I just loved the shiny (mirror polished) look, so the “buy it now” button got pressed before I’d given it any serious thought.
On arrival I decided that I’d use it with my octagonal olive wood handle and my (current) favorite blade (the Gillette 7o’clock Black):
A couple more pics:
HERE’S THE MEASUREMENTS (for the geeks out there ):
Here’s a (not too brilliant) pic showing that the blade has positive exposure:
I didn’t get the blade edge precisely in line, so the black line you see is the underside of the blade and the white line above it is the blade edge. (I hope that makes sense.)
SO HOW DOES IT PERFORM?
Here’s a pic of the seventh shave (today):
Brush: Simpson Wee Scot 13/39
Soap: Clubman
Razor: Yaqi SS Mellon OOW [Octagonal Olive Wood handle]
Blade: Gillette 7o’clock Black (4)
ASL: Clubman Classic Vanilla
For the record (assuming that you don’t already know), I’m a steep angle shaver (and lifelong SASA member ). I have coarse, thick, and fast growing whiskers which grow out parallel to my skin.
The first shave was good. Consecutive shaves improved each time, and today’s seventh shave was simply excellent (BBS each time BTW).
For me it wasn’t one of those magical first shave razors; but I found it easy to use and adapted to it quickly.
It’s also the SHINIEST razor that I own!
Happy shaves all y’all.
On arrival I decided that I’d use it with my octagonal olive wood handle and my (current) favorite blade (the Gillette 7o’clock Black):
A couple more pics:
HERE’S THE MEASUREMENTS (for the geeks out there ):
Here’s a (not too brilliant) pic showing that the blade has positive exposure:
I didn’t get the blade edge precisely in line, so the black line you see is the underside of the blade and the white line above it is the blade edge. (I hope that makes sense.)
SO HOW DOES IT PERFORM?
Here’s a pic of the seventh shave (today):
Brush: Simpson Wee Scot 13/39
Soap: Clubman
Razor: Yaqi SS Mellon OOW [Octagonal Olive Wood handle]
Blade: Gillette 7o’clock Black (4)
ASL: Clubman Classic Vanilla
For the record (assuming that you don’t already know), I’m a steep angle shaver (and lifelong SASA member ). I have coarse, thick, and fast growing whiskers which grow out parallel to my skin.
The first shave was good. Consecutive shaves improved each time, and today’s seventh shave was simply excellent (BBS each time BTW).
For me it wasn’t one of those magical first shave razors; but I found it easy to use and adapted to it quickly.
It’s also the SHINIEST razor that I own!
Happy shaves all y’all.
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