Mysteree X shave #5:
Another walk on the mild side, with a short story.
Went to a huge outdoor antique show, allegedly hundreds of vendors. I spent an additional $5 to go a day early. I was trying to find some vintage razors and brushes, but lately they have been getting harder to find.
Anyway, lots of walking, lots of talking, and finally I stumbled upon a lot of three Gillettes: a gold ball-end Tech (I have two, identical), New long comb (cracked handle, missing ball, I have two LC), and, a fair condition C1 Red Tip - my birth year AND quarter! Wow. Seller says "give me $10 for the lot". Well, as noted, I already have two examples of the first two, so I offered to buy the Superspeed for 5 bucks and she agreed.
Got home, gave it a bath and light polish, and while far from perfect, it is mechanically sound, and actually in pretty good shape.
So...guess which razor I used for my Mysteree X shave #5?
That's right!...my Karve Overlander.
I'll get to the Red Tip eventually, but onto this shave:
Razor: Overlander
Blade: Personna X-Series
Soap: MdC Vetyver (sample)
AS: Old Spice
I used my Tech last time and wanted to compare the Overlander on back-to-back shaves, though I didn't put in as much effort on getting BBS. The razor and blade gave me a comfortable and close DFS+ shave after three passes with touchup. Very smooth face feel WTG, very slight stubble on my neck ATG. Zero irritation. Really, what I consider my ideal everyday shave.
I tossed the blade, as is my norm with any blade after five, but it probably had some life left. Again, I could easily make this my every day blade and be happy.
Shave rating: 8.5 of 10
Thanks for playing along with my nonsense. I hate long-winded posts.
Another walk on the mild side, with a short story.
Went to a huge outdoor antique show, allegedly hundreds of vendors. I spent an additional $5 to go a day early. I was trying to find some vintage razors and brushes, but lately they have been getting harder to find.
Anyway, lots of walking, lots of talking, and finally I stumbled upon a lot of three Gillettes: a gold ball-end Tech (I have two, identical), New long comb (cracked handle, missing ball, I have two LC), and, a fair condition C1 Red Tip - my birth year AND quarter! Wow. Seller says "give me $10 for the lot". Well, as noted, I already have two examples of the first two, so I offered to buy the Superspeed for 5 bucks and she agreed.
Got home, gave it a bath and light polish, and while far from perfect, it is mechanically sound, and actually in pretty good shape.
So...guess which razor I used for my Mysteree X shave #5?
That's right!...my Karve Overlander.
I'll get to the Red Tip eventually, but onto this shave:
Razor: Overlander
Blade: Personna X-Series
Soap: MdC Vetyver (sample)
AS: Old Spice
I used my Tech last time and wanted to compare the Overlander on back-to-back shaves, though I didn't put in as much effort on getting BBS. The razor and blade gave me a comfortable and close DFS+ shave after three passes with touchup. Very smooth face feel WTG, very slight stubble on my neck ATG. Zero irritation. Really, what I consider my ideal everyday shave.
I tossed the blade, as is my norm with any blade after five, but it probably had some life left. Again, I could easily make this my every day blade and be happy.
Shave rating: 8.5 of 10
Thanks for playing along with my nonsense. I hate long-winded posts.