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- Saturday January 12, 2019
- Location
- Ireland
Thanks Russ, Taz seems to be OK although he has lost a fair bit of weight, I'm not too sure what's that about but he has another vets appointment this month so I will find out more then. Thanks for asking P.Very Nice Paul. How is Taz ?
After along run with the gillette winner special platinum coated blades,i've gave the astra sp blade a outing as i can't remember the last time i added them to my blade roatation.
The EJ de 89 (kelvin)/Astra sp was a comfortable safe duo,resulting in a silky smooth 3 pass +pick ups near bbs shave with no errors to report.
Long reply short... Both the Astra SP & Gillette Winner are great blades, 'For me anyway and both have a good consistency I find the gillette winner blade more forgiving and smoother...However,as always like every other traditional wet shaving soft & hardware ,opinions are very subjective. IMHO shaving is 99% good technique. preparation,and shaving confidence,and finding a good sharp de blade to suit your skin type.Which blade do you prefer, the gillette winner or Astra?
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Pre - Trumpers Sandalwood Skin Food
Cream - Sweyn Forkbeard Vanilla and Tobacco Leaf
Brush - Traditional Shave Co
Razor - Merkur 34G
Blade - Wilkinson (5)
Post - Alum, followed by Trumpers Sandalwood Skin Food
I decided to start using alum again. It's been sat in my draw for years. Does it make any difference, not sure really! Some of the benefits such as killing bacteria on the face can't be measured or seen. Probably pushing it on the 5th day with the blade today. I'm sure I've gone longer.
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Cheers. I'd been using personna blades for the last 10 years or so. In the past few years I've had a couple of duff blades in each pack. Since found out they've moved production, which may be the reason. I'm looking for something to replace it. I'd noticed a few good reports on the Gillette blades, I seem to remember the Astra's were OK. I'd settled on personna as they worked out better value. Handy to get some comparisons.Long reply short... Both the Astra SP & Gillette Winner are great blades, 'For me anyway and both have a good consistency I find the gillette winner blade more forgiving and smoother...However,as always like every other traditional wet shaving soft & hardware ,opinions are very subjective. IMHO shaving is 99% good technique. preparation,and shaving confidence,and finding a good sharp de blade to suit your skin type.
Regards. B
I swear by it - for me clears up nicks and irritations in no time, though as I get better with DE I have less of those.I decided to start using alum again. It's been sat in my draw for years. Does it make any difference, not sure really! Some of the benefits such as killing bacteria on the face can't be measured or seen. Probably pushing it on the 5th day with the blade today. I'm sure I've gone longer.
Welcome BackBeen away a little while only 5 years but thought I'd pop back.
Today was
Merkur HD34C
New GSB blade (wonder if there's any good bulk deals on these like 1000)?
Arko stick direct face application
Badger brush home made