Hello folks,
I'm one month into my traditional wet shaving journey and have been using a RazoRock GC .68 as my regular razor with great results. Being intrigued by the great reviews of the Blackland Blackbird from this forum, I recently took possession of a machined finished titanium Blackbird and had my first shave with it yesterday. What a great piece of wet shaving hardware! It is as effective in getting rid of my thick stubbles as it is good looking.
I used the red Prorasso pre-shave cream, TOBs coconut cream and Wizamet SI blade (2). The lightness of the titanium makes the razor very maneuverable. The only thing I noticed was something other people mentioned. This razor does not glide on the skin as well as other razors I tried, such as my RR GC. I believe it is due to fact that there is more surface area in the safety bar that contacts the skin and that area's finishing is horizontal to the direction the razor moves. I actually wonder if that is not a contributing factor to this razor's excellent effectiveness. The theory being that the skin is stretched a little more for the blade to do its job. In any case, this is the most effective razor I have tried so far and the result was a very comfortable, long lasting, BBS shave with no nicks.
If this razor keeps giving me irritation-free and long lasting BBS shaves, I look try its polished stainless brother with longer handle.
Cheers,
FeatherBBS
I'm one month into my traditional wet shaving journey and have been using a RazoRock GC .68 as my regular razor with great results. Being intrigued by the great reviews of the Blackland Blackbird from this forum, I recently took possession of a machined finished titanium Blackbird and had my first shave with it yesterday. What a great piece of wet shaving hardware! It is as effective in getting rid of my thick stubbles as it is good looking.
I used the red Prorasso pre-shave cream, TOBs coconut cream and Wizamet SI blade (2). The lightness of the titanium makes the razor very maneuverable. The only thing I noticed was something other people mentioned. This razor does not glide on the skin as well as other razors I tried, such as my RR GC. I believe it is due to fact that there is more surface area in the safety bar that contacts the skin and that area's finishing is horizontal to the direction the razor moves. I actually wonder if that is not a contributing factor to this razor's excellent effectiveness. The theory being that the skin is stretched a little more for the blade to do its job. In any case, this is the most effective razor I have tried so far and the result was a very comfortable, long lasting, BBS shave with no nicks.
If this razor keeps giving me irritation-free and long lasting BBS shaves, I look try its polished stainless brother with longer handle.
Cheers,
FeatherBBS