I'll have steak & eggs to-morrow for breakfast in honour of the flight.
It's now T minus 8-hours and counting...
It's now T minus 8-hours and counting...
I took the occasion of the launch anniversary to try my first Techmatic shave in almost as many years ..
This is an O-3, and is used a band that had been received with the razor as it apparently had 7 shaves left after advancing one. I forwent the hand lather, used a brush and some Schapenmelk to lather up. The shave was underwhelming - the band felt dull and left me with but a socially acceptable shave after my normal 4 & 1/2 passes. The alum gave me more feedback than I am used to. I will try it again tomorrow, but will swap out the band if it starts the same .. maybe takes some getting used to
I'm about to "advance" my Techmatic from 4 to 3. Fifth shave with the Techmatic today. Last four have been totally fine shaves. I was going to go brushless cream but I think I will leave that to later on in the mission.
Just did a quick Techmatic shave (on HI) with barbasol, kind of a 1.5 pass before work. Went great, very comfortable as before. I'll do a proper brush/lather next time if time permits.
Regret the experience, but it must be due to the cartridge being exposed to an unfavourable environment in the past which has allowed oxidation to build up on the blade surface. The blade bands are super-stainless and under sealed, proper storage conditions will perform as new. The blades as new are sharp and should exhibit no tugging whatsoever.I took the occasion of the launch anniversary to try my first Techmatic shave in almost as many years ..
This is an O-3, and is used a band that had been received with the razor as it apparently had 7 shaves left after advancing one. I forwent the hand lather, used a brush and some Schapenmelk to lather up. The shave was underwhelming - the band felt dull and left me with but a socially acceptable shave after my normal 4 & 1/2 passes. The alum gave me more feedback than I am used to. I will try it again tomorrow, but will swap out the band if it starts the same .. maybe takes some getting used to
That's awesome! I really enjoyed seeing that shave cabinet too!
Dow
Discarded the partially used band I had launched with, and locked in a nos Adjustable 5 edge version. This resulted in a much better shave (wide open) than before. Seems a bit prone to clogging up, as someone else mentioned previously) but managed a DFS this time around with less irritation. The new band had a noticeably sharper edge, and the Adjustable feature allowed some increase in gap, resulting in a better experience for me.
It will be interesting to see how well that virgin band holds an edge after being soaped & wetted & rinsed (I did do a non-original alcohol dip).
Roger...glad to hear you jettisoned that old cartridge. Probably a Gemini model anyway.Discarded the partially used band I had launched with, and locked in a nos Adjustable 5 edge version. This resulted in a much better shave (wide open) than before...
Roger...glad to hear you jettisoned that old cartridge. Probably a Gemini model anyway.
Not to worry, it's orbit will decay and it will completely burn up upon re-entry, over...