After that "ribbing" I gave to you it's the least I could do.How very nice of you to think of me, thank you.
I was supposed to receive a couple of blades from another member but they haven't arrived yet, so I'm not sure what is happening - maybe a postal issue.
I see that I have a PM from @AndyPanda so maybe there is still hope. Thanks again.
Just dropped your blades off at the Post Office you should see them soon!I see that I have a PM from @AndyPanda so maybe there is still hope. Thanks again.
Just dropped your blades off at the Post Office you should see them soon!
Sometimes what works amazing for one is a dud for another!! I'm glad you found someone to receive the blades!! No worries at all!! Shaving is very personal and highly biased!! I'm grateful just for a chance to try these blades (good or bad results)!!TL;DR These blades didn't work for me. But I really appreciate the chance to try them!
I tried to be scientific but that quickly devolved into a haphazard free for all. Not sure if my report will be useful as I am going to be out in left field a bit with a different experience than what I'm reading in other's reports here.
I have really coarse whiskers that are very difficult to cut so I spent extra time with pre-shave prep. Essentially I wash my face with a badger brush and soap and I keep the face wet by spritzing or brushing more water on every couple of minutes while I catch up on email and stuff. I know this sounds extreme but it's really relaxing and I'm retired and nowhere I have to be so I just spend about 15 minutes keeping my beard wet before I even start getting my razor ready. I've also found, to my surprise, that I get the best shaves with cold water.
I get really smooth, close and irritation free shaves with a Feather or Nacet or Gillette Platinum or Perma-Sharp and those four all seem to be at the top of my list for sharpness as they all will slice thru my piano wire beard effortlessly. So, expecting great things from the Polsilver, I planned to pit it against one or all of my top blades - that was the plan anyway.
I started with the Polsilver in my '62 slim adjustable on 5. It felt a bit tuggy to me so after the first stroke, I pulled the blade out and put in a fresh Feather blade as a sanity check and "there it is" that crisp and delicate zing of the feather slicing thru my whiskers. So I pulled out the feather and put in a nacet with about 3 shaves on it already -- and again I felt and heard that crisp slice thru the whiskers. Put the Polsilver back in and again felt the slight tugging.
This little experiment really made me appreciate how cool the TTO is, so much easier and faster to swap blades than a 3 piece razor!
I felt like the feather and nacet were just in a whole different league so I went down a few notches and tried an Astra SP. This was sharper than the Polsilver but getting close to apples to apples. I tried a Wilkinson Sword (India) and it was sharper than the Astra IMO. So I tried a Tatra and that felt pretty close to the sharpness level I was experiencing with the Polsilver.
Next I grabbed my 'merica razor (essentially this is a Yates 921-M) to see if that made a difference. I took a few strokes with the Polsilver and then with the Tatra and then with the Astra and again that seemed to be a pretty close match in terms of sharpness vs tug. And all three felt nice and smooth/comfortable they just weren't slicing thru the whiskers as effortlessly as I like. So I went back to the Feather and "zing!" there it was slicing right thru the whiskers. I couldn't see any point in continuing the test so I finished a couple of passes with the 'merica and the feather.
Just for fun, I put the Polsilver in my '60s Tech and did some touchup to catch a few problem spots and I found it worked just fine and was very smooth/comfortable catching the trouble spots on my neck without any irritation.
@Grundi please let me know if there is anyone who wanted to try these blades but was too late to get in on it and I can mail them the remaining Polsilver blades so they can participate.
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A GREAT display of the Badger & Blade spirit. Well done, sir!!Just dropped your blades off at the Post Office you should see them soon!
The scent is light and fresh smelling. I really like it. I do not have the a/s, but I do not think it would interfere with whatever you would like to wear over it.
I'm looking forward to reading about your shave tomorrowI was looking forward to the shave tomorrow, until I read today’s posts…
Just for the record I have fine, slow growing hairs, and the Slim on 9 works wonders for me.I used a Slim set at NINE. Posted the shave and somebody asked if I had piano wires for whiskers.
