March 7, 2019- Hot Men's New Grooming Tool
Razor: Ming Shi Unscrew 3000s (4)
Blade: Voskhod (2)
Brush: VdH Boar
Soap: Stirling Naked And Smooth
Post: Alum, Listerine, WH
Today is the maiden voyage of a razor newly arrived from the mysterious Orient, the Ming She Unscrew 3000s. This has to be the strangest name for a razor that I have ever seen; it sounds like something that should drop off the final boss in a dungeon. Nevertheless, it is a inexpensive TTO adjustable razor which seems to be decently made (though one of the doors on mine tends to not want to sit quite flat).
A quick note about the adjustment mechanism. On a Futur, the safety bar is fixed in place and the blade bed and cap raise and lower according to the adjustment setting. On the Unscrew, the blade bed and doors are in a fixed position and the safety bars move according to the setting of the adjustment dial. The settings vary from 1 to 9 (actually, more like 0.5 to 9) with higher numbers having a greater gap. For today's shave, I went with a setting of '4'.
As for the shave... The few comments that I had read about this razor indicated that it was mild and compared it to the Futur clones. I'd say that that was is an apt comparison with '4' still being a mild setting. Personally, I tended to find the angle to be a bit narrow and may have some issues maintaining it at times. I never noticed any issues from the door, however. It also seems a bit head heavy though that may be a matter of personal taste. As razors go, this is a usable one and not a tool of MayHEM.
Overall, I'd say that I got somewhere between a CCS and a DFS, mostly due to some areas not being as close as I'd prefer. I'll bump to '5' for tomorrow's shave.
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