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Pre-Shave: hot water
Brush: Shavemac Beagle
Lather: TOBS Sandalwood Shaving Stick
Razor: English Ball Handle Flat Bottom Tech
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic (5)
Post-shave: Cold water & Proraso Red aftershave
Edt: Brut
After what seems like forever, I finally have a Tuesday morning to myself. It is thus time for a Tech Tuesday shave. To mark the occasion I decided to make it a special one by throwing a little experiment into the mix. But not just any experiment, I have decided that I shall invent the "English Ball Handle Flat Bottom Tech". All that I needed to do for this creation to come alive, is to simply take the handle from my 1920s English Old Type & attach it to an English Flat Bottom Tech's head.
The first thing that strikes me about this creation, is just how darn good this handle & head combination looks. It looks like something that Gillette had actually produced back in the day. Secondly I was expecting this Frankenrazor to be on the top heavy side. However I have found it to be not the case, possibly because I already have a heavy head & light handle Frankenrazor. That if you are wondering is a combination of ESC Braveheart head with a Razoremporium replica Gillette ball end handle. During the shave itself I found that the Flat Bottom Ball Handle Tech to be light and nimble. Obviously not as light as an actual Ball end handle, but light and nimble nevertheless. However one thing that it does have in common with the conventional Ball Handle Tech, is that it serves as a good rebuttal to the theory that a razor needs to be heavy. This has got to be the smoothest wtg and xtg shave that I have had in ages.
Brush: Shavemac Beagle
Lather: TOBS Sandalwood Shaving Stick
Razor: English Ball Handle Flat Bottom Tech
Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic (5)
Post-shave: Cold water & Proraso Red aftershave
Edt: Brut
After what seems like forever, I finally have a Tuesday morning to myself. It is thus time for a Tech Tuesday shave. To mark the occasion I decided to make it a special one by throwing a little experiment into the mix. But not just any experiment, I have decided that I shall invent the "English Ball Handle Flat Bottom Tech". All that I needed to do for this creation to come alive, is to simply take the handle from my 1920s English Old Type & attach it to an English Flat Bottom Tech's head.
The first thing that strikes me about this creation, is just how darn good this handle & head combination looks. It looks like something that Gillette had actually produced back in the day. Secondly I was expecting this Frankenrazor to be on the top heavy side. However I have found it to be not the case, possibly because I already have a heavy head & light handle Frankenrazor. That if you are wondering is a combination of ESC Braveheart head with a Razoremporium replica Gillette ball end handle. During the shave itself I found that the Flat Bottom Ball Handle Tech to be light and nimble. Obviously not as light as an actual Ball end handle, but light and nimble nevertheless. However one thing that it does have in common with the conventional Ball Handle Tech, is that it serves as a good rebuttal to the theory that a razor needs to be heavy. This has got to be the smoothest wtg and xtg shave that I have had in ages.
