Yes.
sgrdddy
joined 1 year ago
The Pers 74 I tried was a totally different type of blade than any of my modern ones, after maybe 15 uses. It operated by a different set of rules.
Of course, later I would find that it had a defect: that the center holes were not drilled exactly center.
I have always wanted Reddit WS to change to a longer duration for the smaller question auto-threads. So I'm all for a weekly question thread.
And yep, keep the SOTDs daily. fine with me.
I use an app to take the shave data that I' ve typed in and render it for either Youtube or reddit. I recently added lemmy and mastodon sections as well, so I don't mind continuing to post in all of them.
However, if I only have a discussion in one, and then later want to find it, it's a bit of a hassle to figure out where the discussion was.
maybe an epic nerd coincidence? :-)
cool. thanks!
thanks for the info
- Prep: Splash of Cool Water
- Razor: Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 - Open Comb
- Blade: Gillette - Nacet (Marathon) (527)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag (White Label)
- Brush: Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL (52 uses)
- Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag (White Label)
- Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag
Austere August: Day: 29
MRTNG's Ultra Nightmare Mode
Midnight Stag Challenge
䷀ General Notes
Confirming easy pickup of lather from a ring-of-death/dying soap tub with the Slurry Lather method. Yep, worked fine.
䷀ Razor and Blade Notes
(Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 - Open Comb ::: Gillette - Nacet - M ‹527 uses›)
Same: First pass has some tugginess to it. But no irritation that lasts longer than a little tuggy stroke. Latter passes feel fine and give a reasonably close shave. 3 quick passes.
Razor and Blade Performance/Comfort Rating: 2 out of 5 (Okay)
䷀ Soap Notes
(Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - White Label)
I just love all the aspects of this scent!
Scent Strength: 6/10, nicely present during shaving.
Lather... Wonderful slurry lather today, from 8 sec of loading.
Again, it seems that if you have a slim ring of soap left in your tub, a wet-load technique like the Slurry lather will make it easy to load up in short time.
Hydration: Perfect (for me)
- 3 sec load with a Very Wet brush
- = 5 passes of lather
Bowl: No Bowl
䷀ Brush Notes
(Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL ‹52 uses›)
Same: Comfortable soft tips that do flex some, but that are supported by a base with strong backbone. As with all young boars, I look forward to the tips splitting with more uses and getting softer with use. I am generally using a hair dryer to gently treat the tips and age them just a bit faster than normal.
During the Shave Feel:
Cheeks: Felt blade but comfortable
Neck: Felt blade but comfortable
After the Shave Closeness:
Cheeks: Close Shave
Neck: Several hairs are showing some tip length (still a pretty good shave)
Ending of Blades Ledger - entry form and the data spreadsheet
So... a while back you were kinda regretting the purchase of that XS horse. Now that you've had so many uses, has that opinion changed?
- Prep: Splash of Cool Water
- Razor: Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 - Open Comb
- Blade: Gillette - Nacet (Marathon) (526)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag (White Label)
- Brush: Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL (51 uses)
- Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag (White Label)
- Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag
Austere August: Day: 28
MRTNG's Ultra Nightmare Mode
Midnight Stag Challenge
䷀ General Notes
After trying some variations on the Slurry method over the last few days, I go back to old faithful, original Slurry, and was rewarded with that next-level luxury slickness again.
䷀ Razor and Blade Notes
(Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 - Open Comb ::: Gillette - Nacet - M ‹526 uses›)
Same: First pass has some tugginess to it. But no irritation that lasts longer than a little tuggy stroke. Latter passes feel fine and give a reasonably close shave. 3 pretty quick passes.
Razor and Blade Performance/Comfort Rating: 2 out of 5 (Okay)
䷀ Soap Notes
(Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - White Label)
I just love all the aspects of this scent!
Scent Strength: 6/10, nicely present during shaving.
Lather... Slurry lather. 10 swirls.
With needing to take longer load times when on a drier soap (because I tested leaving the cap off), I wondered if the slurry lather would be a good approach to smaller load times, even if your tub was almost empty.
It worked great.
Was a superb slurry lather today, and was back to the old super-top-notch kind of slickness.
I did not have to load as much as I did.
