The post delivered 200 of these Jifuli blades yesterday afternoon along with a new Yaqi "Bohemian" stainless steel 3-piece razor.
The natural thing to do would be to slap a new Jifuli into the Bohemian, but at the last minute I decided to try the Jifuli in my Fatboy. A new blade in a new razor would not give me an accurate evaluation of either item. So the Bohemian will wait a day or so.
Prep was a shower and conditioner. Soap was RazoRock "What the Puck" Gold Label. Brush was a boar Scalpmaster. Alum and Skin Bracer.
I was up against 3+ days of growth. The bristley, wiry, cantankerous whiskers of my Scottish ancestors. And I've come to believe those first two swipes on my right cheek will tell me if I have a usable blade or something for shower-shaving body hair.
Well, this was good from start to finish. This is my first try, so I will try to be restrained, but that is not my nature. Three passes and cleanup, Fatboy set on 9. No nicks or weepers, little or no irritation, but I'm inclined to give the Fatboy the credit for most of that. My recent uses of the FB are just damn good and really call into question why I bother with other razors.
Alum, witch hazel, and AS were tingly/stingy at maybe a 4 or 5 on a scale of 1-10. About like what I had with a Futur and a Derby Premium recently, and I was applying pressure on this shave. I seem to be able to do that with a Fatboy without consequences, when the same pressure with a Futur, Timeless, or Gillette Old would be costly.
My price was $11.73 for 200, which was modified down by 20 cents because of discount "coins" I amassed, and a further $1.64 by "spend and save". Tax was 67 cents. So...$10.56, shipping included.
A 5 cent blade...which would very much appeal to my stingy Scottish ancestors. But I'm thinking of doing something that will have them turning in their graves. A PIF, maybe? Others stepped up to do that with the Sunekos, while I stayed in the shadows and urged my son to betray William Wallace for the sake of our lands and titles.
I'll think it over today at the gym.
The natural thing to do would be to slap a new Jifuli into the Bohemian, but at the last minute I decided to try the Jifuli in my Fatboy. A new blade in a new razor would not give me an accurate evaluation of either item. So the Bohemian will wait a day or so.
Prep was a shower and conditioner. Soap was RazoRock "What the Puck" Gold Label. Brush was a boar Scalpmaster. Alum and Skin Bracer.
I was up against 3+ days of growth. The bristley, wiry, cantankerous whiskers of my Scottish ancestors. And I've come to believe those first two swipes on my right cheek will tell me if I have a usable blade or something for shower-shaving body hair.
Well, this was good from start to finish. This is my first try, so I will try to be restrained, but that is not my nature. Three passes and cleanup, Fatboy set on 9. No nicks or weepers, little or no irritation, but I'm inclined to give the Fatboy the credit for most of that. My recent uses of the FB are just damn good and really call into question why I bother with other razors.
Alum, witch hazel, and AS were tingly/stingy at maybe a 4 or 5 on a scale of 1-10. About like what I had with a Futur and a Derby Premium recently, and I was applying pressure on this shave. I seem to be able to do that with a Fatboy without consequences, when the same pressure with a Futur, Timeless, or Gillette Old would be costly.
My price was $11.73 for 200, which was modified down by 20 cents because of discount "coins" I amassed, and a further $1.64 by "spend and save". Tax was 67 cents. So...$10.56, shipping included.
A 5 cent blade...which would very much appeal to my stingy Scottish ancestors. But I'm thinking of doing something that will have them turning in their graves. A PIF, maybe? Others stepped up to do that with the Sunekos, while I stayed in the shadows and urged my son to betray William Wallace for the sake of our lands and titles.
I'll think it over today at the gym.
