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What I like about your stated inexperience is that you're finding a genuine yes/no appreciation of what you're trying out. I like also that you're thinking around what you might find disappointing and trying to change that with what you have. Once you have a breadth of experience, this will all be lost. I'm kinda thankful that I've forgotton quite a lot means that I can rediscover.
Your instincts are good and I am certainly inclined to agree with your thoughts. I used the Big Ben Stainless a couple of years back while having a mini run through the Lord stable and used with first, a 1950s Tech my notes simply said, "Middling ..."; second, with the KC Gillette (a kinda M23/R89 hybrid), "Perfectly acceptable and entirely forgettable!"; third, in a Bevel (which is a very aggressive razor), "Still sharp enough ... comes into its own in an aggressive razor". I rated 6/10 which in my books means it wasn't bad by any stretch, but not one I'd buy in again but would happily use the rest of the tuck at some point.
Blades from Lord might appear to be the same but under different brands, ranging from ASCO, Big Ben, Crown, Lord, OK, Rainbow, Shark, Silver Star, etc but my initial run told me that they are (like SuperMax or Gillette, who also have a wide range of blades that might appear to be the same) finished differently and so have a very different face-feel when put under the microscope.
Don't write off the Lord house - if you like aggressive, try the Shark. It has a rawness which I like yet utterly abhored by many who call that rough. Those very folks laud, say, the PolSilver for sharpness and smoothness while I might shun that talking of highly irritable shaves. If you're after highly efficient (from Lord), then the Silver Star is one that I'd say is up there with the PermaSharp Super or Personna Platinum Chrome for sharpness and imperceptibly smooth shaves.
...third, in a Bevel (which is a very aggressive razor),...
Certainly not the one I have ... there is practically no blade bend/tension and a mahoosive gap! It's rather like the vintage Wardonia.Huh? I thought the Bevel was supposed to be less aggressive than a Tech as many users have stated(?).
From your earlier posts regarding the Silver Star and German Personna PC, I decided to try both. They’d been on the horizon for a while but for some reason during my near ten year stretch, I hadn’t yet popped their cherries. Cue an online visit to La Barbiera and a subsequent delivery of both.What I like about your stated inexperience is that you're finding a genuine yes/no appreciation of what you're trying out. I like also that you're thinking around what you might find disappointing and trying to change that with what you have. Once you have a breadth of experience, this will all be lost. I'm kinda thankful that I've forgotton quite a lot means that I can rediscover.
Your instincts are good and I am certainly inclined to agree with your thoughts. I used the Big Ben Stainless a couple of years back while having a mini run through the Lord stable and used with first, a 1950s Tech my notes simply said, "Middling ..."; second, with the KC Gillette (a kinda M23/R89 hybrid), "Perfectly acceptable and entirely forgettable!"; third, in a Bevel (which is a very aggressive razor), "Still sharp enough ... comes into its own in an aggressive razor". I rated 6/10 which in my books means it wasn't bad by any stretch, but not one I'd buy in again but would happily use the rest of the tuck at some point.
Blades from Lord might appear to be the same but under different brands, ranging from ASCO, Big Ben, Crown, Lord, OK, Rainbow, Shark, Silver Star, etc but my initial run told me that they are (like SuperMax or Gillette, who also have a wide range of blades that might appear to be the same) finished differently and so have a very different face-feel when put under the microscope.
Don't write off the Lord house - if you like aggressive, try the Shark. It has a rawness which I like yet utterly abhored by many who call that rough. Those very folks laud, say, the PolSilver for sharpness and smoothness while I might shun that talking of highly irritable shaves. If you're after highly efficient (from Lord), then the Silver Star is one that I'd say is up there with the PermaSharp Super or Personna Platinum Chrome for sharpness and imperceptibly smooth shaves.
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