Thought I would try out my EJ that started me off with DE's and have just had a terrible shave with this. Felt light, slippery handle and after 3 passes I gave up. Not a great shave day today.
Hot Shower
3P cream
Cade Soap
Omega 10005 (thanks Geordie Shaver)
Red Tip Gillette
Lord Cool blade (1)
Alum
Proraso AS
L'Occitane ASB
First try of the 50 Lord Cool blades I got from Connaughts. Quite a few weepers, not too keen on these so far, still they may work better in the slant.
Prep: Cold Water Splash Razor: English NEW LC with Weber Bulldog Handle Blade: Elios Inoxidable #1 Brush: Simpson Duke 2 Best Soap: Lea Stick Post: Proraso Menthol Post Cream Aftershave: Proraso Splash
A nice 2 pass cold water face lather shave
Still going through my untested blades, these were smooth enough, just not very sharp. No shave 2 for this blade.
Good Friday 29th March 2013
Prep: Shower
Razor: GEM Heavy Flat Top
Blade: Treet Carbon
Brush: Vie Long 13061M Horse
Cream: La Toja Sensitive
Aftershave: La Toja Balm
A new Treet blade and a really superb shave. I did not palm strop this new blade as I am never truly one hundred percent sure as to whether it helps smooth the blade or it dulls it. Have a great Easter.
Prep: Hot shower
Razor: Muhle R41
Blade: Astra platinum
Brush: NFB Tubby 2
Soap: Nanny's Old Grey Bristle Test
Cream: Kiehls Nourishing
AFtershave: Aqua di Colonia
Great lather from the Nanny's soap (one of 6 samples that arrived yesterday), and a BBS result, but with a couple of weepers, mostly on the very soft skin under my chin. Really like the R41, but will keep experimenting to find the best blade for me; Fido's brush gets better each time I use it
Sir Irisch Moos shave stick
Henk walnut silvertip
Progress on 2, 1.5
Gillette Super Blue
Boots Freshwood a/s
Good but not outstanding. Tried two if these blades and they weren't as sharp as other Blues I've tried. The others were Chinese blade PIFs; these were ones I purchased myself from Mister Tao.