View attachment 27901 ~SOTD~ 10th August Thursday
Pass around Rocnel SE-G
Day three, today I rounded the corners of my Pal super carbon blade with an old hone stone because I was picking up sometimes deep sometimes not so deep scratches from the outer edges of the blade when shaving.
I was begining to look like an African tribesman with the scarification on my face two of which look like they are going to be permanent .
I whipped up a great lather from the great Vaobra in my Little Wren bowl and painted the lather on with the ever so soft Razorock silvertip Synthetic .
The shave today changed , no more scratching from the blade edges so no more blood loss, riding the cap I had a smooth and relitively comfortable shave apart from under my nose where it is impossible to maintain the correct angle for comfort and opened up some wounds from yesterday.
I think this razor is flawed in its design for the edges of the blade to dig in under normal shaving and my doctoring of my blade has shown this and stopped this from happening.
A good application of BBA post shave balm was soothing and eased the discomfort on the area above my top lip.
I finished with a dab or three of Tom Ford ~ London (copy perfume oil from Mr Perfume) on my upper chest and pulse points.
I may give my face a chance to recover tomorrow and use my Blackland Sabre, a much better razor in my opinion and one that has never drawn blood or left scars on my face.
@Ferry-shave , your tag as requested .
Whishing you all a good day........
Good morning Dick,Good Morning Paul
Is is the blade itself just above the half moon cutouts or the corners of the spine that scratch your face? Either way that's just not right and to my mind probably shows a lack of user testing prior to production. I suspect they felt under pressure to release early as other companies either were releasing or about to release their razors.
Regards
Dick.
GreetingsGood morning Dick,
It's the corners of the cutting edge of the blade that were digging in but after my work on the blade this has stopped so as I said, in my opinion this is a design flaw and yes I suspect you are quite correct in saying that it shows a lack of user testing prior to production, the blade edges needed imo to be covered.
Glad you're enjoying the Caldey Island!finally retired the polsilver - over 20 shaves easily. moved onto the Gem stainless with one of my SE razors i cant remember the name of right now - looks like the robot soldiers from the star wars prequels (roger, roger), kent soap, caldey island a/s aloe vera gel. today i used my frank shaving 28mm pur tech - i always find it too bouncy and it's tiring to use so possibly a future PIF. FANTASTIC shave though - skin feels amazing. anyone struggling with MWF/Kent - just smear it all over your chops and bob's your uncle
View attachment 27901 ~SOTD~ 10th August Thursday
Pass around Rocnel SE-G
Day three, today I rounded the corners of my Pal super carbon blade with an old hone stone because I was picking up sometimes deep sometimes not so deep scratches / cuts from the outer edges of the blade when shaving.
I was begining to look like an African tribesman with the scarification on my face two of which look like they are going to be permanent .
I whipped up a great lather from the great Vaobra in my Little Wren bowl and painted the lather on with the ever so soft Razorock silvertip Synthetic .
The shave today changed , no more scratching from the blade edges so no more blood loss, riding the cap I had a smooth and relitively comfortable shave apart from under my nose where it is impossible to maintain the correct angle for comfort and opened up some wounds from yesterday.
I think this razor is flawed in its design for the edges of the blade to dig in under normal shaving and my doctoring of my blade has shown this and stopped this from happening.
A good application of BBA post shave balm was soothing and eased the discomfort on the area above my top lip.
I finished with a dab or three of Tom Ford ~ London (copy perfume oil from Mr Perfume) on my upper chest and pulse points.
I may give my face a chance to recover tomorrow and use my Blackland Sabre, a much better razor in my opinion and one that has never drawn blood or left scars on my face.
@Ferry-shave , your tag as requested .
Whishing you all a good day........
It is great news Dick that with a little prepping the blade is still gong strong and as you say has the potential to go on for some time, I use the same prep after each shave with these blades and getting equaly good results, I am happy to have a few of these blades which with a little care should last me some time to come.Greetings
Thursday 10th August 2017
Prep: Shower
Razor: 1912 GEM Junior Baton Handle
Blade: ER Corrux NOS (7)
Brush: Vulfix / L'Occitane
Soap: Wilkinson Sword Stick
Aftershave: Astral Cream (soft)
EDP: Miller Harris La Fumee Maroc
Following five laps on Chromox, five on Feox and ten on plain leather, this blade is back to full sharpness, and at present shows no excessive wear and looks like it has the potential to go on for quite some time.
Regards
Dick.
View attachment 27904
It is great news Dick that with a little prepping the blade is still gong strong and as you say has the potential to go on for some time, I use the same prep after each shave with these blades and getting equaly good results, I am happy to have a few of these blades which with a little care should last me some time to come.
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