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... as in GEM Parade? I'd have to extract the thread, no?
Try a baton handle.
No, don't do that, didn't think about the threads.... as in GEM Parade? I'd have to extract the thread, no?
You’re ‘avin a wind up ain’t ya mate?Tuesday 13th December
Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
Martin de Candre Rose Shaving Soap & Omega 10098 (White) 25mm Boar
Stahly Live Blade & Treet 7 Days Platinum (2)
Pinaud Lilac Vegetal (as Aftershave)
Gosh! What a lot of fun!
When I first came to traditional shaving circa 2013, I recall there was some chatter about the Stahly razors and it seemed the thing to have at the time. It was generally sold for more than I thought (then) was reasonable for a vintage razor and so it passed me by. Here I am a decade on and just happened upon one, so put a bid on ... and it became mine.
The shave is super-smooth, by which I think most folks would say super-mild. Paired with a sharp blade like the Treet 7 Days Platinum, it is very safe. Once wound up, just shave as normal and because there is so little audible feedback that can be heard over the whirring you have to take it a little on faith that it's doing its thing. Sure enough, my first pass was very clean. I did have to wind it up maybe four or five times which is a tad tedious ... and so swapped onto an alternative handle for a second pass, largely to glean an opinion of it without that gigantic generator attached to the head. In use, holding it by the bulbous pommel was certainly the right thing to do and the angle, while very slight, can be found really very easily. Like the Star razor, you find the angle from the cap and I think that's a pretty good analogy; like the Star razor, it is so well tweaked up that the blade is perfectly balanced on that fine line between too little and unnecessary exposure.
For a second pass, which there were two areas on my neck that the first pass didn't quite grab, I picked the Razorock Radio Knob handle which has some likeness in the slightly bulbous pommel. Again, held by that pommel the angle could be found and this time got a better sense of how it was shaving. I think another shave with this and it'll be far more instinctual. First go, though ... top notch shave and I clicked with it immediately.
Longer term, I think it'll see more use on the Razorock handle ...
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