Very nice Neal.

Thanks Doug!
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Try the fit without punching a whole. Maybe it will work. It takes a few tries to figure out lining up the punch. When you have it, do 5 or 6 blades so that they are ready. I can get between 5 and 7 great shaves with the modified Gem blades.

In general, I use only Gem blades in my OneBlade Genesis razors. The OneBlade is my best Gem Razor.

Thanks, Doug!

Dec 14th
Decedent December
SR Saturday

Razor: Dovo Inox
Brush: Omega S-Brush 10019
PS: Proraso Green
SS: Proraso White
AS: Proraso Red

Finally I have a stainless straight. The Dovo Inox will be my primary straight razor simply due to easy of maintenance and quality. I did refresh the edge with a chromium oxide treated strop and some .3 micron lapping film. The edge is nice and shiny as seen with my 20x jeweller's loop.

Excellent shave today. 3 passes with a little cleanup on my neck. The blade is sharp. I bumped by earlobe and didn't really feel a thing. Sure enough a little blood drop formed a few seconds later. Before that there was a little red in the lather as I rinsed the blade, but I never identified the source.

Again the key seems to be a sharp blade and clearing the lather in order so I can stretch the skin effectively.

Thanks! As is always the case, it's fun having people show interest.

The hole punch I have won't punch through the blade. I'll give it a shot using friction alone.

Great looking razor, Evan!

Feels like Gary may have had some influence here. Good job not neglecting the poor DE members of your collection! Classic DEs need love too.

Congrats on the new straight Evan. It looks fantastic.


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good morning gentlemen saturday shave.doing some outdoor shots when i have daylight.i have a 12 days off over christmas so lots of playing outside with the phone camera..stay tuned Jason, @jtspartan.bit of a damp chill outside so proraso sandalwood fit the bill.lathered up nicely with the new to me yaqi 24mm red ruby 2 band badger in the crystal bowl.old #58 aristocrat jr came out to play weilding a platinum blade and wiped the whiskers away in 2+ smooth passes.bbs was the winner..sandalwood splash iced the cake..have a fine day everyone..

Great shave and wonderful picture, Gary! Enjoy your time off!

An SS straight razor, that's cool Evan!
Very cool!
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Cool picture Gary!
Nice razor!
12 wonderful day Off, enjoy!
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thank you Jim.one more week of work to go..and then off from the 21st to the 2nd..shave pic exploration time....

thank you Terry..one more week to go..

fantastic proraso shave Evan..cool razor..my set up was picked before i saw your post..great minds..

Curiosity got the best of me. Quicky unnecessary shave with a despined Gem. The blade didn't budge. I'm ready to switch razors but the next time the OneBlade comes out I'll be using a Gem.