It’s mild, but less mild than a contour or a push button, even though the push button is technically the same head. A Gem G bar is also very nice if you’re looking at a Featherweight.
The micromatics- open comb, clog prof, flying wing( bullet tip), the little lather catchers, and shovel heads are the most common models on the aggressive side. The true old lather catchers( 90-100yrs) are usually medium aggressiveness to aggressive, but some are very smooth.
June 5th Razor: Gillette Blue Tip Blade: SuperMax Blue Diamond (2) Brush: Zenith boar Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated Soap: Williams Mug Soap Stirling Orange Chill witch hazel PAA Unscented Star Jelly AS: Stirling Pharaohs Dreamsicle Williams Wednesday! Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
June 6th Razor: Gillette Blue Tip Blade: SuperMax Blue Diamond (3) Brush: Grizzly Bay Pure Magic/ SHD bulb Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated Soap: A&E St. Barts PAA Galactic witch hazel PAA Unscented Star Jelly AS: A&E St. Barts Good morning! Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Nice setup. If your Blue Tip seems a little mild try shimming it with a used trimmed down blade. I did it with my Red Tip and it made it a little more aggressive. The shave is still smooth and comfortable. Clayton Sent from my LG-K450 using Tapatalk
Thanks, Clayton. I have more aggressive razors on hand for when I'm in the mood for them. The Blue Tip has such a small sweet spot it helps to keep my technique in check and fun to use. Thanks for the advice though. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Spoilers are my favorite blade in my 1955 RedTip, and 1965 Flare Tip Superspeeds. The whiskers just disappear. Clayton Sent from my LG-K450 using Tapatalk
saturday shave, canadian flat plate rocket/aristocrat jr ,spoiler,rr barrel finest badger, b and m reserve classic/gillette sun up scent soap and splash..
Couple of basics L6 w/ Nacet Omega 40033 Palmolive Wool Fat Deluxe—Palmolive, MWF, VDH hybrid Witch hazel w/ heavy menthol added
Had to take my New birth year Gillette 1959 E4 Fatboy for it's resurrected first shave with it's new owner (ME), cleaned up it looks fairly new & was handled & looked after very well by previous owners. The shave is a little different than my Gillette slim because it arches the blade more in the barn doors bay when closed(smooth). Results CCS,DFS,BBS and can't complain about those results on started setting 5 and changing to 6 on Gillette aggressiveness system on the fly:a12:. Alum block indicated no issues with skin irritation.Gillette 7 Oclock (2) and it performed well. For the first shave it felt good in the hand and the shave was excellent and in my sweet spot for final results. Have some great shaves.
Great shave! Does the head geometry feel very different compared to other Gillettes? You mentioned that it bent the blade more.
To me it seems a little more smoother because the depth of head is larger but it's early to really go out of my way to say it's smoother overall than the Slim. More shaves will zero my settings on the blade gap. It has some heft and for $20.00 bucks I was not going to let it go. Their is a difference in area were the blade is pushed up into the winged "barn" door roof, not sure what the angle difference would be on the arc but it is still a change! Have some great shaves!
SOTD June 12 Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap EDRIO#79 Schick Injector L1 JR #134 (24mm, Frigate Class) Stirling Triumph soap and AS Stirling Glacial Unscented PSB Sent from my Galaxy using Tapatalk
