Good afternoon/evening, gents! I’ve been watching from the sidelines again this month. Right now I’m lagging about 600 posts behind - and for me lately, isn’t too awful. Lots going on in the thread this month and tons of great shaves and photos. Keep up the great work!
100 Days with a Parker SRX Shavette
My main takeaways from this journey:
It’s awkward as hell in the beginning. It becomes less so each day.
The sooner you train yourself to use your off-hand, the better.
Respect is key. The razor owes you nothing and will punish you quickly.
Patience is a requirement.
If there was ever a time to watch your angle and pressure, it’s while using a shavette.
It’s far more rewarding than I ever imagined.
Blade selection matters very little. For real.
Words such as “quick” and “fast” don’t belong in the same sentence as the word “shavette”.
After 100 shaves, I’m at least competent. I’m a long way from Yoda status. The shaves have been fantastic more often than not. Some days the force isn’t with you.
I’m sure that I could rattle off more, but that’s the gist of it. Sound about right, Chris
@Bama Samurai ?
It’s been a fun journey with the shavette. I’m far from done using it. It’ll stay in my rotation - which means it’ll get used when I feel like using it - just like everything else I shave with. I have no such thing as a fixed rotation schedule. Probably at least a time or two each week, though.
Of the blades I’ve run through the Parker (VDH, Astra S/P, GSB, Derby, Shark, Feather, Big Ben - and possibly a few I forgot - the only one that wasn’t pleasant is the Big Ben. They were better in the Parker than a DE - not by leaps and bounds - but better.
Even the VDH Ice Tempered blades, that I thought sucked in a DE razor are just fine in a shavette.
Think that a Derby isn’t sharp enough? Try ‘em in a shavette.
Think Feathers are rough? Try ‘em in a shavette.
I’ll be fun to run through the other razors in the den again, starting with the Supply tomorrow morning. More than anything, it’ll be interesting to see what has been learned from using the shavette.
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Hope everyone is having a great Monday.
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