I thought of posting this in What Did You Use Today, but I found it sufficiently surprising and noteworthy to merit its own thread. As I have shared elsewhere, I love the ATT Windsor SSR-1, but on a lark I bought a returned CM1 base plate from them. I figured, hey it looks really cool, it is not a huge expense, and it will be a little change. I put it on my razor with its now three day old Gillette Silver Blue. I figured that in order to make a fair and objective comparison, everything else about my shave ought to remain unchanged.
I splashed my face with hot water, no more than usual, and face lathered with a Kent BK4 and Martin de Candre Fougere. I expected mildness but had low expectations on efficiency going from R to M. During the first pass it felt very much like a Feather AS-D2, but I was using it without making the quirky angle adjustment the Feather demands. However, after the first pass alone I felt my face and was stunned. I re-lathered and completed passes two and three. The result was mind blowingly BBS with zero need for touch up, even in the areas I often find hard to nail. The upper lip ATG was smooth as it could be. I showered, splashed on my 4711, and began a day of basking in the glory of an absolutely stunning shave. Kudos to Above the Tie and the supporting cast of Kent, MdC, GSB, and 4711.
I splashed my face with hot water, no more than usual, and face lathered with a Kent BK4 and Martin de Candre Fougere. I expected mildness but had low expectations on efficiency going from R to M. During the first pass it felt very much like a Feather AS-D2, but I was using it without making the quirky angle adjustment the Feather demands. However, after the first pass alone I felt my face and was stunned. I re-lathered and completed passes two and three. The result was mind blowingly BBS with zero need for touch up, even in the areas I often find hard to nail. The upper lip ATG was smooth as it could be. I showered, splashed on my 4711, and began a day of basking in the glory of an absolutely stunning shave. Kudos to Above the Tie and the supporting cast of Kent, MdC, GSB, and 4711.
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