@MaineYooper Congratulations! May you have many, many, great shaves coming your way. Your attention to details DOES pay off, and it's so worth it!
@FarmerTan , these lines almost cost me my keyboard and dress shirt! Dangerous to sip coffee while reading posts before work!...I prefer to live dangerously, and use my extremely handsome face to knock any burrs off the blade. But I am just a little bit off, in many ways.
Also what is the history of Gillette blades. Made in Russia by 7oclick? At least that's what amazon says.
Try an extremely shallow angle, it will slice more than scrape. Ride the cap and lower the handle until the blade engages. Do not focus on "feeling" the blade, focus on feeling stubble being cut. Listen for feedback.
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Indeed.
You're going to make me blush, which is not a good thing!
I found Astra SP much sharper and almost as smooth. I havent used one of those for a couple months either though...
I have used a Gillette Platinum recently and I'm not sure I could tell it apart from a GSB. I have one more of them to try too.
For some reason I find Derby Extra cuts better on the first pass and also much smoother, but I seem to be having a love affair with that blade haha.
I still have several different blades to try in my hunt for a better blade than a Polsilver for me. The only ones that come close thus far have been SuperMax Blue Diamond Titanium, which may even be tied with the Polsilver, it really is a fantastic blade, and Derby Extra.
Honorable mention to Gillette 7 O'Clock yellow, which I'll revisit. The one time I did try it, it gave me a simple easy 2 pass shave and done for a BBS finish, no buffing needed at all. It felt and seemed sharper than the tuck of Feather blades I used, but also gave me some red...spots. It was like it leveled off the skin at some hair follicles on my neck. No pain, no itch, just those red spots so it may have been either my technique needs adjusting for it and/or using it in the SC instead of the Tech or SS, not sure. Either way it's an amazingly sharp blade I found.
I have 100 Feather blades in the mail and I'm looking forward to them.
I also have some PermaSharp, Wizimet Super Iridium, 7 O'Clock Yellow Sharp Edge, 7 O'Clock Green Super Stainless. 7 O'Clock Black Super Platinum which I didnt get along with at first attempt, Personna Lab Blue and Med Prep, Astra SS, Gillette Goal, Gillette Sword, Voskhod, Zorrik, and also a single Kai blade that I've been trying to save but every time I open my blade box its starts screaming TRYYY MEEE lol. I'm curious to see if theres a difference between the two Personna blades. I have used a Personna Platinum (Red) and didnt care for it much. It resembled the Trig I recently used.
I'll keep the same reviews going for each blade I try. It might be the Voskhod next. When I was still a lurker on this site I must have watched every NickShaves blade review video on YouTube and he really liked the Voshkod.
Try the Voskhod's if you haven't yet
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Wow. I'm a bit stunned tbh.
You should make a thread titled "How to Shave with a Gillette NEW SC Without a Blade!" because thats exactly what it felt like.
Shaving like that is something like a "Life Hack". I didnt have to change the angle much and once I was there just a simple grip change on the razor and I was in business. I found the change in pressure I needed to apply more difficult to maintain than the angle. I didnt feel the blade at all and honestly was stunned to end up with one of, if not the most comfortable, BBS shaves I've ever had, albeit with one tiny weeper from the difference in pressure required, which was slightly more for me. I cant say I felt the blade at all other than giving myself that one small weeper. Not feeling the blade like that and hearing the stubble being cut instead of both threw me off, but I'm onto ya now
For all you people that already do this, laugh if you must, but this is exactly the type of information that needs to be more mainstream. That one simple adjustment of technique, once explained and understood, can save some people, such as myself, a lot of blood, irritation and misery lol.
I'm thinking it was the way you were riding
The comb that caused you to have a less
Than stellar experience with the 7o'clock
Blacks , to be a fair stand-up guy "LOL" you should try the 7o'clock Blacks again , while applying your new found knowledge , and
Then report back your findings , and if it
Turns out that the Blade just dosen't work
For you then so be it , but believe me and
Quite a few others , the 7o'clock Blacks are
Among the finest blades out there.