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Homelike Taiga
6 days growth.
Feather (1).
One pass WTG.
In order not to jinx my streak of great shaves I decided to not mess with a winning formula. As such, it was the Taiga and Feather again.
After the last shave I remarked how incredibly close the shave was at setting 2.5, even WTG. Only after a couple of days did I realize that that higher setting had shaved off (literally) almost an additional 1 days worth of growth. It was that close. Because of this I made only a small change today: 2.25 for my problem areas, 2.5 for the rest, though last week's plan was to go up to 2.75 today.
Once again the Taiga + Feather provided an awesome, incredibly close shave. It is remarkably close. I can't even fathom how some people manage to do 3 pass shaves with this razor, and all at settings >= 3 (or at any setting for that matter). I'm am 100% confident in saying that absolutely no one using this razor will complain about efficiency. Simply can't happen.
Right now I have a hard time imagining ever using it above setting 3. It's that efficient, at least with the Feather. To use it at >3 my skin and stubble would need to adapt in a significant way to the increased efficiency. If anything I might reduce the setting to 2.25 next time.
This really is an extraordinary razor. If I had to say something negative about it would be: 1) slightly too slim handle, with less than ideal knurling 2) it can feel a little top heavy when you turn it 90 degrees. I mention this only to not give the illusion that I think it is perfect.
Right now it's hard to imagine that anything can top this combo when I finally decide to try a new razor and/or blade. I eventually will of course, as I have new razors incoming, but I wouldn't dare to bet on the verdict, no matter what my expectations are for the new gear.
6 days growth.
Feather (1).
One pass WTG.
In order not to jinx my streak of great shaves I decided to not mess with a winning formula. As such, it was the Taiga and Feather again.
After the last shave I remarked how incredibly close the shave was at setting 2.5, even WTG. Only after a couple of days did I realize that that higher setting had shaved off (literally) almost an additional 1 days worth of growth. It was that close. Because of this I made only a small change today: 2.25 for my problem areas, 2.5 for the rest, though last week's plan was to go up to 2.75 today.
Once again the Taiga + Feather provided an awesome, incredibly close shave. It is remarkably close. I can't even fathom how some people manage to do 3 pass shaves with this razor, and all at settings >= 3 (or at any setting for that matter). I'm am 100% confident in saying that absolutely no one using this razor will complain about efficiency. Simply can't happen.
Right now I have a hard time imagining ever using it above setting 3. It's that efficient, at least with the Feather. To use it at >3 my skin and stubble would need to adapt in a significant way to the increased efficiency. If anything I might reduce the setting to 2.25 next time.
This really is an extraordinary razor. If I had to say something negative about it would be: 1) slightly too slim handle, with less than ideal knurling 2) it can feel a little top heavy when you turn it 90 degrees. I mention this only to not give the illusion that I think it is perfect.
Right now it's hard to imagine that anything can top this combo when I finally decide to try a new razor and/or blade. I eventually will of course, as I have new razors incoming, but I wouldn't dare to bet on the verdict, no matter what my expectations are for the new gear.