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- Tuesday March 8, 2016
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- Ottawa, Canada
I have 4 Shavemac Silvertip two bands and absolutely no stray black hairs.
Forgot to mention that you were the primary cause for my adding the #3 shavemac
I have 4 Shavemac Silvertip two bands and absolutely no stray black hairs.
Wow hope the little one was ok! I am currently thinking of switching to DE as well the new stainless options on the market have made me neglect my straights, I seem to get a very similar shave.Jamie definitely enabled me to reach out to Bernd and order a 2band silvertip in his handle configuration. I'm loving that brush
For the straights Nishy, I used them exclusively for many years...long before I ever discovered online forums...then gave up cold turkey when I walked into my washroom one morning to find my 2 year old had climbed atop my counter and managed to reach my display shelf where I kept my straights. I sold my entire rotation and switched to DE's...no regrets
Wow hope the little one was ok! I am currently thinking of switching to DE as well the new stainless options on the market have made me neglect my straights, I seem to get a very similar shave.
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Hey Sameer the new stainless DE razors are excellent, very low tolerances and hefty in the hand. As a straight razor user, you appreciate the aggressiveness of each steel/grind/weight a lot more, perhaps due to absence of a safety bar. I never thought I would get as close or smooth a shave than with my Japanese straights, however, I have and with a few DE razors which was a nice surprise.Thanks Nishy, she grabbed it just when I walked in. We were lucky. Since then I've been experimenting with different DE's, as in all things in life, it's a compromise. I've never seriously given SE's a shot so waiting for some decent offerings before I venture in that direction. Till then, I'll play around with badgers
That is strange Rufus. I find with most brushes, once the ends split you have more of a cloud feel to the tips. If when soaked the tips clump similar to a hexagonal structure I get more of a gel tipped feel. Once fully bloomed, I seem to get a softer tip contact feel IMO. I also get a different feel depending on the lather obviously.Interesting posts regarding how a brush's face feel can change with use. I've been using a shaving brush (not the same one) for 50 years and I've not noticed any discernible change in face feel with use, be they badger, boar or horse. Currently, I own 31 brushes and they all feel essentially the same as the first time I used them; the only change being the bloom.
In my experience I found D01 to need at least 20-30 uses for the knot to relax. These knots have been tied with a fair bit of glue to give them that trademark D01 feel (dense with a strong backbone). Once the knot relaxes it doesn't change much, if at all.