It's sharp and it cuts. I like it...
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Pearl Flexi & Gillette Platinum
APShaveCo. 28mm Silksmoke Winter
Stirling Gin & Tonic Menthol soap
Stirling Gin & Tonic a/s splash
Acqua Di Parma Colonia Club
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(This post was last modified: 06-19-2021, 03:53 PM by jmudrick.)
Post-War slamdown round 1
Dave of KY was kind enough to let me use his '47 Aristocrat as I've never had the pleasure of a 'Crat in the den. My plan is to put it up against other contemporaries on hand including the Stahly, Milord, and Shake Sharp. BICs and MDC for the week, beard and head shaves.
First impression of the Gillette is one of great ease. I find a pretty nice balance of blade feel and efficiency, handling is faultless and, and finding the effective angle and pressure is a piece of cake with perfectly adequate audible feedback.
The Stahly (with Tibam handle) on the other hand provides virtually no audible feedback or blade feel, and thus can be very tricky to find the optimum angle and modulate pressure. Indeed, though I am very experienced Stahly user it's not unusual for me to nick myself on the back of my head from applying too much pressure in the wrong spot, not something I typically do with other mild razors.
The two passes on the beard were a pleasure with both, easier to get the angle under the nose with the Aristocrat but both did well ATG on the tricky chin and moustache areas. I would declare the 'Crat the winner based upon ease of use. Post shave I give the Stahly and very slight edge in closeness (very).
More of the same on my mostly ATG head shave but here the Artistocrat had a bit more trouble, or rather I had a bit more trouble with it. Finishing the pass there was noticibly more residual stubble on the right (Gillette) side of the crown, the trickiest spot in my shave. Just to make sure the Stahly wasn't advantaged from being assigned the left side, I took to clean up with the Stahly and it did handle that stubble easier (with considerable focus on angle and pressure).
Since I make the rules no need to declare an overall winner but slight edge to the Crat on the beard and Stahly on my head.![[Image: 6b46b761c9dc5674cff0e7b1474ba9de.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210619/6b46b761c9dc5674cff0e7b1474ba9de.jpg)
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Dave of KY was kind enough to let me use his '47 Aristocrat as I've never had the pleasure of a 'Crat in the den. My plan is to put it up against other contemporaries on hand including the Stahly, Milord, and Shake Sharp. BICs and MDC for the week, beard and head shaves.
First impression of the Gillette is one of great ease. I find a pretty nice balance of blade feel and efficiency, handling is faultless and, and finding the effective angle and pressure is a piece of cake with perfectly adequate audible feedback.
The Stahly (with Tibam handle) on the other hand provides virtually no audible feedback or blade feel, and thus can be very tricky to find the optimum angle and modulate pressure. Indeed, though I am very experienced Stahly user it's not unusual for me to nick myself on the back of my head from applying too much pressure in the wrong spot, not something I typically do with other mild razors.
The two passes on the beard were a pleasure with both, easier to get the angle under the nose with the Aristocrat but both did well ATG on the tricky chin and moustache areas. I would declare the 'Crat the winner based upon ease of use. Post shave I give the Stahly and very slight edge in closeness (very).
More of the same on my mostly ATG head shave but here the Artistocrat had a bit more trouble, or rather I had a bit more trouble with it. Finishing the pass there was noticibly more residual stubble on the right (Gillette) side of the crown, the trickiest spot in my shave. Just to make sure the Stahly wasn't advantaged from being assigned the left side, I took to clean up with the Stahly and it did handle that stubble easier (with considerable focus on angle and pressure).
Since I make the rules no need to declare an overall winner but slight edge to the Crat on the beard and Stahly on my head.
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