I recently acquired a beautiful GEM Micromatic Flying Wing/Bullet Tip (with the “Magic Eye”) from the ‘bay. I also bought a couple ten packs of the coated GEM blades from Razor Emporium. Just tried them out for the first time and I’m genuinely confused. I had about 30-hr stubble and I have pretty coarse and thick facial hair. After my first wtg pass, probably 95% of the stubble was still there. Tried a second pass on the neck (diagonal to the grain) and got about halfway thru and gave up since it simply wasn’t cutting the hair. Grabbed my trusty 34c with a nacet in it and made quick work of finishing the shave.
I made a point to go fairly shallow per GEM’s instructions but steepened it a bit when I noticed it wasn’t cutting and that made no difference. The blade felt very rough and given that it was not cutting did not seem particularly sharp either.
Is it possible the blade is not actually a shaving blade (despite buying from a shaving vendor)? It does say GEM on one side of the spline but the other side is blank. Maybe the blade is just a dud? Or do micromatics require a 4-5 pass shave?
Not really sure what I’m expecting for responses but I’m genuinely confused because I expected this thing to mow the hair down
I made a point to go fairly shallow per GEM’s instructions but steepened it a bit when I noticed it wasn’t cutting and that made no difference. The blade felt very rough and given that it was not cutting did not seem particularly sharp either.
Is it possible the blade is not actually a shaving blade (despite buying from a shaving vendor)? It does say GEM on one side of the spline but the other side is blank. Maybe the blade is just a dud? Or do micromatics require a 4-5 pass shave?
Not really sure what I’m expecting for responses but I’m genuinely confused because I expected this thing to mow the hair down