driftwood for some Rapira blades (amongst others) so put one in ending with Myrsol Emulsion. Result following 2.5 passes BBS, well I think we are back in business, with no razor burn at all. TOP DOLLAR. I can't wait to test the other blades too. with time I think the S1 will be my daily if all goes well!

Glad to hear they're working for you....but don't throw out the sudocream just yet