Quest for a better shave

[GBerry]

20220104
Razor: RazoRock GC68-P
Blade: Lord Platinum Class
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Rose

Very good shave. No nicks or cuts, no irritation, very smooth and very close. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

The cotton ball used to apply the witch Hazel did not find any leaks. There was a very small amount of stubble on the lower right neck region.

A sharper blade would help speed the shave up.

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[GBerry]

20220105
Razor: RazoRock GC68-P
Blade: Lord Platinum Class (2)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Rose

Very good shave. No nicks or cuts, no irritation, very smooth and very close. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

The cotton ball used to apply the witch Hazel did not find any leaks. There was an extremely small amount of stubble on the lower right neck region and along the jaw bones.

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[GBerry]

20220106
Razor: RazoRock GC68-P
Blade: Lord Platinum Class (3)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Rose

Very good shave. No nicks or cuts, no irritation, very smooth and very close. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

The cotton ball used to apply the witch Hazel did not find any leaks. There was a small amount of stubble along the jaw bones.

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[GBerry]

20220107
Razor: RazoRock Mamba 0.53
Blade: Shark Platinum (1)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse; Thayer’s Witch Hazel Rose

Very good shave. No nicks or cuts, no irritation, very smooth and very close. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

The cotton ball used to apply the witch Hazel did not find any leaks. There was a very small amount of stubble ATG.

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[GBerry]

20220108
Razor: RazoRock Mamba 0.53
Blade: Shark Platinum (2)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Executive Man
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse

Very good shave. No nicks or cuts, no irritation, very smooth and very close. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

There was a very small amount of stubble ATG.

Today I 3017ed the Stirling Executive Man Soap sample. I have used up 2 tubs of Stirling Naked & Smooth and the Executive Man sample. The Barbershop I may use it up in rotation. Sterling soaps are very good performing soaps with a good price point.

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[GBerry]

20220109
Razor: RazoRock Mamba 0.53
Blade: Shark Platinum (3)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Vanilla Sandalwood
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse

I ran out of Naked & Smooth so thought I would try the Vanilla Sandalwood.

Good shave. No nicks or cuts, no irritation, smooth and close. A pleasant DFS shave. The blade is ready for recycling.

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[GBerry]

20220110
Razor: RazoRock Mamba 0.53
Blade: Lord Platinum Class (1)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse

Very good shave. No nicks or cuts, no irritation, very smooth and very close. A pleasant DFS+ shave.

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[GBerry]

20220111
Razor: RazoRock Mamba 0.53
Blade: Lord Platinum Class (2)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse

Very good shave. No nicks or cuts, no irritation, very smooth and very close. Another pleasant DFS+ shave.

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[GBerry]

20220112
Razor: RazoRock Mamba 0.53
Blade: Lord Platinum Class (3)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold Water Rinse

Good shave. No nicks or cuts, no irritation, smooth and close. A pleasant DFS shave. A lot of clean up was needed to arrive at DFS. Blade is ready for recycling.

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[GBerry]

Testing Summary 20220112 (a work in progress)

Derby Extra
3 blades 6 shaves
average score 0.983
Excellent first shave and then dulls fast resulting in a nick or not a close shave.

Derby Premium
3 blades 6 shaves
Average score 0.9875
This blade makes a very good first shave.
Second shaves yield either irritation, nicks or not close enough. An average shave.

Parker Premium Platinum
3 blades 6 shaves
Average score: 0.950
1/6 shaves had irritation
5/6 shaves had nicks or cuts
2/6 shaves were not close
2/6 shaves were not smooth
There is no reason to continue struggling with this blade.

Astra Superior Platinum
2 blades 8 shaves
Average score: 0.996875
This combo produces excellent shaves with few issues. No irritation, 1 nick in 8 shaves, very close and very smooth. The 1 nick was probably technique related. The shaves are near BBS.

Shark Super Stainless
2 blades 8 shaves
Average score 0.975
No nicks or cuts, no irritation, very smooth blade. Closeness was DFS or DFS+.

Shark Super Chrome (first set)
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 0.981
Some nicks & cuts and closeness issues

Shark Super Chrome (second set)
2 blades 8 shaves
Average score 0.972
1 shave with irritation
2 shaves with nicks
6 shaves not very close. DFS or DFS+ results.
The blades stayed smooth 4 shaves each. It would be nice if I could consistently make DFS+.

Shark Platinum
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 1.000
IMO the best of the Sharks

Silver Star Super Stainless
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 0.997
A very good blade that retains smoothness and sufficient sharpness through 3 shaves in the EJ 3ONE6.

Egyptian Bolzano Superinox
3 blades 10 shaves
Average score: 0.9925
This blade produced excellent shaves. Most were BBS or near BBS. Nicks or cuts were produced on 3 of the 10 shaves.

Personna Lab Blue
Razor: Merkur HD34C
2 blades 5 shaves
Average score 0.980
No nicks or cuts, no irritation, very smooth. Closeness was mostly DFS+.

