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So yesterdays shave with mild blades and a fixed safety razor (on the left) for the first time worked out pretty well. Closest shave i ever had. Only issue was that it was pulling hairs so when i stsrted shaving against the grain i started getting some nicks.
So i overnight ordered a new setup (on the right) with two brands of ultra sharp blades and a new adjustable safty razor. Despite popular opinion i got less nicks and a smoother shaving when i used the sharper razor in either saftey razor, but the adjustable was nice.
Both brands of high sharpness blades performed equally superior to the mild with the feather being slightly better, no nicks!
Also trying out some various oils and creams for before and after.
@shockrah yea the handle is great.
I actually have a variety pack of razors coming in. Though I hear feather is objectively the sharpest so im not sure what other blades could really offer.. but im willing to try them.
I'm using Shark Platinums at the moment.
@05437f7b89c5ac8ce420493d93f47c9c992c92a40c176bc1bc26efa28582ad72 These feathers give such a close shave you get right down the muscle :)
@freemo @05437f7b89c5ac8ce420493d93f47c9c992c92a40c176bc1bc26efa28582ad72 here is my gear for #traditionalshaving / #wetshaving. The #razorblades are sorted from left to the right as the more agressive to the softest (this is highly subjective), just in case you would like to vary pleasures π. They are all about 0.2 β¬ except the two #japanese #blades that are more than 0.5 β¬ per #blade. My current top 3 are #feather (trying to replace them with the #kai - #zeroplastic) #bolzano and #tiger platinium. Min 3-4 #shaves per blade.
The #razors are made in #germany, a #merkur 23C model designed in 1920s and a #bΓΆker #shavette made in #solligen. The body is in olive tree wood.
@freemo @05437f7b89c5ac8ce420493d93f47c9c992c92a40c176bc1bc26efa28582ad72 on the image sorted from rhe top to the bottom π
@freemo been using safety razors for years and it's been fantastic ever since. You should try a sample pack of different razors too if you haven't already
Also that handle on the right looks really comfortable to use, love me a good textured grip