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Yes. Happily the plating looks fine and there are no problems with alignment, I'm very happy with it.
What Did We Learn From Our Shave Today Gents?
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Yes. Happily the plating looks fine and there are no problems with alignment, I'm very happy with it.
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The difference between a blade still performing well and the same blade performing badly can be as simple as the soap it's being used with.
Yesterday - Astra SP (19) & MWF = not so great
Today - Astra SP (20) & @phoenixandbeau Spitfire = feels like new!
Both days the razor was the same, RazoRock Bazooka, as was the brush (RazoRock Monster). It suggests to me that there is a perfect combination of items out there, and I may have stumbled upon mine
Yesterday - Astra SP (19) & MWF = not so great
Today - Astra SP (20) & @phoenixandbeau Spitfire = feels like new!
Both days the razor was the same, RazoRock Bazooka, as was the brush (RazoRock Monster). It suggests to me that there is a perfect combination of items out there, and I may have stumbled upon mine
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Do you think prep may have had an effect?
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Ordinarily I would have said yes, but I used the same preparation (hot towel) as I've always done with all of my shaves. When the blade is fresh, this is fine with MWF. I shall give it another hit tomorrow with MWF under the same conditions to be certain of a fair comparison.
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Great! I have one of the newer Fatips (with the stamped base plate) and I'm also very happy with it.
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That although my Muhle open comb gives a good shave WTG, my neck doesn't like it and me and Mjolnir the Braveheart are still made for each other.
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I stand by my soap v blade findings. This is not to say that MWF is bad (far far from it), it just doesn't have the same qualities as a P&B soap in terms of blade feel in use. Perhaps 'performing badly' was a poor choice of words, more like 'not performing as well' would have been a fairer comment.
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Twenty two complete 3 pass shaves on one single Astra SP blade that still has plenty of life in it....I may finally start to save money by traditional wet shaving It's more than double the previous average life of my former top blade. Now to order a hundred of these beauties.
It's more than double the previous average life of my former top blade. Now to order a hundred of these beauties.
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Sure is, the RazoRock Bazooka. I may frame this blade when it finally gives up it's edge.
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If you had a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the most aggressive) and an Edwin Jagger DE89 sits at 5, I'd say this is about a 6. The weight of the handle you'd think would be a hindrance, but it's quite the opposite
It's not drawn blood yet.
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Twenty three shaves completed and this blade STILL has more in the bag! I will definitely frame it!
Come on Nick, come clean about that indoor model of the great pyramid aligned to Sirius which you've been shaving under. We all want some of this.
JohnnyO. o/
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Are you married, Nick? Does she have a sense of humour? Have you noticed that you're getting many more shaves per blade since the beginning of last month?