Third shave with the Timeless late last night and this was the best shave of the three. I used the 0.95 OC Baseplate with the scalloped head and the 0.85mm handle paired with an Astra SP blade on its third outing. It was also the turn for the final 1912 soap that I had to try, Citrus Musk. The soap lathered as 1912 does, using the Omega 49 Pro brush as (following proper brush care advice) I aim to leave at least 24, if not 48 hours between uses of brushes. The scent of the soap is as the title suggests, musky! It's a pleasant scent, I didn't find it to be as heavily scented as the other soaps in the range, but it smells good and I look forward to using it again.
On to the shave, a two pass routine with touch ups is what I am for, I don't chase BBS. The Timeless OC 0.95 has felt the best of the configurations I've tried to date. The teeth are smooth, I couldn't feel them during the shave and the razor is efficient. I'm still pretty smooth 11 hours after my shave (10:30 here at the time of writing and I was shaving at 23:30 last night). It worked its way through a day's growth with ease, as you would expect. I did pick up a couple of weepers. Whilst I enjoyed the shave the most with this configuration of the Timeless, I still didn't enjoy it the most when compared to my SEs, but I will be solely using this configuration, changing between the 0.85mm and the 100mm handles for the rest of my time with the razor I think. I don't see much point going back to the other configurations when this gave me the best shave, with the least amount of irritation. Perhaps by the end of my time I will be getting the same sort of results I get with the SEs, time will tell.
- Timeless 0.95mm OC with 0.85mm handle and scalloped head
- Astra SP (3)
- Omega Pro 49
- 1912 Citrus Musk
- Thayers WH Aloe
- Speick AB
- Speick AS
