Zeno
04-02-2011, 05:15 AM
Gentlemen,
Today I feel as if I have become a man. I shaved for the first time with an SE this morning and it was incredible. I posted a previous thread regarding purchasing a more aggressive razor than my DE89L and I received many responses. One came from drew50 who suggested the GEM MMOC. I pm'd him and he was kind enough to tell my why I should try an SE and use this "gem" of a razor. TheVex2 was also kind enough to bestow upon me his MMOC wisdom. Thanks to both of you guys!:thumbup: While many implied that I might be a bit out of sorts to try such an aggressive razor for my first SE shave, I was not deterred. Heck, I figured I could hit up drew50 for some free balm, septic, and guauze if I carved up my face, since it was his original suggestion to purchase the razor.:lol1:
Now to the shave. When I put the blade in the razor and turned the handle I thought, "this cant be right, there is SO MUCH exposed blade!":ohmy: I checked everything a few times, and sure enough, it was in right. I have to say that I was a bit hesitant with that first stroke. The first stroke went fine and the blade made a very cool sound cutting my beard. First pass WTG went great and not a cut to be found! Second pass XTG was even better and still alive. Third pass ATG :scared:(yep, I said ATG) was beautiful and not a single weeper. Touch up and I was done and in shaving Nirvana! My wife said that my face is smoother than it has ever been and that it truly felt like a baby's butt. Outside of a very small area on my upper lip at the nose, it was perfect. I opted not to go over this spot one last time due to the difficulty of finding the right angle with the GEM, and because I didn't want to potentially ruin an otherwise ideal shave. While the GEM MMOC may not be my daily razor due to potential time constraints, it will definitely be in my rotation and the razor I go to when I want an incredible shave.:drool:
Today I feel as if I have become a man. I shaved for the first time with an SE this morning and it was incredible. I posted a previous thread regarding purchasing a more aggressive razor than my DE89L and I received many responses. One came from drew50 who suggested the GEM MMOC. I pm'd him and he was kind enough to tell my why I should try an SE and use this "gem" of a razor. TheVex2 was also kind enough to bestow upon me his MMOC wisdom. Thanks to both of you guys!:thumbup: While many implied that I might be a bit out of sorts to try such an aggressive razor for my first SE shave, I was not deterred. Heck, I figured I could hit up drew50 for some free balm, septic, and guauze if I carved up my face, since it was his original suggestion to purchase the razor.:lol1:
Now to the shave. When I put the blade in the razor and turned the handle I thought, "this cant be right, there is SO MUCH exposed blade!":ohmy: I checked everything a few times, and sure enough, it was in right. I have to say that I was a bit hesitant with that first stroke. The first stroke went fine and the blade made a very cool sound cutting my beard. First pass WTG went great and not a cut to be found! Second pass XTG was even better and still alive. Third pass ATG :scared:(yep, I said ATG) was beautiful and not a single weeper. Touch up and I was done and in shaving Nirvana! My wife said that my face is smoother than it has ever been and that it truly felt like a baby's butt. Outside of a very small area on my upper lip at the nose, it was perfect. I opted not to go over this spot one last time due to the difficulty of finding the right angle with the GEM, and because I didn't want to potentially ruin an otherwise ideal shave. While the GEM MMOC may not be my daily razor due to potential time constraints, it will definitely be in my rotation and the razor I go to when I want an incredible shave.:drool: