March Madness!!
March 16
Razor - Magic Shavette
Blade -
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Soap - Soap Commander Courage
Brush - Wolf Whiskers Custom Silvertip
Post - Alum
Well here we go. Final night for the Zorrik blade in a shavette. We've seen that it performed without a hitch on shave one, and wasn't significantly worse on shave two. So, the theory that blades work better in a shavette due to "infinite angle" seems solid. I switched over to the Magic tonight and this is a sweet little razor. Definitely the most affordable of the three I own but it does what a shavette is supposed to do. What is that, you ask? It holds a blade in the proper position so that, with proper technique, a person can shave smoothly and cleanly without fear of blood. Using different shavettes is really just variations on a theme. One might require more or less pressure than another, but the angle is the angle in the end.
Soap Commander to keep the consistent lather and the Wolf to make it. No problems there.
Well, well, well, we have a change. My first pass with the blade on its third shave - is not as smooth as the last two. That "wasn't significantly worse" shave two has become "I can feel this blade giving it up" third shave. Not horrible, not unusable, but it's not the same level of comfort as yesterday and certainly not from day one. The effectiveness? Definitely not as good. I did finish all three passes and found a DFS but it's not the same level of smoothness as before. The alum? Basically quite two nights ago. A bit warm last night but nothing to worry about. Definitely starting to let me know things are getting rougher. I do believe that the lack of sharpness in the Zorrik is the real culprit in its downfall. There may not be enough of an edge, or a good enough edge, to last past a few shaves without starting to pull and tug due to blade wear. It's not the highest quality, but it also isn't the worst. A middle of the road blade that gives a poor performance in a DE over a few shaves and a mediocre shave on the third try with a shavette. I've certainly had worse.
Now, there is one question that is begging to be answered. Since the middle of the road Zorrik gave three decent enough shaves, starting with a rather nice one at the beginning - how bad must a blade be before it won't even give a good shave on the first day with a shavette? Is there a blade that is so bad that it can't be made better with a shavette? There's only one way to find out.
Have a great Sunday!
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