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Fourth day of the cartridge experiment, with three newsworthy things:
- I switched to another soap: Palmolive EU stick
- I managed to nick myself, for the first time in months!
- I wonder whether my experiment is flawed
Fourth day of the experiment, and I felt it was time for another soap. Three days of ARKO was enough, so for today's shave I lathered up the Palmolive stick. Good lather, less interesting smell
Again, I shaved the left side of my face with the Atra razor, containing a Wilkinson Sword Profile cartridge. For the right side, I used the Schick Krona DE again, with a generic "Made in Israel" blade. I made one WTG pass with the Atra, and no touch-ups. To compensate for the two blades of the Atra cartridge, I did two WTG passes with the Krona.
The blades of the Atra cartridge definitely have dulled somewhat now. No tugging, but there is a noticable drag. And what's more, to my surprise, I nicked myself in my neck area. That has not happened in months to me, and I wasn't even really careless! Apart from that, the Atra cartridge did what it should do; remove enough stubble for a SAS shave.
I used the Krona for the right side of my face, and I immediately noticed how much smoother it felt. The blade also dulled somewhat, but it does not drag like the cartridge. No nicking either. Two WTG passes also gave me a very good SAS shave. No touch-ups, so not enough for DFS. Which is being noticed by my wife and daughters, because they commented on my evening stubble last night.
In all fairness, not much difference between the two sides in terms of results. Same post shave feel, and about the same amount of stubble on both sides. If I didn't know, I would not be able to tell which side was shaved with which razor. No difference in (lack of) sting with the Vitos "After Shaving" splash either. An Italian splash by the Susan Darnell company that I can recommend heartily, by the way!
But ... I am beginning to wonder if I started with the proper conditions to have each razor give its best. The DE blade came freshly from the paper wrapper, admittedly from a package that was stored in the bathroom for a few weeks now. The Atra cartridge was the last one in the plastic strip, and came from my travel pack. It must have been there for months, and I suspect that the non-wrapped cartridge blades are more suspectible to trapped moisture than the paper wrapped DE blades. Which you might call a flaw in the packaging for the cartridge blades, of course.
Anyway, I am continuing the experiment with the same setup as the past days. With the remark that I may be doing the Atra a disservice. Because I know that I should be able to get a week of good shaves from a single cartridge.
- I switched to another soap: Palmolive EU stick
- I managed to nick myself, for the first time in months!
- I wonder whether my experiment is flawed
Fourth day of the experiment, and I felt it was time for another soap. Three days of ARKO was enough, so for today's shave I lathered up the Palmolive stick. Good lather, less interesting smell
Again, I shaved the left side of my face with the Atra razor, containing a Wilkinson Sword Profile cartridge. For the right side, I used the Schick Krona DE again, with a generic "Made in Israel" blade. I made one WTG pass with the Atra, and no touch-ups. To compensate for the two blades of the Atra cartridge, I did two WTG passes with the Krona.
The blades of the Atra cartridge definitely have dulled somewhat now. No tugging, but there is a noticable drag. And what's more, to my surprise, I nicked myself in my neck area. That has not happened in months to me, and I wasn't even really careless! Apart from that, the Atra cartridge did what it should do; remove enough stubble for a SAS shave.
I used the Krona for the right side of my face, and I immediately noticed how much smoother it felt. The blade also dulled somewhat, but it does not drag like the cartridge. No nicking either. Two WTG passes also gave me a very good SAS shave. No touch-ups, so not enough for DFS. Which is being noticed by my wife and daughters, because they commented on my evening stubble last night.
In all fairness, not much difference between the two sides in terms of results. Same post shave feel, and about the same amount of stubble on both sides. If I didn't know, I would not be able to tell which side was shaved with which razor. No difference in (lack of) sting with the Vitos "After Shaving" splash either. An Italian splash by the Susan Darnell company that I can recommend heartily, by the way!
But ... I am beginning to wonder if I started with the proper conditions to have each razor give its best. The DE blade came freshly from the paper wrapper, admittedly from a package that was stored in the bathroom for a few weeks now. The Atra cartridge was the last one in the plastic strip, and came from my travel pack. It must have been there for months, and I suspect that the non-wrapped cartridge blades are more suspectible to trapped moisture than the paper wrapped DE blades. Which you might call a flaw in the packaging for the cartridge blades, of course.
Anyway, I am continuing the experiment with the same setup as the past days. With the remark that I may be doing the Atra a disservice. Because I know that I should be able to get a week of good shaves from a single cartridge.
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