So I did a few minutes research....actually you could spend weeks here and still not know all there is to know.
About a year ago my aunt dropped a bag of 'stuff' off as I had mentioned - what ever happened to the razors we used to play with at grandmas? I'll be forty this week and grandma died 12 years ago. Well my aunt dug up a bag of stuff.
What I found is I now have a gold tuckaway in small travel case in the rose mother of pearl, type material and by the looks of it a made in England Gillette ball end.
So my birthday last year my folks showed up with an art of shaving badger brush and a teak bowl and soap and brush razor holder. I had previously bought a boar brush and some green proraso and their with pre shave cream. I did get a new pack of blade in the back from my aunt but thought uh no - not going to try vintage blades. Used the boar brush and cream in the shower with my cartridges for the next year until this week.
Popped into a local retailer who is now carrying men's supplies in their Japanese knife wear shop and they had five or six brand of blades. Not knowing which blades to start with or really the pricing vs online I grabbed a 10 pack or merkurs, five pack or Derbys and a five pack of Astras. Said and done $15. I can live with that.
So that was Friday. Get home from work and looking at a day and halfs growth I go for it. Grab a Astra - pop it in the ball end and start a new ritual.
Hot face cloth, pre shave, soak my boar brush, lather it up and went for it.
Worked great. I'm a convert. Nuff said. No cuts or nicks. Threw on some soothing after shave cream and it went well. Well ok - there was some burn . And well on small spot where I may have been a little aggressive. It became ingrown slightly.
Had family fall photos on Saturday so touched up with a cartridge and then used the cartridge again Sunday night because of the ingrown patch. So today after another day and a half - used the Astra again. Same ritual. Money. No burn no nothing. Just a good looking and great feeling shave.
How many shaves should I expect to get for the Astra?
There that's that.../
Thanks for the community - Crash
About a year ago my aunt dropped a bag of 'stuff' off as I had mentioned - what ever happened to the razors we used to play with at grandmas? I'll be forty this week and grandma died 12 years ago. Well my aunt dug up a bag of stuff.
What I found is I now have a gold tuckaway in small travel case in the rose mother of pearl, type material and by the looks of it a made in England Gillette ball end.
So my birthday last year my folks showed up with an art of shaving badger brush and a teak bowl and soap and brush razor holder. I had previously bought a boar brush and some green proraso and their with pre shave cream. I did get a new pack of blade in the back from my aunt but thought uh no - not going to try vintage blades. Used the boar brush and cream in the shower with my cartridges for the next year until this week.
Popped into a local retailer who is now carrying men's supplies in their Japanese knife wear shop and they had five or six brand of blades. Not knowing which blades to start with or really the pricing vs online I grabbed a 10 pack or merkurs, five pack or Derbys and a five pack of Astras. Said and done $15. I can live with that.
So that was Friday. Get home from work and looking at a day and halfs growth I go for it. Grab a Astra - pop it in the ball end and start a new ritual.
Hot face cloth, pre shave, soak my boar brush, lather it up and went for it.
Worked great. I'm a convert. Nuff said. No cuts or nicks. Threw on some soothing after shave cream and it went well. Well ok - there was some burn . And well on small spot where I may have been a little aggressive. It became ingrown slightly.
Had family fall photos on Saturday so touched up with a cartridge and then used the cartridge again Sunday night because of the ingrown patch. So today after another day and a half - used the Astra again. Same ritual. Money. No burn no nothing. Just a good looking and great feeling shave.
How many shaves should I expect to get for the Astra?
There that's that.../
Thanks for the community - Crash
