Tuesday 24th January
Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
Omega Crema da Barba Shaving Soap & Omega 10005 Pure Bristle
Gillette Hybrid Tech w/Weber Bulldog (Stainless) Handle & Statum Platinum Chrome (2)
Pitralon Classic Aftershave
By 'eck! I'll say it again tonight, "By 'eck!" ... that is a stonking blade!
Used yesterday in a highly precise engineered stainless razor, the Muhle Rocca and tonight in what I think is my finest vintage razor the Gillette Hybrid Tech ... tonight's shave being the second on this blade was a step up from yesterday and the razor permitted a little more its character to come through.
Yesterday, I mused that it might surpass the mighty SuperMax Blue Diamond Platinum and vowed to review that as my next blade but tonight, it's quite clear that this has surpassed that blade and even the very excellent Lancet Sharp Edge Super Platinum. Tonight, I'm rating it a tad higher than even the mystery Muster Dikson Super Quality Platinum which I believe is actually the Treet 7 Days Platinum.
I'm going to be bold and say that this Statum blade exceeds in my enjoyment over and above my personal favourite blade, the Treet Platinum. That's a bold thing to say off just two shaves but if I only had two blades in the house, one the Treet Platinum and the other this Statum Platinum Chrome, it's this blade I'd pick first!
Time will tell if I pump up its rating because the Treet got that top of the class 10/10 rating by repeatedly delivering me excellence and consistency across scores of tucks.
Strong words!
I have a trio of razors that I like to use to try out new blades - that's the Muhle Rocca, this Gillette Hybrid Tech and the Merkur 37C slant. I also have a string of new blades to try and want to weave in known comparisons as a sanity check ... so a plan has formed for me to run that trio through twice per week with two new blades and drop the winner into the Gillette Ranger Tech or the Wilkinson Sword Sticky for a posh Sunday shave.