Shave report
Finally Thursday morning arrived and it was time to see if the Wolfman shaved as well as it looked....
I lathered up some Fitjar Isros and plopped a Voskhod blade into the wolf (once again I was struck by how precise the machining is...extremely smooth to assemble the three razor pieces.
Since my razor-head is a dual/combo one I decided to, for my WTG pass, to shave one side of the face with the OC side and the other using the SB side.
Immediate reaction: Wow!
This razor is
smooth - it is aggressive (note that mine was custom to be a tad more aggressive) but not like a Barbasol FH where you feel that you need to pay a bit of attention to what you're doing if you don't want to cut yourself - this was just smooth.
Finished half of my face and I was basically clean-shaven. I think only the Tradere OC have felt this amazing on first use.
Switched to the SB side and went to work on the other side of my face.
Very similar feel to the OC side. Same smoothness but I thought it felt a little bit less aggressive. It was actually so close in feel that I decided that for my ATG pass I would mix it up a bit.
I spun the razor around in my hand and didn't look directly at it as I started to shave - just to see if I could guess what side I was using w/in a few strokes. I was able to guess it correctly four out of six times. That tells me in a very non-empirical study kind of way that there is a a slight difference but not by much.
I did find though that when I do then XTG under my nose I favored the SB side.
Two passes and I was smooth shaven. No clean up passes needed.
This morning's shave was absolutely stellar and I am thrilled about the performance.
Now of course all of this is based on one shave so take it for what it's worth.
If I were to nit-pick about anything it was that I found that the way I hold the handle my thumb/fingers are actually just below the knurled ring on the handle (as I like to have the base of the handle resting against my little-finger). Having said that the handle never once felt slippery and it could very well be a thing I need to adjust to.
It's been four hours since my shave and my face is smooth.
Final thoughts: If you like the look and idea of the razor and can justify the, approx, USD 160 for it I would say that this is a strong Buy.
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