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#1560 by drew847 on 17 Apr, 2016 20:35
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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.
WARHAWK
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. -
#1561 by 120inna55 on 22 Apr, 2016 19:30
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Barrister & Mann - Night Music | BSB-Ti HMW | Above The Tie S1 w/Triad 316 Stainless Rolling Hex | Astra Superior Platinum (2)
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#1562 by warhawk on 22 Apr, 2016 20:54
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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!
WARHAWK
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#1563 by warhawk on 22 Apr, 2016 21:03
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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
WARHAWK
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#1564 by 120inna55 on 23 Apr, 2016 05:52
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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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#1565 by warhawk on 25 Apr, 2016 17:54
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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?
WARHAWK
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#1566 by 120inna55 on 25 Apr, 2016 19:20
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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?
WARHAWK
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 -
#1567 by warhawk on 26 Apr, 2016 01:35
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Hi Matt: That looks sweeeeet!
WARHAWK
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#1568 by warhawk on 26 Apr, 2016 10:10
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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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#1569 by 120inna55 on 26 Apr, 2016 17:10
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Last Night's SOTD, Monday, April 25, 2016
That's quite an endorsement of that blade. Where are they made?
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.
WARHAWK -
#1570 by warhawk on 26 Apr, 2016 17:30
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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.
WARHAWK
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#1571 by warhawk on 30 Apr, 2016 09:58
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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
WARHAWK
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#1572 by 120inna55 on 05 May, 2016 11:00
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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 -
#1573 by warhawk on 07 May, 2016 23:29
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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!
Hi Matt: I am so sorry to hear about your surgery. I hope that you have a super, speedy recovery.
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
WARHAWK
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#1574 by warhawk on 07 May, 2016 23:34
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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.
WARHAWK