SOTD: Tuesday October 15, 2024 (OBtober 6th/OCtober 6th)
Razor: Weck Hair Shaper/RazoRock BBS-OC on Sidekick v.3.1 handle
Blade: Personna Hair Shaper (5)/Dorco Prime (5)
Brush: Omega 10005
Soap: Yardley Oatmeal & Almond
Well, I haven't spun out on the learning curve yet.
I've struggled with shavettes over the years because I go slow. That means instead of dedicating 30 minutes to a nice relaxing head shave I have to plan on pretty much an hour to get there and it ain't all that relaxing sometimes. Oh well. I can always bail out and use a safety razor but I can be darned stubborn. If I'm always bailing out I'm not learning anything. I thought it was a real accommodation to allow the use of a safety razor head for final cleanups and trimming.
So today's shave lasted nearly an hour and the result, except for one area I had to shave around, is a DFS. I'm good with that.
Unlike their Gem blades, Personna Hair Shaper blades appear to be good longer than five shaves for me. Maybe. I'll know next day, but so far the results are good. I may get a better understanding of the blades as time passes. I'm waiting on some Fromm blades to arrive at Sally and also thinking about finding some Kismets if I can.
The BBS-OC, even on a side handle so it's like a Razorine, is still a pretty mild razor. Paired with a blade that's pretty much done, it's not the most efficient thing. Still, it was good for proof of concept and I appreciated the mild shave when cleaning up areas I'd already overdone a bit. Now that I'm getting that in hand I think I'll change the head and, as earlier speculated, will likely go with the Superslant L2++OC head.
Just for grins I'm going to write up a short piece on the Sidekick handle. I'm having fun with all of it!
O.H.
Razor: Weck Hair Shaper/RazoRock BBS-OC on Sidekick v.3.1 handle
Blade: Personna Hair Shaper (5)/Dorco Prime (5)
Brush: Omega 10005
Soap: Yardley Oatmeal & Almond
Well, I haven't spun out on the learning curve yet.
I've struggled with shavettes over the years because I go slow. That means instead of dedicating 30 minutes to a nice relaxing head shave I have to plan on pretty much an hour to get there and it ain't all that relaxing sometimes. Oh well. I can always bail out and use a safety razor but I can be darned stubborn. If I'm always bailing out I'm not learning anything. I thought it was a real accommodation to allow the use of a safety razor head for final cleanups and trimming.So today's shave lasted nearly an hour and the result, except for one area I had to shave around, is a DFS. I'm good with that.
Unlike their Gem blades, Personna Hair Shaper blades appear to be good longer than five shaves for me. Maybe. I'll know next day, but so far the results are good. I may get a better understanding of the blades as time passes. I'm waiting on some Fromm blades to arrive at Sally and also thinking about finding some Kismets if I can.
The BBS-OC, even on a side handle so it's like a Razorine, is still a pretty mild razor. Paired with a blade that's pretty much done, it's not the most efficient thing. Still, it was good for proof of concept and I appreciated the mild shave when cleaning up areas I'd already overdone a bit. Now that I'm getting that in hand I think I'll change the head and, as earlier speculated, will likely go with the Superslant L2++OC head.
Just for grins I'm going to write up a short piece on the Sidekick handle. I'm having fun with all of it!
O.H.
