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Thanks! Glad you like them. Feel free to ask any follow up question you want - we’ll (the readers and I) do our best to answer them!
A newbie’s journey into DE shaving
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Have you tried the Timeless with a Kai blade? I love that combo.
Date 16.03.2024 366 daily shaves
076/366
Razor Blade Brush Timeless Ti95 SCL Racer (6) Semogue Cherry Finest Preshave Soap Postshave Cold splash
KCG Face WashMike’s Natural Soaps Barbershop (57)
Cold splash
Proraso Green
Balm
Passes WTG XTG ATG and touch up Process Quality
(details here)Blade Sharpness 9/10 (One weeper) 3.5/10 (Working Edge) Effectiveness Shave Comfort 6/10
(CCS+)7/10 (comfortable)
Notes:
Summary. Superb way to kickstart Saturday. The shave itself was rather quick as I had to chauffeur one of the offspring early morning.
Razor and blade. The blade is nearing its end. I might do one more to have a fresh blade starting Monday. Nice blade all things considering. Sufficiently sharp and comfortable. The last GSB was smoother and it’s definitely smoother than the Sputnik. It lacks somewhat in sharpness although it’s not dull either. Much better than Astra’s to me for example. I wouldn’t say better than a Tiger Platinum - more on par with. The razor is my top one. Predictable, smooth, comfortable, very nimble. Just sheer excellence from top to toe.
Brush and lather. The Semogue is one of my more luxurious brushes. I love the handle design. The brush requires a bit more soaking time to soften up. It’s the most firm badger of the three I have.
Technique. Enjoying this return or revisiting of the Gillette Slide very much. It must mean my technique increased again, because I turned to the CB curve because it followed my beard map better and I got better results. This week I am not too sure about the difference.
Enjoy your shave!
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No I haven’t, but thanks to @Balin ’s generosity I now have a tuck to try.
Guido, do you have particular sites that you research blades on? I ask because I have to dig around and only find bits and pieces
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Well…the real answer to that question is none. I just put them in my razor and try them. And the other answer would be this forum. I do very little research into blades (also haven’t bought any blades for over two years). I do read other people’s journals or their reviews.
Any particular info you are looking for?
I found this quite helpful:
www.refinedshave.com
Razor Blade Sharpness Summary with Comparison Chart
This post is to serve as a quick reference as a Razor Blade Sharpness Summary which includes a Razor Blade Sharpness Comparison Chart. To see more in depth how the testing works, check out Razor Bl…
www.refinedshave.com
Thanks Guido, no I wasn’t looking for anything in particular. I just like to read reviews etc. that thread that @dmshaver had was pretty awesome.
Thank you, it was quite enjoyable trying all of those blades. I was surprised so many times by different blades, nothing beats using a blade to see if it's right for you, or not. Enjoy your journey!
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| Date | 18.03.2024 |
| 366 daily shaves | 078/366 |
| Razor | Blade | Brush |
| Blackbird SS | ASCO (1) | Simpson T3 |
| Preshave | Soap | Postshave |
| Cold splash KCG Face Wash | Mike’s Natural Soaps Barbershop (59) | Cold splash Proraso Green Balm |
| Passes | WTG XTG ATG and touch up |
| Process Quality (details here) | Blade Sharpness |
| 9.5/10 (Almost clean) | 5/10 (Sharp) |
| Effectiveness | Shave Comfort |
| 8.75/10 (BBS-) | 8/10 (Smooth) |
| Notes: |
Summary. Despite Mühle Monday I decided to give the Blackbird another go following yesterday’s shave. Wonderful.
Razor and blade. I looked at my journal entries and found that the Blackbird excelled when I used top notch blades. That might explain the average results I recently got. Together with the Game Changer the first razor to hit double digit usage. That must account for something. The blade is good. Better than the Racer I would say. Definitely more aftershave sting. Comfortable, but paired with the Blackbird not necessarily butterysmooth.
Brush and lather. Excellent and well hydrated lather in part thanks to the wonderful T3. Great brush with a ton of backbone at first but once splayed is wonderfully soft. Generates lather like a milk frother.
Technique. Did my passes as if my beard map didn’t exist, so all basic strokes N-S, W-E/E-W, and S-N but being very present and deliberate about them. Superb shave results. Used the Blackbird’s cap design to guide me on the angle. Not full BBS but close enough. Good shave.
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| Date | 19.03.2024 |
| 366 daily shaves | 079/366 |
| Razor | Blade | Brush |
| Timeless Ti95 SCL | ASCO (2) | Zenith 502B XSE |
| Preshave | Soap | Postshave |
| Cold splash KCG Face Wash | Mike’s Natural Soaps Barbershop (60) | Cold splash Proraso Green Balm |
| Passes | WTG XTG ATG and touch up |
| Process Quality (details here) | Blade Sharpness |
| 9.5/10 (Almost clean) | 4/10 (Sharp Edge) |
| Effectiveness | Shave Comfort |
| 8.25/10 (DFS++) | 8/10 (Smooth) |
| Notes: |
Summary. Relaxing and smooth shave. The blade felt exhausted already after two shaves. Still sufficiently comfortable.
Razor and blade. I have said now than plenty about this razor. My top dog. Feels like it was made for my hand. The pairing with the blade was ok, similar to yesterday - not spectacular, but no Sputnik either. Middle of the road comfort. In this second shave I would say less than the Racer blade and they are definitely not the same to me.
Brush and lather. I got inspired to use my Zenith again and after a short soak the brush loaded easily and even before dunking my brush in for water it already started producing nice and thick lather. Two dunks in water and slickness was added to desirable levels. Slight hogging on the final pass, but very doable. Excellent brush and therefore a favourite!
Technique. Another straightforward shave in terms of directional passes. A smidge behind the Blackbird in overall feel, but some areas are definitely smoother than yesterday. Again no BBS levels but very satisfying. And what I find is that using these ‘regular’ passes produces a zen like vibe to the shave. I think I chase BBS just a bit more than zen to be honest.
Enjoy your shave!
Nice report, as always.
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Thanks Mark! Or was it “Mark”?
My friends call me Mark
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I will give that a try. I find this blade very hard to use, i had some nice but not wow shaves, but there are people that really like them, and i even think that Greencult delivering there razors whit a tuck of Tiger blades. But i will try it in the Fatip
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That’s correct Green cult gives these with their razors. It has a very small fan base this blade if I am honest, but if you pair it with the right razor the shave is good.
Cheers,
Guido
Fixed that for you
Could soon be two.........next week is approaching fast.Fixed that for you
I have the GreenCult 2.0 with the III base. I never tried the supplied blades because the ones I have and use are blades I have found through trial and error to be excellent for me. I have used B&B to research those blades and am quite happy without experimenting any further. Now, having said that, I may have to, at some point, experiment with other blades should I start to run low. By my calculations, I should have expired by the time that happens...so nothing to concern myself with.
Cheers!
Cheers!
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