Good afternoon 30DC, I shaved early this morning with my Sayuri, but have been running around all day with my wife and am just now having time to post my review. Let me start by saying that I named this a BASE shave, as in BASE jumping, since it would be similarly dangerous with little room for error. Here is this morning's gear. I managed to read the shave reports from the first victims and realized that I would be dealing with a less than sharp blade, so I got out my SRD paddle stop and gave the blade several laps with CrOx on felt, followed by linen, then leather. I lathered up with some Route 66 and applied a generous amount. On the first pass with the razor, I realized I was going to have issues with blade chatter. Not only was the blade skipping across my face, it was leaving a lot of whiskers behind. I found that if I choked up on the handle and put a finger on the back of the blade, I could stop the chatter. With skin stretching, I finished the first pass and found that I was getting some beard reduction. Time for a second pass. On this pass, I made one of the cardinal errors that I used to make when I was new to straights and applied more pressure. The pressure actually got me a couple of smooth patches, but also got me two weepers and some razor burn. At this point I was about 20% DFS and the rest was still pretty rough. Not wanting to waste any more time, or skin, chasing DFS with this alleged shaving device, I wimped out and loaded a Feather blade in one of my other MAYhem razors and finished up. Having recently practiced with this razor, the clean up resulted in an all-over DFS. I now realize that my understanding of a BASE shave was all wrong. I didn't realize that the acronym meant. Barely A Sharp Edge On the upside, it is really cool seeing you guys that have virtually no open blade experience attempting this shave and learning something from it. I look forward to seeing more of you moving over to the land of good cookies. Hone it up Adam, it will need it By the way, I'm still feeling the razor burn eleven hours later. Who's silly idea was this anyway? Have a great evening!
Sucko de Mayo Sayuri Fat Handled Tech w Astra (3) B&M Seville Thayers Unscented Stirling Barbershop AS I had low expectations after reading earlier posts about the Sayuri. It did not exceed those expectations. Specifically, it would not cut- face or arm hair. It does tug really well though... Had a pretty routine shave with the Tech after that. Even though it is his thread, I nominate @BaylorGator for an award for actually going3 passes with the 'lily. I also nominate @mrchick and @cmorris357 for spending their own money to buy and ship these.
Jim, as a Kentucky hillbilly, that'll cost you another Chevy meme whenever the mood strikes me. Well, whadaya know, the mood just struck me!
Thanks Jason, but as a member of the academy I cannot be nominated for a Shavy. Besides only one of the three passes was with the pain stick. Second was a straight. Third was a dull DE blade. As for the other guys, I'm thinking something like a "Best MAYhem Enabler" category might do but I think the wording could be funnier. Walking around with uneven stubble on my face all day has thrown me off my game. I'm good with the nominations and category ideas. Just hoping for someone to chime in with a snarkier, funnier name for it than I came up with before I post it.
I got mine in today. The maiden voyage goes down in a short while. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
After reading several failed shave attempts, and experiencing my own fiasco, I have drawn a few conclusions. Obviously Japan is full of fine artisans who know how to sharpen a blade, after all, Feathers have a reputation of being the sharpest blades on the market. Therefore I have decided that the Sayuri razor was developed for distribution to prisoners of war during World War II, the unused bulk of which have been sitting in a storage container in Osaka since 1945. Obviously some poor sucker bought this lot, sight unseen, at auction and is trying to recoup his money by selling them on EBay. I realize that forcing prisoners to shave with these razors is an act of cruelty, but one only has to watch Bridge on the river Kwai to see that such mistreatment was not beyond the scope of what went on in those jumgles. Dealings with the Germans were much more civil as attested by watching several re-runs of Hogan's Heroes. Compare the sweating, unshaven look sported by Sir Alec Guinness to the clean cut, smooth and fresh Bob Crane, or Richard Dawson if you prefer to compare Englishman to Englishman. In conclusion I think that the Sayuri is the Justin Bieber of razors. Odd looking with a performance that could only be appreciated by girls who are too young to shave.
