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Ha, I had decided that was the razor I will be using tomorrow! It does punish me for the slightest lapse in concentration!Do not Shave with a Schick E2 if the lighting is poorJust ready to punish you if your concentration
Lapses.
Perfect, my punch is coming from the US so in a couple of weeks I will be able to chuck the scissors and put those neat little hole's where they should be.Two great shaves this morning. Armed with a new heavy duty punch that makes modifying the Gibbs blades a breeze, I went with the No. 15 on 4 for the head shave. It was a beautiful two pass + BBS.
For the beard I used a V3A top cap to 2011-ize my 2013 R41. The V3A may be even a touch narrower than the 18.8mm 2011 and it does what it is supposed to do. One close (careful) shave without incident.
Tian Li and Coates Tea for both.
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If you ordered the EK Tools you'll find the punch is almost exactly the same width as a blade which helps with vertical alignment, and the window on one side makes getting a precise half circle pretty easy.Perfect, my punch is coming from the US so in a couple of weeks I will be able to chuck the scissors and put those neat little hole's where they should be.
Sweet, that's good to hear, have ordered the same one as you did.If you ordered the EK Tools you'll find the punch is almost exactly the same width as a blade which helps with vertical alignment, and the window on one side makes getting a precise half circle pretty easy.
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Well done on your first Rolls shave, it can take a couple of shaves to get the correct angle......or it could need to be sharperPre Shave: Hot Shower + L'Oreal Pure Power Charcoal Face Wash
Razor: Rolls Razor + Razorock Hawk v1
Blade: A not very well sharpened Rolls blade + Schick Proline (#1)
Brush: Maseto 30mm 2 band finest
Soap: Wickham Soap Co. 1912 Magnum
Post: Alum Block, Cold water and Humphreys Witch Hazel
AS: Old Spice + Alcolado Glacial
Ok first shave with the Rolls Razor and I clearly did not sharpen the blade well enough, after 3 passes I gave up and grabbed the Hawk that was on hand. The Hawk with the Proline saved the day with a quick 4th pass cleaning up nicely.
I am pretty sure that a properly sharpened Rolls blade should be a lot sharper than my effort, the shave was quite rough at times and it really did not feel sharp at all. The Hawk with the Proline blade in comparison felt incredibly smooth almost as if there was no blade. The end result was great, so clearly the Rolls blade was mowing down some of the stubble, just not very comfortably or efficiently. I think I need to have another go at sharpening the blade again.
On the plus side at least I survived my first Rolls shave without drawing blood, and although my face felt a bit sore post shave it did not last long, and I actually achieved a very close shave in the end.
Thanks, I was just thinking that maybe it being a bit blunt actually helped me find the right angle, I did play around with angles a bit but must admit it did feel quite natural after the first few passes. But even when I strayed off angle it did not bite.Well done on your first Rolls shave, it can take a couple of shaves to get the correct angle......or it could need to be sharperbut well done none the less
Perfect, my punch is coming from the US so in a couple of weeks I will be able to chuck the scissors and put those neat little hole's where they should be.
I think it will be a neater solution not that cutting the edges off doesn't work....but there should be no checking for alignment and then tightening up, it should just be like putting a blade in any other DE razor. Happy days!P - that sounds like the future with the Gibbs - thanks @jmudrick - cheers - I.
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