Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - November 21st, 2024 (#529)
snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 1 day ago
Thursday, November 21, 2024: SLS - First GEM Shave
- Brush: Zenith/Stirling - 510SE-XL 31mm boar brush
- Razor: GEM - Clog-Pruf
- Blade: Personne - GEM PTFE (1)
- Lather: Stirling - British Leather
- Post: P&G - Old Spice Aftershave splash
- Post: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
- Frag: Stirling - Stirling Gentleman
Tonight’s luxury shave was my first with the recently-acquired Clog-Pruf, since the blades /u/schontzm graciously gave me finally arrived today (again, thank you!).
Shaving with the CLog-Pruf is definitely different from the DE razors I typically use. The correct angle wasn’t too difficult to find, but the range of comfortable shaving angles seems much narrower to me. I got a very close shave, with a couple nicks ATG. I also had a bit of trouble under the nose, but I’m sure that will improve with practice.
British Leather -> Old Spice -> Stirling Gentleman was a great combo. I’ll have to remember to try this one again.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 21 hours ago
When you’ll have used it a few times, I think you’ll find that this isn’t true when compared to most DE razors. The Micromatic has quite the exposure, and that comes with a good range of angles, but the range skews towards the flatter angles compared to DE
snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 9 hours ago
Yeah, it might be more that I’m not used to riding the cap quite so much.
I’m definitely looking forward to using it more – it gives a great shave!
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 hour ago
For what it’s worth, I’ve tried riding the cap with all sorts of GEM razors and it’s not my cup of tea. Eventually you’ll discover what feels good.
I used to blame rough first shaves on the PTFE blades needing some coating to wear off, but now I know better - I was using too much pressure, being used to milder DEs.
Anyway, enjoy! They’re great razors.