Which brings us to today...
December 13, 2018
Razor: Gillette New Deluxe Tuckaway
Blade: Treet Platinum (1)
Brush: Razorock Plissoft 22
Soap: Stirling Sheep
Post: Alum, Listerine, WH
As some of you may recall, back in October, I acquired a New Deluxe Tuckaway as part of a pass-around from another forum. I used it for a couple of shaves during OCtober but had some issues with it being aggressive and biting me. I had it out yesterday as part of sending the case to
@jimjo1031 for relining and started taking a good look at it, especially the corner lugs on the cap and how they fit in the channels. Looking closely, it appeared that the lugs appeared to be touching the baseplate and possibly keeping it cap from sitting flat; if this was the case, it would affect the blade clamping and cause some of the issues I was having. After looking at a couple of cap variations, I decided to switch the cap between my New SC and New Deluxe. Today's shave is an initial test to see if it made a difference.
I started by shaving one cheek just to make sure that I didn't mess up the New SC. That seemed to go well, so I switched to the New Deluxe for the rest of the shave. The good news is that it is still aggressive but the cap change definitely tamed it. Two passes, no blood or significant irritation, and a BBS or close enough.
I need to spend some more time with these two razors to make sure I haven't screwed them up but, so far, it looks good.
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