Think I'm actually gonna it make it through this one! Happy Christmas to all!
Date | 26.12.2022 |
365 days of shaving | 363/359 (100%) |
GRUME December | 25/30 (97%) |
Discovery Blade Adventure | Bolzano 3/3 Timor 3/3 Eddison 2/3 |
Passes | 3 |
WXTG | first pass cheeks: CB Curve (NW-SE curving midway to NE-SW) second pass cheeks: Gillette Slide (NW-SE) first pass neck: Gillette Slant (NE-SW) second pass neck: Gillette Slant (S-N) |
ATG | Straight & Slanted (SW-NE | cheeks) (SW-NE | neck) |
Razor | Blade | Brush |
Mühle R41 | Timor (1) | Simpson T3 |
Pre-shave | Soap & Bowl | Post-shave |
Cold splash Proraso Green pre-shave | Haslinger Sandelholz Face lathered | Cold splash Proraso Green (AS) Proraso Green (Balm) |
Efficiency | Quality |
9/10 (~20 minutes) | 7/10 (nick on the jaw line) |
Effectiveness | Comfort |
6/10 (DFS-) | 6/10 (Tuggy) |
Notes to today’s shave: |
The Simpson T3 is a great brush! How does it compare with the Omega Roma?
Date
26.12.2022 365 days of shaving 363/359
(100%)GRUME December 25/30 (97%) Discovery Blade Adventure Bolzano 3/3
Timor 3/3
Eddison 2/3
Passes 3 WXTG
first pass cheeks: CB Curve (NW-SE curving midway to NE-SW)
second pass cheeks: Gillette Slide (NW-SE)
first pass neck: Gillette Slant (NE-SW)
second pass neck: Gillette Slant (S-N)ATG
Straight & Slanted
(SW-NE | cheeks)
(SW-NE | neck)
Razor
Blade
Brush Mühle R41 Timor (1) Simpson T3 Pre-shave
Soap & Bowl
Post-shave Cold splash
Proraso Green pre-shave
Haslinger Sandelholz
Face latheredCold splash
Proraso Green (AS)
Proraso Green (Balm)
Efficiency
Quality 9/10 (~20 minutes) 7/10 (nick on the jaw line) Effectiveness Comfort 6/10 (DFS-)
6/10 (Tuggy)
Notes to today’s shave:
Medium shave or perhaps mediocre shave is a better term. This blade and I are no match - at least not in the first run anyway. Rich and tuggy from the first stroke so I did light WXTG and very shallow / light touch ATG (and not in all areas).
Sufficient for today and sub par compared to other days. That’s what’s great about this Discovery Challenge: find out about blades and find out your own version of YMMV.
Enjoy your shave today!
Great question John. And I have to say they are very very very similar. I think if you did a blind test between the T3 and the Roma Colosseo you would have a hard time telling them apart. I did have the idea the T3 has a little more backbone.The Simpson T3 is a great brush! How does it compare with the Omega Roma?
I like large brush knots and was tempted by the Roma but the T3 is great.Great question John. And I have to say they are very very very similar. I think if you did a blind test between the T3 and the Roma Colosseo you would have a hard time telling them apart. I did have the idea the T3 has a little more backbone.
Guido
I actually got the T3 before the Omega (but saved for Christmas gifts), but got to use the Omega earlier. In hindsight I think they are pretty much interchangeable. Even the handles look very similar. I think the T3 is an earlier model than the Roma, so who knows. The Roma on the other hand share is knot with the EVO from what I have read, so my guess is that their performance is similar too.I like large brush knots and was tempted by the Roma but the T3 is great.
Think I'm actually gonna it make it through this one! Happy Christmas to all!