06 April 2023
Adjustable April/ Arko April
Time to see if the Arko
measures up and makes the cut.
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After y’day, today I made some changes to try and figure out one of the variables.
I fell back to my trusty Muhle R89 knowing how this performs, and decided to give the Gillette Silver Blue (new blade) another chance, still with the
Arko.
Growth: 24 hours
Lather Bowl: Blue
Brush: Old Vulfix Pure Badger
Razor: R89 my trusty fall back “can- do-it-with-this-one” razor.
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (1) gave this another chance.
Face Prep and Pre-shave: the usual, no changes there.
Cream/Soap:
Arko mixed with aftershave, but this time I bowl lathered. Much better control of soap/water ratio. Much better lather, nice.
Passes: Usual 3 passes were needed.
Touch ups: as usual.
But it was still hard work, more draggy, better than yesterday, but not the sharp feeling I have with an Astra SP/Nacet /Feather.
Still needed more strokes per area per pass.
So at this stage I think the Gillette Silver Blue does not measure up for me anyway. Doable yes, workable yes, ideal maybe not.
Arko? decision pending.
Results:
Nicks/Red spots/bleeding = none
Overall satisfactory shave but because of the dragging feeling it took longer to complete each pass, and only rate this a 6 or 7 out of 10.
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