MAYhem 2018!!!!!
May 7
Razor - Gem Junior
Blade -
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Soap - Island Hopper
Brush - Wolf Whiskers Custom Silvertip
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Well that was interesting. Not too many razors confuse me but the Gem Junior had me for a couple of minutes. Finally went to You Tube to look up a video on loading this razor. It's not difficult, just have to see it once. So, all loaded up and ready with a Treet Super blade. Chose the Wolf and Island Hopper for the lather. As this is the second razor Fuzzy
@wchnu loaned me to try I wanted to give it a good shot.
First pass was quite nice, especially the audible feedback. I'm loving the sound of these old SE razors on my face. You can almost shave with your eyes closed. When the sound goes away you're smooth. First pass was quite smooth, noisy, just plain fun. The Gem Junior seems well balanced. They look so funny with that big lather catcher area but when you're on angle they feel totally natural in the hand.
Second pass was a bit of a problem as the Wolf ran out of lather. Yep, it didn't load like I thought it did. So I grabbed a Stirling synthetic and fixed that problem. Plenty of lather in about 30 seconds and the XTG pass was quite nice as well, if a bit tricky on the neck. No blood but the finish is a low DFS. A couple of areas I was too light on in trying not to add pressure. But still, a very nice shave with a very cool razor that is over 100 years old. That's just cool in itself.
Two more shaves before being on hiatus starting Thursday. I think tomorrow night I'll go back to the Kampfe Star, then Wednesday night will be another Russian featured shave. Plus my head shave on Wednesday with a pain stick. Thursday through Saturday I'll be somewhere in Central MO running around in a kilt in the middle of the woods. Sunday night will be a pain stick face shave to clear the stubble and next Monday - well we'll see. Hope this week started great for you!
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