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It even comes with great blades! lol. Here I was thinking you could do the same with a knife haha.
My Grande Journey
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It even comes with great blades! lol. Here I was thinking you could do the same with a knife haha.
Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
Wouldn't this work a lot better with a Feather?
Very few of the Amazon reviewers mention shaving with this bad boy, but my experiments have led me to conclude the razor blade lacks sufficient rigidity. YMMV.
Happy shaves,
Jim
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Not sure I like the bend in the blade either...
I'm thinking about how splendidly my Fatip Master Plan has been pulled off up to this point. It has exceeded all of my expectations. I'm thinking about creating a journal thread to showcase my obsession. I think I'll call it: My Fatip, Joris, Schone, Collection and Journey 2018 and Beyond. (Photos Welcome).
I'll create it after the Mk1's arrive.
I'll create it after the Mk1's arrive.
Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
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We'll be expecting you to keep detailed files on each razor, blade types used, how many shaves per blade, blade flipped or not, how each type of wood handle behaves during and after the shave, which wood gives the best performance, the best shaves and why.
Dont forget, your research as comprehensive and benefiting to mankind it may be, it will remain incomplete without testing the performance of gold plated Fatip and Joris razors. We cant only do this in part. We need concise results across several samples.
Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
Which means others have to buy the Plisson razors, right? Others such as Mike, right?
Happy shaves,
Jim
Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
. Buy Plisson. Buy Colonial General. Buy ATT SE1. Buy SE2.We will have shave reports coming out of our ears.
Happy shaves,
Jim
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Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
Comb-shaving the ear?
I will try. It's kind of hard beyond remarking the shave with that Fatip, Joris, or Schone was great. I will endeavor to be nuanced.
As far as plating goes, I find nickel to be a smoother, softer, shave than chrome. Gold offers a shave a little rich for my blood, and my wife will probably make me move into the garage if I purchase one. Palladium is about as rich of a shave as my skin can handle, and I do want to keep my skin. We do have to remember stuff like, yes, plating and wood handles are very important to a razors preformace, but we can't forget, or overlook, the supporting factors that contribute to a razors preformace. I might dare suggest that such supporting factors might actually even things out as far as a razors preformace goes, and in a way a nickel, chrome, or gold finish razor may actually preform about the same because of these supporting factors. One might even say that the supporting factors are the great equalizer as hard as that may be to fathom. There, I've gone out on a limb and said it at great risk to public perception of my mental stability.
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Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
I like nickel better than chrome, too, but I'm not sure I can say exactly why. Gold, I've never tried it.
My Plisson has a fancy metal plating, but I've not used the razor enough to say I can accurately comment on it.
I am convinced a slick cap top makes a difference. Minor perhaps, but not insignificant.
As far as handles go I do not appreciate the differences. Some look really cool (example, my Plisson), but other than being able to hold on to them because they're not too slippery I think I just automatically adjust to the girth, length, and balance and all that. There isn't any conscious adjustment.
I've not used a wooden handle, and might find one knocks my socks off.
It's not that I disagree about the supporting factors and such. I suspect they are significantly important, but just too subtle in their effects for me to actually appreciate and be aware of them.
I look forward to learning a great deal more here.
Happy shaves,
Jim
What I meant by supporting factors to a fine fit and finish are: weight, balance, blade clamp, gap, no gap, blade exposure, baseplate and cap size and curvature etc..
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I'm not sure once past this, there will be any question as to your, or dare I say our, mental stability.
I think that can go in your signature, Rave.
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Polsilver shave #19.
Blade flipped.
47hours since last shave. CC Sandalwood soap.
I thought I'd start directly ATG again and make sure this blade was still up to it. It is
One full buffing pass, and I was watching my strokes over my neck. They were easily 4"s long or as long as my neck would allow first pass.
Wipe and check, paint my neck, buff in a different direction and done for another BBS shave.
Sorry @Cal I'll have to think of the words to continue the rhyme lol.
Let me state this for the record: Everyone needs a Fatip razor, and Polsilver blades.
Blade flipped.
47hours since last shave. CC Sandalwood soap.
I thought I'd start directly ATG again and make sure this blade was still up to it. It is
One full buffing pass, and I was watching my strokes over my neck. They were easily 4"s long or as long as my neck would allow first pass.
Wipe and check, paint my neck, buff in a different direction and done for another BBS shave.
Sorry @Cal I'll have to think of the words to continue the rhyme lol.
Let me state this for the record: Everyone needs a Fatip razor, and Polsilver blades
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