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April 2, 2025
Brush: Wald Stratos Goldvein 29mm A1 Fan
Razor: Dubl Duck 5/8" Full Hollow
Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Black Watch - Soap
Aftershave: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Black Watch - Aftershave
Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Black Watch - Eau de Toilette
2 passes. Face lather. Good shave.
Comfortable shave, but not particularly close. Still trying to dial in a coticule edge on this razor.
Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts 49ers Custom w/ 28mm B5 Badger
Razor: Blackland Razors Vector Titanium
Blade: Schick Proline
Lather: Australian Private Reserve - Marbles
Post Shave: Australian Private Reserve - Marbles
Fragrance: Australian Private Reserve - Marbles
Day 2 of APRil with a special trifecta. Great smells that to my nose opens with an apple juice top note but wyze says it’s the cherry note from Ozymandias. u/jeffm54321 do you have the original scent notes list that I could reference?
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
Continuing my smush/sample tour with Mike’s Hungarian Lavender. Another well-balanced and subtle scent that gave an excellent lather. I like Mike’s.
This is my last shave with the S1. It’s a wonderful brush, easily the softest badger knot I’ve used with the perfect amount of density. I’ll be sad to see it go, but I’m glad I got the opportunity to use it for a bit.
Have a great day all.
Quick shave today, Palmolive and the SOC made sure of a great lather with 0 effort, and plate 3 of the razor got me to a quick 2 pass BBS. Some minor weepers along the jaw but nothing to write home about
I should use my SOC more often, that’s a great brush!
April 2, 2025
Surprised by how well this Merkur shaved.
They’re great razors
Great little razor, and now unobtainium
Unobtainium you say?? Since when?
Apr 2, 2025 - Propaganda
Dr Jon’s Propaganda and NO’s Firefighter were a perfect woody, musky pairing to start the morning.
Baudelaire is so good, that is all.
I think Beau is the only MdSaxe scent I haven’t smelled from William.
Vote for it for BWVSC, here’s your chance!
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 day ago
April 2, 2025 - Side by Side
Merkur on the left, RazoRock on the right. New blades for both.
Both razors are mild-medium. Both razors have excellent efficiency. I think that’s why people love the 34C (and other Merkur razors with the same head design)… the amazing ratio of efficiency to blade feel.
1st pass - The Merkur felt like it had more blade feel than the RazoRock. Surprising! 2nd pass - I couldn’t really discern a difference in blade feel. The razors feel slightly different overall, but it wasn’t a difference in blade feel that I was detecting. 3rd pass - The RazoRock started to feel like it had more blade feel (while still safely in the mild-medium category). Another surprising twist!
Did one razor shave better than the other? Results on both sides of my face are nearly identical, and man, both shave great. But, where the Merkur left just the slightest bit behind, the RazoRock feels impossibly close. So, the RazorRock I’d say did a better job.
A word on how the RazoRock “feels”. It has a sort of drag to it that the Merkur doesn’t have, but only in certain directions. I can’t tell why. It’s not a “gets sucked into your face” kind of drag like a Karve Overlander. Could it be the shiny finish? Shiny razors tend to stick to my skin, even with good lather (but the 34C is also shiny, so…). Could it be the safety bar, which has a sharp angle at the edge where it rides along your skin? It’s not uncomfortable, but it’s definitely not as rounded as most safety bars. Or could it be something else? I notice it most when going across the grain, which is weird. Maybe time will tell.
Overall winner? For me, it’s the RazoRock. It’s stainless steel which I much prefer to zamak. It’s $80 USD ($90 with the handle) compared to $49.50USD for a 34C HD. An extra $30-40 for superior build quality for a razor that I love is definitely worth it.
Is it worth it for someone who already has a 34C? It depends on how much you love the 34C, and how much you want a durable copy of it. I probably won’t be keeping my 34C now that I have the RazoRock, but even if I sell it for $20, I’m still out $70 to have my new razor. Still not bad, considering the upgrade.
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 1 day ago
SS razors having more drag?
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 day ago
I have other SS razors and they don’t feel draggy. I’m leaning towards it’s the safety bar being “sharp”. Like, I’m tempted to hit it with a die grinder to smooth it out, but I won’t (for now!).