Don't be shy. Put a BLADE in it!Okay, I'm in...
Don't be shy. Put a BLADE in it!Okay, I'm in...
Done. A Tesco-rebranded Israeli Personna. In my limited experience, I've found them to be both smooth and sharp.Don't be shy. Put a BLADE in it! [emoji317]
I'm a fan of the Personna Reds (aka IP, etc, etc) which usually come like this in the UK:Done. A Tesco-rebranded Israeli Personna. In my limited experience, I've found them to be both smooth and sharp.
What a great shave! I was slightly nervous during the first couple of strokes, but it turned out to be one of the easiest, not to mention closest, shaves ever!
AFAIK the only reason for keeping the guard ends is to protect the blade edges. I'm sure [MENTION=67066]mjclark[/MENTION] Marcus will let me know if that isn't correct.I left the guard ends on, as per recommendations earlier in the thread. I'm thinking I might file them down a bit, maybe halfway, just to smooth it out a little bit.
The other reasons were to possibly prevent the corners of the blade from catching the skin, to give fingers a little protection when changing blades, as well as protecting the blade edge, even though I always rest my razor on the tabs or on a stand.AFAIK the only reason for keeping the guard ends is to protect the blade edges. I'm sure [MENTION=67066]mjclark[/MENTION] Marcus will let me know if that isn't correct.
So, were you thinking of leaving just enough guard to protect the blade (or what)?
Do the Tesco ones look like that? A few days ago my local Asda Supercentre had 10 packs of Personnas in at £2...
The blades are unprinted and in plain white wrappers. The box looks the same, except the card in the top has a simple grey blade shape on a black background. The blister pack describes them as platinum coated chrome blades. They're made in Israel, which I'm led to believe means that they're some kind of Personna, although I don't know which.
The Sainsbury's blades appear to be Dorcos. Luckily, I realised before putting them in my basket.The Boots blades are the Israeli Personna Crystals.
Very nice indeed.
...also £2 for 10.The blades are unprinted and in plain white wrappers. The box looks the same, except the card in the top has a simple grey blade shape on a black background. The blister pack describes them as platinum coated chrome blades. They're made in Israel, which I'm led to believe means that they're some kind of Personna, although I don't know which.
Great stuff Drunk Bender!So today I finally try the devette. As you can see it was a very lazy attempt but OMG what a shave.
Razor:Wilkinson Sword Classic without base plate
I think I will have to shave with this exclusively this month as it is DEcember. Thanks for reading.
Hey fellow engineer! Razors don't need no support ;-) Check out the Wardonia Revelation thread. The Bakelite Wardonia supports the blade only with a 1 cm round raised boss, with most of the blade flapping in the wind. Shaves like an absolute dream.Mind you, that's probably just my civil engineering background kicking in; I'm used to big foundations and everything being bolted down.
That is handsome!Here's my DEvette made from from a NEW SC... I love the rigidity of the NEW SC, best of the NEWs...View attachment 764096 View attachment 764097 View attachment 764098 View attachment 764099