Have a great trip.Friday 7 April
Back in Amsterdam for Easter visiting daughter and family. After Amsterdam authorities decided recently to cut back on the visiting British stag and hen parties the immigration officers here are understandably quite direct asking visitors their reason for the visit. Now I’m shall we say “of a certain age” and I think the last stag party I went to was when Churchill was prime minister, so I like to think I hardly look like a yobbo. Mind you Mrs Ekeko did join a separate queue to mine just in case
Simple shave today, Gillette ball end tech and platinum blade, bliss.
Couldn’t miss the chance so bought a small stash of shave thingys, De Vergulde Hand brush and soaps. You can get some bits the in UK but imported at a ridiculous price compared to here. Ah, the joys of Brexit
Have a relaxing and peaceful Easter fellas, go easy on the chocolate.
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So, you did get six from that blade! Do you still like them?View attachment 103538
Right, let's see how this little freebie does. It feels light and tinny, but the plating is consistent and OK.
I've never seen this type of arrangement to hold a blade in place before, but it works and the blade seems well aligned. It's a bit fiddly though.
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This razor has it stacked against it for this shave. I've never used it before. It's very different to my other razors. It's significantly lighter than the 6S I've been using all week. The Bolzano blade is also the 1st I've used and it's on its 6th shave.
With all that in mind it only seems fair to use pre-shave oil and post shave alum to give it a chance.
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I ended up doing 3 passes, 1 more than usual. The blade was still pretty good, but combined with the milder razor I think I needed the extra pass.
It wasn't the smoothest shave. It was hard to tell where the blade was. But it was a close shave. A bit like Macdonalds instead of 5 Guys. The same, but not. My face isn't as comfortable as usual but there was minimal alum sting. I think that with a fresh blade and a little practice it'll be decent enough for a couple of nights away - especially with its little travel case.
**EDIT - bit of razor rash has appeared. Not great. Think I over-shaved. Shouldn’t do 3 passes. Should know that by now**
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Yes...So, you did get six from that blade! Do you still like them?
Paul.
How long for this to happen? This has been my experience too, seems to take a fair bit of breaking in (by which i mean normal use).The SOC is finally starting to work the way it should and not killing the lather on the second pass.
Months, @hotmetal I have only used it only occasionally, perhaps once every other week, so, months.How long for this to happen? This has been my experience too, seems to take a fair bit of breaking in (by which i mean normal use).
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