Shaving/Razors

[davidruddell]

Very nice Sir, a true BOTB, Ive kinda settled on the Feathers, not a blade for a rushed shave though!

[Watkins]

Gillette 7 O' Clock
Platinum Super
Iridium Super
Personna Platinum.

I'd love to get my hands on the above, and will add some more derby extra and feathers to the mix if anyone would like those?

Tom

[Monkey Nuts]

CloseEmBoth + Watkins: pm me where you want them sent to and I'll get them on their way

jibjob: I've pretty much settled on the Wilkinson Sword DE blades. I find the Feathers are a bit too sharp for me!! They give a very close shave, but leave my skin a bit dry and I can only seem to use them once, and on the 2nd and 3rd shave they seem to cut my face to ribbons!

The Wilkinson give a very close shave with no irritation at all, and I can get 5 or 6 really good shaves out of them. I'm using them with a Merkur Futur.

[Turbo]

I have just had some shark blades delivered and am going to give them a go later!
I love the feathers and they are my stock blade in the fatboy but as with everything , I just want to try more, always looking for something slightly better than perfection?!?!?!!! To be fair I guess we are all like this to some extent or we wouldn't be here on this forum!

[CloseEmBoth]

A true Gentleman.....take a bow Monkeynuts

Many thanks to Monkeynuts, who kindly sent me an assortment of spare blades to try that he had left over from a sampler.

I love the Feather so far, but as others have said, not a blade to be rushed, and am also looking forward to giving the Astra a go.

And an additional big thank you for the little extra that arrived, not just the blades but a Bolivar RC as well. This is one that I have been meaning to try for some time but just not got around to it.

I am at a Game night at our favorite restaurant tomorrow night, so a nice shave to start with and the Boli RC will be coming with me for afterwards.

Many thanks Geoff, you are a true Gent

[Monkey Nuts]

Many thanks to Monkeynuts, who kindly sent me an assortment of spare blades to try that he had left over from a sampler.

I love the Feather so far, but as others have said, not a blade to be rushed, and am also looking forward to giving the Astra a go.

And an additional big thank you for the little extra that arrived, not just the blades but a Bolivar RC as well. This is one that I have been meaning to try for some time but just not got around to it.

I am at a Game night at our favorite restaurant tomorrow night, so a nice shave to start with and the Boli RC will be coming with me for afterwards.

Many thanks Geoff, you are a true Gent

No problem my friend, hope you enjoy

[celsis]

My problem is that the beard on my neck seems to grow at all angles and just sweeping the blade down don't cut it! I always have to cut against the grain and it causes my neck to go red. Any tips?

[CloseEmBoth]

I have a similar issue the growth on my neck is backwards, I just do three passes as best I can, are you maybe using too much pressure?

Also I find that very short almost scrubbing strokes work very well in difficult areas, but be carefull its easy to get wrong