ASCO Super Stainless Orange
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled handle
2 blades 6 shaves
Average score 0.9875
No nicks or cuts, no irritation, very smooth. Closeness was mostly DFS+. Blades appear to be good for 3 shaves.

ASCO Super Stainless Red/Blue
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled handle
2 blades 4 shaves
Average score 0.99375
No nicks or cuts, no irritation, very smooth. Mostly DFS+ or BBS shaves. Blade lasts two shaves.


Gillette Perma-Sharp Gold box
Rex Supply Co Envoy
3 blades 15 shaves
Average score: 1.0
No nicks or cuts, no irritation, mostly BBS in shave quality and closeness, very smooth result. All a pleasant shave experience.
The blades last 5 shaves easily.

Edwin Jagger 3ONE6
Gillette Perma-Sharp (Gold Box)
2 blades used on 10 shaves
On the first blade, 3rd shave, a nick on the chin was created which kept reopening on subsequent shaves. I shaved with less efficient tools for 2 days allowing this site to heal. First two shaves on this blade were excellent showing the potential of this combo.

On the second blade I started with a facial cleanser and showered after shaving. Additionally, I used a much lighter touch and used caution on the chin area. With those two changes, the combo achieved 5 really nice shaves.

At this time I prefer the Rex Envoy + Gillette Perma-Sharp combo over the Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 + Gillette Perma-Sharp. The Envoy appears more efficient with less risk of creating a nick. However, it is very easy to over shave with it. The 3ONE6 appears less efficient and easier to generate cuts or nicks. However, I’m not likely to over shave with it. There maybe another blade that makes the 3ONE6 truly shine.

Rex Supply Co Envoy
Bic Chrome Platinum
2 blades 8 shaves
8 irritation free shaves ranging from DFS to BBS
These blades are not as sharp as the Gillette Perma-Sharp (Russia) but they are nice and smooth through 4 shaves.

Rex Supply Co Envoy
Shark Platinum
2 blades 6 shaves
6 irritation free shaves ranging from DFS to BBS.
These blades are not as sharp as other blades but they are very smooth. I strongly suspect the first blade was a dud. It felt ready to be binned.

RazoRock GC68-P
Lord Platinum Class
1 blade 3 DFS+ shaves

RazoRock Mamba 0.53
Shark Platinum
1 blade 3 shaves 2 DFS+ 1 DFS

RazoRock Mamba 0.53
Lord Platinum Class
1 blade 3 shaves 2 DFS+ and 1 DFS

The Lord Platinum Class and Shark Platinum performed the same in the RazoRock Mamba 0.53. I could not observe any appreciable difference.

The RazoRock GC68-P made it a bit easier to achieve a consistent DFS+ using the Lord Platinum Class.

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[GBerry]

20220113
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (2)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Thayer’s Witch Hazel Rose

No nicks, no irritation, very smooth and very close. Resulting shave was a pleasant DFS+.

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[GBerry]

20220114
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Thayer’s Witch Hazel Rose

No nicks, no irritation, very smooth and very close. Resulting shave was a pleasant DFS+.

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[GBerry]

20220115
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (4)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Thayer’s Witch Hazel Rose

No nicks, no irritation, very smooth and very close. Resulting shave was a pleasant DFS+.

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[GBerry]

20220116
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (5)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Thayer’s Witch Hazel Rose

1 nick, no irritation, very smooth and very close. Resulting shave was a pleasant DFS+.

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[GBerry]

20220117
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: ASCO Super Stainless Orange (1)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Thayer’s Facial Toner Witch Hazel Rose

No nicks, no irritation, very smooth and very close. Resulting shave was a pleasant DFS+.

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[GBerry]

20220118
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: ASCO Super Stainless Orange (2)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Thayer’s Facial Toner Witch Hazel Rose

No nicks, no irritation, very smooth and very close. Resulting shave was a pleasant DFS+.

Testing Summary

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[GBerry]

20220119
Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: ASCO Super Stainless Orange (3)
Brush: RazoRock Plissoft Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Thayer’s Facial Toner Witch Hazel Rose

No nicks, no irritation, very smooth and very close. Resulting shave was a pleasant DFS. Blade is losing sharpness and ready for disposal.

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[GBerry]

20220120
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled handle
Blade: ASCO Super Stainless Orange (2)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No cuts, No irritation, very close and very smooth. A pleasant and DFS+ shave.

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[GBerry]

20220121
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled handle
Blade: ASCO Super Stainless Orange (3)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No cuts, No irritation, very close and very smooth. A pleasant and DFS+ shave. I don’t think this blade has another DFS+ shave left so will recycle it.

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[GBerry]

20220122
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled handle
Blade: PolSilver Super Iridium (1)
Pre-Shave: Hot shower
Lather: Stirling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No cuts, No irritation, very close and very smooth. A pleasant and BBS shave. This blade has a nice blend of sharpness and smoothness. The efficiency of the combo is very nice.

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