SEptember 2016 - Discuss SE Safety Razors

That lather looks good. Is that aspect of your shaves improving? I know you were asking questions about it a little while ago.

 

Yes I get the same thing from my injectors. Kind of weird.


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I finished up with 1 and then gave it a few laps on the crox. I read that the .3 can make the edge harsh if you over do it. And I also read that you should put a sheet of paper under the .3 to give it a little cushion.

 

feel well soon!

 

Looks like the PAL is on track to get to you tomorrow. Feel better soon!

 

As a matter of fact yes. It's so weird. The soaps that were dry for me are coming to life. More slickness is coming out. I don't know what I'm doing differently. it may be a coincidence and I'm not sure, but I started getting more slickness out of the soap with the new knots in this new brush handle. I've been doing the same thing I've done in the past in preparing the soap and the only difference I can't tell is I'm using 2 new silver tip knots.

 

I feel that with precise single blade shaves we are experiencing the swelling effects of water on the hair shafts. After twenty minutes or so, the hair dries out and shrinks, lowering it to skin level. I experience this with all razors, yet it does seem to be most pronounced in straight and injector shaves.

 

That makes sense. It's very interesting. It sort of neat to know that some of the minor stubble will retract and will feel smoother after a small interval.

 

Hope you get to feeling better.

 

Started the SEptember celebration with one of my favorite SE razors - the Schick C3. I've been working on my straight technique for most of the past month and the C3 was like magic. Super easy, fantastic reduction, and a smooth, smooth close finish.

AOS Lavender PSO
Haslinger Aloe Vera Shave Soap
Savile Row 3824
Schick C3
AOS Lavender After Shave Balm



Happy shaving - Karl

 

Hope you feel better and are able to enjoy the weekend.

 

..My New SE Collection..

Billy..
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SEptember 2, 2016

Shave #2 with the 1912 Gem



1-pass shave (ATG)
GEM PFTE blade (2).

Yesterday’s shave with this same setup was so good that I knew I could get by with a one-pass today. And I wasn’t disappointed.

In getting to know this razor I’m starting out with an exaggerated “ride the cap” angle. I then drop the razor handle down slowly until I begin to get that incredible feedback and try to hold it right there. I notice that doing this in repeated slow, short strokes helps me learn the angle more quickly.

When I get to those trouble spots like my chin, I stay in the exaggerated “ride the cap” position to get a better feel for the ATG in that position on the chin. As I do this repeatedly, almost like buffing, I do get some reduction and the confidence to adjust the angle ever so slightly. I figure that in time I will get to the point where I feel more comfortable to expand the angle.

For those of you that have mastered this razor - Any suggestions regarding a different blade?

Cheers!
RT

 

The Real McCoy..

Billy..

 

For single Edge blade , How many shaves are you getting out of them?

 

That collection seems to have grown a bit - they must be breeding when you're not looking.

 

5 or 6 then they start to go south.


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Three Pass Shaving Routine...

Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil
Rolls Razor
Hollow Ground Blade
Fitchard Pure Badger
Valobra Tallow soap
Humphreys Witch Hazel

I had the Most Wonderful Shave with My Rolls for the SE September Celebration..A Most Perfect Every Darn North to South & East to West BBS Result was Had with this Grand Old Shaver..I Haven't Shaved with a Factory Blade Razor in Months & No Wonder..I have been Shaving with SRs & Occasionally Hollow Ground Blade SEs..

After I Honed this Blade Sometime Ago I got Kinda Thinking..These Rolls Blades are Designed to Be Stropped & Honed in the Rolls System with Some Amount of Pressure that Most Hollow Ground Blades would Not Stand Up Too..I Cant Quit Figure what they have Done to the Edge to Sustain this Kinda Treatment..Any Roads..On that Note..I Decided to Hit the Chromium Oxide for 30 Laps or Whatever I thought it Would Take to get a Darn Fine Killer Finished Edge after Coming Off the Hone..

On the Factual Knowledge that the Rolls Uses a Pressurized System I Used some Pressure on the Chrom/Ox Pasted Paddle Strop..Well Darn Me all the Way to Hell & Back..I had a Killer Edge but Still Very Smooth..Now..I Would Never Do that Amount of Laps on Chrom/Ox with any Other Blade Never Mind the Pressure..If You Attempted this Method with a Swedish Steel CV Heljestrand or any other SE Hollow Ground Blade it would just have a Negative Effect..Far Too Much Gun so to Speak..The Rolls Blade is Different from any Other SE Hollow Ground Blade for Sure..

I Am Dolphin Smooth & Refreshed...

Billy..

 

Yeah..Never Trust a Bunny..

Billy..