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Sunday 4th December
Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
Culmak (Vintage 1970s) Shaving Bowl & Semogue SOC Butterscotch w/Blonde Boar 24mm
Star (GB) Embassy Set & Personna (German) Platinum Chrome (3)
Denim (Vintage) Aftershave
Finishing off a ten plus day run through my ASR double edge razors with what I feel is the Streamline of the range ...
It's the Embassy Set which I think is one of the latest of the models that I have. It is a heavy thing! With a 13g cap and a whopping 40g handle, it feels very sure in the hand. It's also clearly unused and so this is a sweet moment indeed. Again, if you wanted some more detail you should check out my thread about this range: https://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/community/threads/asr-double-edge-razor-weights.57595/#post-899901
I have to point us to the guarantee that I found beneath the blade holder in the case:
First, interesting that they refer to it as a Micromatic, no?
I'm going to underscore what they say here about perfect. It is. Absolutely. Perfect. I've said it of the other models, that it's not a mere GIllette Tech clone, more like an Old Type with a solid bar and all the micro-measurements nipped up so it makes an incredibly safe shave without actually interfering with the capability of the razor ... and with this model, more so. Absolutely that perfect line between too little and too much. Absolutely perfect!
You can tell, I really like this razor. Perfect also with the German Personna Platinum Chrome, which I do prefer over the Israeli-made although that's likely to just be a case of new production versus old stock. The shave was absolutely without blade feel and only the diminishing rasp with each stroke evident that the blade was doing its thing.
There ... I said "absolutely" and "perfect" a lot in this post.
Absolutely perfect!
Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
Culmak (Vintage 1970s) Shaving Bowl & Semogue SOC Butterscotch w/Blonde Boar 24mm
Star (GB) Embassy Set & Personna (German) Platinum Chrome (3)
Denim (Vintage) Aftershave
Finishing off a ten plus day run through my ASR double edge razors with what I feel is the Streamline of the range ...
It's the Embassy Set which I think is one of the latest of the models that I have. It is a heavy thing! With a 13g cap and a whopping 40g handle, it feels very sure in the hand. It's also clearly unused and so this is a sweet moment indeed. Again, if you wanted some more detail you should check out my thread about this range: https://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/community/threads/asr-double-edge-razor-weights.57595/#post-899901
I have to point us to the guarantee that I found beneath the blade holder in the case:
First, interesting that they refer to it as a Micromatic, no?
I'm going to underscore what they say here about perfect. It is. Absolutely. Perfect. I've said it of the other models, that it's not a mere GIllette Tech clone, more like an Old Type with a solid bar and all the micro-measurements nipped up so it makes an incredibly safe shave without actually interfering with the capability of the razor ... and with this model, more so. Absolutely that perfect line between too little and too much. Absolutely perfect!
You can tell, I really like this razor. Perfect also with the German Personna Platinum Chrome, which I do prefer over the Israeli-made although that's likely to just be a case of new production versus old stock. The shave was absolutely without blade feel and only the diminishing rasp with each stroke evident that the blade was doing its thing.
There ... I said "absolutely" and "perfect" a lot in this post.
Absolutely perfect!