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Ah, cool, thank you!
First Use of Gillette Silver Blue
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Ah, cool, thank you!
This is against the ethos of the wet shaving community, and it's particularly counter to the fine online retailers most of use world wide, but I buy my blades on Amazon.
This reminds me I need to pull out my GSB blades and use them again. I have tons of them but have been trying/using other blades for awhile. GSB are very nice performers. I have a few new razors that I need to try them in.
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Gillette Silver Blue are good blade and may work well for many people. They are not the sharpest blades available out of the wrapper, but they do tend to get sharper after a couple of uses. They are not the smoothest blades available. They are not the least expensive blades available. Because they get sharper after a couple of uses, they tend to be fairly long lasting, so they are a good value.
Personally, I like even sharper blades out of the wrapper to slice my tough beard. I also like even smoother blades to minimize irritation of my sensitive skin. However, there are only a few blades that will accomplish both.
Personally, I like even sharper blades out of the wrapper to slice my tough beard. I also like even smoother blades to minimize irritation of my sensitive skin. However, there are only a few blades that will accomplish both.
Exactly. I just bought 4x100 packs of Nacet's for $13/ea + free shipping.
I am on day fifteen of my first GSB with my first Nacet in the FedEx system (day 4 in Hutchins, Texas). The GSB is superbly smooth and is easily delivering BBS with three passes and no buffing. I shall be amazed if Nacets outshine it, but I am certainly open to the possibility.
Check out Wish4Blades, not the eBay or Amazon but their own site. They have the GSB for 12.95/100 CDN, so even less in USD.
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Lefonque
Even more clueless than you
Agree with most here it is a good blade.
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Aaaaaand then last night, made my lather too dry, probably didn’t prep enough after my shower, and had an awful shave with a GSB. _sigh_ I’m still an amateur at this… [emoji854]
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Hey, cut yourself some slack, there's a lot of variables to this.
Cheer up, you WILL learn and your shaves WILL get better. There are lots of new skills to acquire. Even realizing that your lather was too dry is an indication that you are learning. A true beginner does not realize what is wrong. When you get a great shave, make notes of everything you did and then try to replicate it.
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Yes, exactly. I need to really start feeling my lather. I read something interesting the other day: it is not how it looks, it is how it feels. My lather looked awesome. But that tugging was awful.
I also think I'm going to start wrapping my face with a hot washcloth while I'm in the shower before my shave.
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What other blades are you talking about that will accomplish both? I feel like I'm in the same boat: really tough whiskers and a sensitive face.
Unfortunately for me, I tried GSB's late in the game. Now they are my favorite blade.
So do I!
I really wanted to like GBS's. I've used two full tucks of them and the last shave wasnt much better than the first, below.
GSB. This is a blade I've really wanted to like because so many regard it so highly. I was less than impressed with it in my Brit Rocket as it was a tuck in my first sample pack. In that razor I found it lacking sharpness. I was still unimpressed on first use in my NEW SC, again feeling a lack of sharpness. On second use in that razor it gave me a better shave. Smooth, adequately sharp and I had a comfortable shave using a rather shallow angle.
I had hopes I'd like it even more in this razor.
Oh yes, there was blood. A lot of it too.
First stroke mid ear to the base of my neck it felt really pretty good. Slight tugging at the base of my neck, a little more so than what I would call "normal" with my NEW SC. Enough to make me pay attention.
Slowly work my way across my face repeating the full length strokes everywhere but the face of my chin. Considerable tugging there and on my upper lip. However, I had what I felt was a very close first pass, but I had blood from five different places. Most notably from the right corner of my mouth, and slight irritation on my neck.
Wet my hand, shake off the excess water, wipe and feel to spread out the remaining lather. How surprised I was that I had gone from a 40 grit face to an 80 grit face. Not nearly as close as I had thought.
Lather up to commence the second battle. Patton himself would have been proud. Harsh and tuggy, really uncomfortable and I could see the redness on my neck growing angrily. Blood showing through the lather. I had blood in the lather on my face in 5 places. Blood on my razor from shaving that lather off. Blood in my sink floating in the lather from rinsing the razor. Blood on my brush and in my bowl.
I should add that I had started the second pass with a shallower angle hoping to reduce that harshness, but only increasing the tugging. I shifted to a steeper angle and stopped a lot of the tugging, but this blade became quite harsh for me.
I assumed the 3rd ATG pass would be an easier shave, and to a point I was right, but I knew I wouldnt be able to bear any clean up passes so I stopped after my 3rd full pass.
Even just rinsing with cold water stung and I had to do a lot of it trying to stop the bleeding. Finally I just wiped my face dry with a towel and let it stop on its own. Five minutes later I went back and rung out a wet hand towel and wiped the remaining blood off, then washed the towel out.
Here I am 30 minutes later, and in feeling I have a BBS shave over the left side of my face, but not on my jawline. Right side cheek and neck are BBS, even my trouble areas, but my jawline and the right side of my chin is DFS-ish. Even now feeling over my neck, the skin is still a bit raw and quite warm.
I've never really gotten along with this blade, and once again, this Grande is just highlighting that fact. For me its not nearly sharp enough, and in this razor, not nearly smooth enough.
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