April 3, 2019
Razor: Gillette Sheraton
Blade: Voskhod (1)
Brush: Razorock Plissoft 22
Soap: Williams
Post: Alum, Listerine, WH
One of the razors that I've wanted to try/own for a while is a Gillette OC TTO. I recently stumbled on a BIN at what seemed a good price and snatched it up. It finally made it into my hands all the way from Canada on Monday and today is my first shave with it.
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I assume that it is a Sheraton and not a Senator as there is no sign of any residual Nickel. As it is, I don't think that there is any residual Gold, either.
Overall, it is in decent shape though one of the doors is showing some laziness and I can fee a small hitch in the TTO mechanism. It seems to close completely and appears straight, so I think it is good to go. Any adjustment would probably require an expert like Captain Murphy.
As for the shave... I can definitely say that this is not your father's SuperSpeed. At first blush, it is a somewhat more aggressive beast with a lot more blade feel. Two passes definitely brought home the baby, albeit with some tingle from the Alum and one weeper. I lay both of those at my unfamiliarity with this razor though I could see it being more of a one-pass CCS razor for me.
It should make for an interesting razor to master. I think I may have to do a mini-focus sometime on the whole Gillette TTO family (as much as I have).
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