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• djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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  • HomeAwayFromHone@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    For frameback be sure to try one of the thin Japanese ones, they’re almost like a stiff hollow and kind of sing. Hm, others… have you tried a lancet blade? Sheffield with a rattler grind? With a taper? Oh! What about the Wilkinson Pall Mall / Dunhill? It takes (quarter hollow) wedge blades but can use Gem too. Not only does it have a roller guard but you can adjust the exposure. Neat thing.

    Speaking of Gem blades, you know you can pull the spine off a Gem and use it in that Autostrop right?

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    • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I had to Google a lot for this one 😄

      Yes, a thin Japanese framebacks is what i had on mind

      have you tried a lancet blade?

      What’s that? All I could find looks like regular DE blades.

      I haven’t tried a Rattler.

      With a taper?

      What’s that?

      Oh! What about the Wilkinson Pall Mall / Dunhill?

      I have this beauty, and the adjustable exposure mechanism is wonderfully overengineered😊

      Speaking of Gem blades, you know you can pull the spine off a Gem and use it in that Autostrop right?

      Yes, but I have 100 FHS-10 blades and no other razor to use them in😅

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      • HomeAwayFromHone@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        There are also thick framebacks but they’re basically just like a light wedge so I think you’re right to prioritise the Japanese ones.

        I like the look of tapered blades and was lucky enough to score one but it’s been at my brother’s place waiting for scales for a while now. One day.

        Rattlers are neat but also basically feel like a light wedge however I have this one smaller one I quite like, took a nice edge, slight smile, etc. sometimes a razor just fits.

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        “Lancet” is what Mappin called these, but there have been a few imitators and while I’ve not tried one quite like that though I have this one with a hollowed out spine that maybe is at least in the same sort of category? Heh, actually that mailcall is pretty topical overall, even has a lather catcher.

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