Hydration: Perfect (for me)
- 3 sec load with a Very Wet brush
- = 6 passes of lather
Bowl: No Bowl
䷀ Brush Notes
(Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL ‹51 uses›)
Same: Comfortable soft tips that do flex some, but that are supported by a base with strong backbone. As with all young boars, I look forward to the tips splitting with more uses and getting softer with use.
During the Shave Feel:
Cheeks: Felt blade but comfortable
Neck: Felt blade but comfortable
After the Shave Closeness:
Cheeks: Close Shave
Neck: Several hairs are showing some tip length (still a pretty good shave)
Ending of Blades Ledger - entry form and the data spreadsheet
- Prep: Splash of Cool Water
- Razor: Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 - Open Comb
- Blade: Gillette - Nacet (Marathon) (524)
- Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag (White Label)
- Brush: Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL (49 uses)
- Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag (White Label)
- Fragrance: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag
Austere August: Day: 26
MRTNG's Ultra Nightmare Mode
Midnight Stag Challenge
䷀ General Notes
Kinda-not-really-a slurry lather today as we see if the bowl can work with this method some how.
䷀ Razor and Blade Notes
(Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 - Open Comb ::: Gillette - Nacet - M ‹524 uses›)
Same: First pass has some tugginess to it. But no irritation that lasts longer than a little tuggy stroke. Latter passes feel fine and give a reasonably close shave. 3 pretty quick passes.
Razor and Blade Performance/Comfort Rating: 2 out of 5 (Okay)
䷀ Soap Notes
(Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - White Label)
I just love all the aspects of this scent!
Scent Strength: 6/10, nicely present during shaving.
Lather... Not as wet as a normal slurry lather, so I had to add more water. Third pass looked gloriously hydrated.
But all passes were slick and workable.
Again, the bowl doesn't seem to offer much that's positive to the slurry lather method.
Hydration: Perfect (for me)
- 3 sec load with a Very Wet brush
- = 4 passes of lather
Bowl: Roger Quintero 3D Printed Bowl
I use the XL version of this bowl.
䷀ Brush Notes
(Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL ‹49 uses›)
Same: Comfortable soft tips that do flex some, but that are supported by a base with strong backbone. As with all young boars, I look forward to the tips splitting with more uses and getting softer with use.
During the Shave Feel:
Cheeks: Felt blade but comfortable
Neck: Felt blade but comfortable
After the Shave Closeness:
Cheeks: Close Shave
Neck: Several hairs are showing some tip length (still a pretty good shave)
Ending of Blades Ledger - entry form and the data spreadsheet
Why so many abandon?
Is the angle hard to find?
Austere August: Day: 30
MRTNG's Ultra Nightmare Mode
Midnight Stag Challenge
Gear Pic :: Video
䷀ General Notes
Let's do one of my standard bowl lathers.
䷀ Razor and Blade Notes
(Timeless - Stainless Steel .68 - Open Comb ::: Gillette - Nacet - M ‹528 uses›)
Same: First pass has some tugginess to it. But no irritation that lasts longer than a little tuggy stroke. Latter passes feel fine and give a reasonably close shave. 3 quick passes.
Razor and Blade Performance/Comfort Rating: 2 out of 5 (Okay)
䷀ Soap Notes
(Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - White Label)
I just love all the aspects of this scent!
Scent Strength: 6/10, nicely present during shaving.
Lather... Working up a lather for me in my typical bowl-lathering fashion, which I don't think I've done this month.
Lather was pretty nice for this base. Not luxurious, and not excessively slick, but did the job fairly well.
Hydration: Perfect (for me)
Bowl: Roger Quintero 3D Printed Bowl
I use the XL version of this bowl.
䷀ Brush Notes
(Zenith - r/wetshaving MOAR BOAR B35/508A XL ‹53 uses›)
Same: Comfortable soft tips that do flex some, but that are supported by a base with strong backbone. As with all young boars, I look forward to the tips splitting with more uses and getting softer with use. I am generally using a hair dryer to gently treat the tips and age them just a bit faster than normal.
Since today was about a more typical bowl lather for me, I sure felt the brush's backbone more, since I spent more time in splay!
During the Shave Feel:
Cheeks: Felt blade but comfortable
Neck: Felt blade but comfortable
After the Shave Closeness:
Cheeks: Close Shave
Neck: Several hairs are showing some tip length (still a pretty good shave)
Ending of Blades Ledger - entry form and the data spreadsheet