Brass Blackland Blackbird
Polsilver SI (2)
Polsilver SI (2)
What razor/blade did you use today
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New De Luxe / Nacet
PAA Open Comb Slant with a Treet Carbon Steel (Black) blade. Really excellent shave. I had a week or more of beard growth and decided I wanted to shave with no prep, not even a splash of warm water. Lathered up TOBS Sandalwood, got an effortless BBS with zero irritation. Okay, I'm not going to lie, it struggled to take off my mustache hairs during the first pass (my beard hairs are like stainless steel needles lol). But with perseverance I successfully sliced through. I have a spiral pattern on my neck that I struggle to shave with some razors, sometimes the razor starts scraping and digging into my skin, leaving me with weepers. With the OC Slant, however, it cut through like nothing (without my needing to slavishly adhere to directly shaving WTG). The slanted head provides an exceedingly comfortable shave with zero irritation. The razor is efficient without feeling "bitey" like some more aggressive razors. I finished with Clubman.
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Timeless Ti.95 SB with Polsilver SI 3
Merkur Progress / Derby Usta (3)
Rockwell 6C, R5!, Boots (= Personna?) 4.
I wielded it with complete (ignorant) confidence, because I thought I was using an R4 plate. I'd forgotten that I had cleaned and reassembled it last night with the R5.
I must say it was a nice enough shave; zero nicks or blood, no feeling of aggression, and the only reason it didn't qualify as a BBS was because of that hard-to-shave Fu Manchu Zone, which no other razor has ever fixed properly, either. It was certainly a DFS.
The Rockwell plate system might as well be designed to get timid shavers to escalate blade gaps... maybe the R6 experience is next, and will finally sort out my FMZ.
I wielded it with complete (ignorant) confidence, because I thought I was using an R4 plate. I'd forgotten that I had cleaned and reassembled it last night with the R5.
I must say it was a nice enough shave; zero nicks or blood, no feeling of aggression, and the only reason it didn't qualify as a BBS was because of that hard-to-shave Fu Manchu Zone, which no other razor has ever fixed properly, either. It was certainly a DFS.
The Rockwell plate system might as well be designed to get timid shavers to escalate blade gaps... maybe the R6 experience is next, and will finally sort out my FMZ.
Merkur 37C / Rapira Super Stainless #1.
Klinker
The Baron of Bokeh
Gillette ball end gold NEW Long Comb / Derby Extra (2)
Timeless Titanium 0.68 / 7 O’clock Yellow (4)
Fatip Piccolo SE OC / Gillette 7 O'Clock Permasharp Stainless made in India (7).
Wolfman WR1/Nacet (1)
Supply Injector Razor (polished version) V2
Schick Injector Blade
Schick Injector Blade
BBS-1 / Feather (3)
Fatip Grande/Astra sp (6) 
Game Changer .84/SuperMax Stainless (1)
EJ DE89L with a Med Prep Personna (1)
Gillette Aristocrat / Wilkinson Sword
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Merkur 37C and Super Iridium
Merkur 34c / Gillette Nacet (2)
