OK, I've owned literally 4 OT/Single Rings. I find the #102 cap to be the smoothest shaver, but that's relative.
Dang these things are efficient, but are very difficult to use. I've tried shims, on top of and under the blade; I've been shimless, tried Feathers and Polsilver SI's, plus Gillette 7:00 yellows; steep angle and shallow angle; and I've tried stock, bulldog, Cadet, and even Razorock Stainless Slant handles. No matter the combo, I'm BBS but man is the shave difficult. If I'm not spot on with pressure and angle (especially angle), I get irritation and weepers. My technique is good enough that I don't get weepers with any other razor.
With that in the back of my mind and a lazy Sunday in front of me, I played with my razors. I loaded blades in each specimen to check blade gap, etc when I noticed that each one of them exhibited some kind of blade warp! See below:
I know I have bent teeth, but I think either the baseplate or top cap is slightly warped, causing curvature in the middle of the blade towards the cap. The other three also have similar blade curvatures, wavy blades, or some other imperfection. Is this common to Old Types? Could it be the cause of my irritation?
For reference: I find the NEW's just as difficult to use, but much less effective. I LOVE my Senator and Cadet OC's, but sold a Barbasol FH because it did not shave well for me.
EDIT: Mods fixed misspelling in the title, thanks!
Dang these things are efficient, but are very difficult to use. I've tried shims, on top of and under the blade; I've been shimless, tried Feathers and Polsilver SI's, plus Gillette 7:00 yellows; steep angle and shallow angle; and I've tried stock, bulldog, Cadet, and even Razorock Stainless Slant handles. No matter the combo, I'm BBS but man is the shave difficult. If I'm not spot on with pressure and angle (especially angle), I get irritation and weepers. My technique is good enough that I don't get weepers with any other razor.
With that in the back of my mind and a lazy Sunday in front of me, I played with my razors. I loaded blades in each specimen to check blade gap, etc when I noticed that each one of them exhibited some kind of blade warp! See below:
I know I have bent teeth, but I think either the baseplate or top cap is slightly warped, causing curvature in the middle of the blade towards the cap. The other three also have similar blade curvatures, wavy blades, or some other imperfection. Is this common to Old Types? Could it be the cause of my irritation?
For reference: I find the NEW's just as difficult to use, but much less effective. I LOVE my Senator and Cadet OC's, but sold a Barbasol FH because it did not shave well for me.
EDIT: Mods fixed misspelling in the title, thanks!
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