What a Difference a Blade Makes
Prep: Hot shower
Pre: Murdock Avalon pre-shave oil
Soap: Murdock Avalon cream
Bowl: Woodhead Tall Large Scuttle
Brush: Semogue 830 boar
Razor: 1924 Shovelhead SE + Cadet handle
Blade: Gem PTFE (1)
After: Floid black AS, Murdock Avalon ASB
After two dismal shaves with the same Gem blade it was time to try another Gem to see if it was a duff one. Wow, what a difference! Today it all came together nicely and the old blade was ditched after two crap shaves.
This Shovelhead is aggressive though but manageable, just need a little care. Thanks to all those who gave advice for my recent tales of woe. Looks like this razor is a keeper after all. My favourite is still my Gem Junior Bar, BigRon told me so and he was right but I had to try some other SEs to compare.
Even my Semogue behaved well. It's kind of floppy but feels great especially with creams. It does tend to eat up the lather though which normally isn't a problem as I have lots of that but "not the Murdock, don't eat all that you brush!". I even had to add more cream for the third pass. Note to self: use my Muhle synthetic with the precious Murdock.
Keep calm and shave on, folks.
