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Shave #5 yesterday morning.
Soap: Palmolive Sensitive Shaving Cream
Brush: Frank Shaving G4 28mm
Blades:
- right side of my face: Derby Extra (first use)
- left side of my face: BiC Chrome Platinum (first use)
Razor: Reggie's Razors Titan
As it turned out, using the Gillette Platinums in Reggie's razor was my mistake. They worked quite well in all the other razors I pitted it against, but not as well in this razor.
The BiC Chrome Platinum was quite good, but the Derby Extra was very good in the razor. Smooth, almost mild feeling, and nearly as efficient as the BiC or the Platinum.
However, that smoothness and less blade feel caused a lapse in my attention and I put the razor to the skin at just the wrong angle on the sideburn area and got a ~1cm cut to show for it. Shallow, and closed quickly, but still annoying as it's a very rare occurrence. In fact, I think it's only happened to me once before with the Yaqi Knight Helmet, which has a silly amount of blade exposure.
Other than the mishap, it was probably my best shave with the razor I've had since it arrived last week.
As I forgot myself this morning, I'll have a postie pick it up on Monday to be delivered to the next person.
If I had a wishlist of what I'd like to see next:
- A knurled handle or a plain but sandblasted one for some ruggedness.
- A head-only option for at least the steel version, the Saturn.
- Possibly a plate or top cap that would yield a little less blade exposure.
Thank you kindly to @Reggie’s Razors and @Boycie83 for organising the passaround and letting me try the razor.
Soap: Palmolive Sensitive Shaving Cream
Brush: Frank Shaving G4 28mm
Blades:
- right side of my face: Derby Extra (first use)
- left side of my face: BiC Chrome Platinum (first use)
Razor: Reggie's Razors Titan
As it turned out, using the Gillette Platinums in Reggie's razor was my mistake. They worked quite well in all the other razors I pitted it against, but not as well in this razor.
The BiC Chrome Platinum was quite good, but the Derby Extra was very good in the razor. Smooth, almost mild feeling, and nearly as efficient as the BiC or the Platinum.
However, that smoothness and less blade feel caused a lapse in my attention and I put the razor to the skin at just the wrong angle on the sideburn area and got a ~1cm cut to show for it. Shallow, and closed quickly, but still annoying as it's a very rare occurrence. In fact, I think it's only happened to me once before with the Yaqi Knight Helmet, which has a silly amount of blade exposure.
Other than the mishap, it was probably my best shave with the razor I've had since it arrived last week.
As I forgot myself this morning, I'll have a postie pick it up on Monday to be delivered to the next person.
If I had a wishlist of what I'd like to see next:
- A knurled handle or a plain but sandblasted one for some ruggedness.
- A head-only option for at least the steel version, the Saturn.
- Possibly a plate or top cap that would yield a little less blade exposure.
Thank you kindly to @Reggie’s Razors and @Boycie83 for organising the passaround and letting me try the razor.