Titanium stories part IV and a shave themed, 'Super hero or Super villian?'. A shave about baring more teeth and openly combing away facial fluff.
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Razorman - Tatara Nodachi OC
Dark Blade - Polsilver Lodz
The twisted brush - Hive-2
Creaming woman - MDC Fougere
Smellyman - Floris Elite
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More fascinating titanium facts. Titanium can be
alloyed with
iron,
aluminium,
vanadium, and
molybdenum, among other elements, to produce strong, lightweight alloys for aerospace (
jet engines,
missiles,
spacecraft, expensive sex toys and razors). It has a Brinell hardness measurement of 716–2770 MPa.
Ain't titanium great?
And so the final piece of the titanium jigsaw and enter the Nodachi Open Comb. Again a beautiful piece of engineering even if OC's are not quite my forte. It is one thing I do have to say for Tatara and that is they really do have a high standard of quality and finish. Together with a very well engineered and well thought out design they are towards the top of the razor tree. I am sure there are plenty of happy owners out there. Personally I think it would be great if they could make a run of polished razors even if just for a limited release.
Team lather for this evening being lead by the wonderful little Hive-2 brush and one of the finest Soaps out there, the MDC Fougere. For this shave I went with a new blade as I didn't think a thrice used blade was quite the way to make an assessment of a razor.
First strokes and looking good. I am still wary of OC's (based on looks alone) and do feel they don't have the same level of precision and accuracy as an SB, but I am sure time and familiarity would change my thoughts here. However as a plus point they certainly seem to clog a damn sight less and there is less residual (if any) on the blade at ghe end of the shave. Does this prolong blade life? I don't know but some food for thought.
Again I find the shave takes longer than its SB brother, but again a startling end result and delivered in a nice efficient and effortless manner. Slap some moisturiser on after a Witch Hazel rinse and very happy bunnyism prevails.
Without feeling I am just saying sweet words because this is a Tatara pass around, but each and every one of these titanium offerings have delivered superb results with minimal effort. Then again and to be stark and honest, so do their Stainless razors at half the cost. I have one more trial to make next week when I bring the stainless silver Nodachi back from Yorkshire and a Nodachi vs Nodachi vs Nodachi shoot out.
Overall though I still stick by my guns that if I was to choose one particular razor from this bunch of lightweights it would be the Masamune. If it wasn't for the fact I am waiting for my Lambda to be made available I may have already bitten the bullet. As it is may be later in the year. Who knows. Other than Mrs Satanfriendly who would simply say, "Go fuck yourself".
So for a particular TSR member I shall end this evening's tales from the sink with some of those puffyshoes girls....
A Super villian hero this evening
