No pre-shave
Erasmic original formula cream
Techmatic on 5, 3, 1
M and S Autograph a/s balm
First try of the Techmatic and I wonder how many people across the world used one this morning?
Fresh NOS cartridge and left at medium aggression. Hmm. Bit scrapey bur not really taken much hair off on this 3/4 pass. Try top setting. More coming off, more scraping. Complete two passes and some buffing. Final touch up pass on lowest setting - not too bad.
Result: scrapey shave that wasn't all that close, although good enough.
Cartridge clogs up very easily with lather and stubble and isn't easy to rinse out. At the time this came out some of the smoothest DE blades ever made were out in shops. Guess a lot of these were unwanted Christmas present. The cartridge that came with my handle was between 5 and 4, indicating only a handful of uses.