Today I was a brave lad.....
There was BLOOD! So:
Wilkinson Sword Shavette (3rd attempt)
Lancet Super Platinum (halved) 1st Shave.
Morrisons own brand 'simple' soap to prep.
The usual soaping & brushing with the usual soap & brush.
Three (plus) cackhanded passes; alum + tiny bit of torn razor wrap
to stem the tide and sooth the tortured, lacerated fizzog.
Okay. Decided to try this razor (again) as I've always fancied cutthroat shaving; saw it going cheap at Boots the Chemist a while ago;
popped it into the shopping basket surrepititiously while the missus was being distracted by eyeliners & lipsticks....
I blame that Sindbad film I watched as a boy where the hero gets shaved with a dagger & some oil by a shifty looking barber......
Hush my beating heart when I accidentally discover Kamisoris!
Did I mention I have a tremor!?
How did it go? Well I did prepare by watching half a dozen youtube vids
of shavers slicing away with cuthroats ( yes, even they bled!)
Was I sucessful? Surprisingly yes. The most difficult bit?
Apart from trying to mitigate & override my tremor?
Deciding what angle and direction to approach whichever bit
needed the blade.... basically - EVERYTHING!!
But I did shave - little nicks where I'd accelerated the blade into my face;
One bleed on my upper lip whereI caught myself a deeper one
(which needed a 'Sweeny Special' Dressing after I alumed myself)
torn from the edge of the inner wrapper of the blade - see photo.
Missus's comments?
"You've had a shave."
(Squints) "You're bleeding."
(Squints harder) "What's that paper on your face!?"
Missus's rating?
Not bad.
Not as good as you other razor (Gem).
But not bad. And you're bleeding.
Me?
'Yeah.'