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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1560 on: April 17, 2016, 08:35:45 PM »
Hi Drew:  Hope that you can still give your safety razor another try.  It took me about a week to get comfortable with my face shaves and about a month to get comfortable with my head shaves.

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I DE shaved for years. It wasn't a technique issue, it just took too long for my liking. My hair is extremely thick on both my head and face, it's also curly and grows in all sorts of different directions on my neck.

The Merkur 37C was the best most efficient one I found, with either an Astra or Feather blade. I ended up selling it along with a few others that I owned when I gave up DE shaving. Then, earlier this year I decided to buy the 37C again as a backup and they redesigned it with a milder head. I shaved with it and it didn't do a very good job. I sanitized it and sent it back to Amazon.

Called local shave shops, emailed other online shave shops and ALL of them only have the newer version. I don't really know why, I just don't want to buy a used one. If I buy used, I want it to be a vintage Gillette or something. So, bye bye Merkur! Schick Hydro 5 has been working fine.

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1561 on: April 22, 2016, 07:30:53 PM »
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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1562 on: April 22, 2016, 08:54:46 PM »
Barrister & Mann - Night Music | BSB-Ti HMW | Above The Tie S1 w/Triad 316 Stainless Rolling Hex | Astra Superior Platinum (2)


Hi Matt:  That is one great SOTD gear.  Love it!

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1563 on: April 22, 2016, 09:03:29 PM »
Friday,  April 22, 2016 SOTD

Razor:  RazoRock Stealth Slant V1

Blade:  Gillette Silver Blue

Soap: Mystic Water Soap: Bay Rum

Brush:  Semogue SOC 2012 Special Edition

Dessert: Ice cube rub, refrigerated WH, refrigerated FINE Fresh Vetiver


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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1564 on: April 23, 2016, 05:52:02 AM »
Gotta love the Stealth!  Mel, have you seen the prototype of the new slant from RazoRock?  He just sent it off for finishing.  Very close!

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1565 on: April 25, 2016, 05:54:50 PM »
Gotta love the Stealth!  Mel, have you seen the prototype of the new slant from RazoRock?  He just sent it off for finishing.  Very close!

Hi Matt:  No... I haven't seen the new RazoRock slant.  Do you have any pics of it?  If so ... kindly post them here or you can shoot me a text.  Also . . . when will Joe have them on sale?

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1566 on: April 25, 2016, 07:20:14 PM »
Gotta love the Stealth!  Mel, have you seen the prototype of the new slant from RazoRock?  He just sent it off for finishing.  Very close!

Hi Matt:  No... I haven't seen the new RazoRock slant.  Do you have any pics of it?  If so ... kindly post them here or you can shoot me a text.  Also . . . when will Joe have them on sale?

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No announcement, yet.  He's calling it the RazoRock Wunderbar Slant.  It's 316L stainless.  He sent the "final prototype" off for finishing Thursday.  He said blade tolerances were perfect.



His biggest challenge was thinning down the baseplate.  Looks like he did just that.

Here's some info on 316L stainless: http://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=2382

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1567 on: April 26, 2016, 01:35:55 AM »
Hi Matt:  That looks sweeeeet!

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1568 on: April 26, 2016, 10:10:28 AM »
Last Night's  SOTD, Monday,  April  25, 2016

Razor: Weber DLC

Blade:  Gillette Platinum Plus

Soap:  Mystic Water Soap:  Bay Rum

Brush:  Semogue  SOC 2012 Special  Edition

Dessert:  Ice cube rub, refrigerated WH, refrigerated Nivea balm

Last night was my 1st time using this DE blade and normally I don't like to brag on its first use
but this blade is sharp and smooth. Had a great shave. I look forward to future uses with it.
Check out my mini review in the products section of the forum.


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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1569 on: April 26, 2016, 05:10:13 PM »
Last Night's  SOTD, Monday,  April  25, 2016

Razor: Weber DLC

Blade:  Gillette Platinum Plus

Soap:  Mystic Water Soap:  Bay Rum

Brush:  Semogue  SOC 2012 Special  Edition

Dessert:  Ice cube rub, refrigerated WH, refrigerated Nivea balm

Last night was my 1st time using this DE blade and normally I don't like to brag on its first use
but this blade is sharp and smooth. Had a great shave. I look forward to future uses with it.
Check out my mini review in the products section of the forum.


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That's quite an endorsement of that blade.  Where are they made?

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1570 on: April 26, 2016, 05:30:45 PM »
Hi Matt:  The Gillette Platinum Plus blades are made in Brazil.  Yes... normally I do not like to hype a product but I just had a great shave using this blade.

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1571 on: April 30, 2016, 09:58:49 AM »
Friday, April 29, 2016 SOTD

Razor:  Weber DLC

Blade:  Gillette Platinum Plus

Soap:  RazoRock Santa Maria del Fiore Firenze

Brush:  Thater 4125/2

Dessert:  Ice cube rub, refrigerated WH, refrigerated RazoRock del Fiore Firenze




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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1572 on: May 05, 2016, 11:00:18 AM »
I haven't posted for a while because recent surgery made it such that I can really only do neck clean-up for a while.  I'm a bit bummed because I can't shave my head and can barely manage my face.  I just wanted to chime in and say that I'm just lurking.  I hope more will post SOTD's here so I can shave vicariously through them in the meanwhile!

If you're interested in the particulars of my surgery, here's my blog post from Wednesday: http://www.matthilton.net/2016.05.01_arch.html#1462391775750

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1573 on: May 07, 2016, 11:29:57 PM »
I haven't posted for a while because recent surgery made it such that I can really only do neck clean-up for a while.  I'm a bit bummed because I can't shave my head and can barely manage my face.  I just wanted to chime in and say that I'm just lurking.  I hope more will post SOTD's here so I can shave vicariously through them in the meanwhile!

If you're interested in the particulars of my surgery, here's my blog post from Wednesday: http://www.matthilton.net/2016.05.01_arch.html#1462391775750
Hi Matt:  I am so sorry to hear about your surgery.  I hope that you have a super, speedy recovery.

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Re: SAFETY Razor Shave of the Day (SOTD)
« Reply #1574 on: May 07, 2016, 11:34:51 PM »
Saturday, May 7, 2016 SOTD

Razor:  Weber DLC

Blade:  Gillette Platinum Plus

Soap:  RazoRock XXX

Brush:  Semogue 620

Dessert:  Ice cube rub, refrigerated WH, refrigerated FINE Fresh Vetiver

Just had an enjoyable and relaxing shave... it was so good that I did not want it to end.




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