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Saturday, December 16, 2023
A rare late-in-the-day shave for me today. Was nice and relaxing.
December 16, 2023
It is nice to bring out the Stag every once in a while, and I enjoyed the trifecta today. However, only the dog and I seem to like this scent.
To me, the Flying Wing is more form than function. I find it to be too mild a razor. I can get a great shave from it, but it does not have that wonderful blade feel that I love about the MMOC, and I can’t help but compare them. I was inspired to use this by @djundjila’s 7-day Micromatic tour, and it will likely stay on the shelf unless MMMMFF becomes a thing again.
To me, the Flying Wing […] I find it to be too mild a razor.
I’m on record with a similar (but over-the-top) statement: “The Micromatic Flying Wing has the same mechanism and is beautiful, but unfortunately it’s so mild you can barely get a shave out of it.”, but I later ate my words 😅
After using it for a while it became one of my favourite razors, and it’s one of the few razors I have two of (one gold plated, and one chrome)
MMMMFF
❤️ I miss those!
After using it for a while it became one of my favourite razors
I wonder how you feel about its mildness now that you have put in so many hours using straights. My technique provided a comfortable BBS shave today but I have grown accustomed to much more blade feel. As you mentioned in one of your SOTDs, it is arguably the best looking Micromatic and while I was using it today, I was wondering how DEs ever took over. I see no benefit to a DE over a Micromatic SE.
December 16, 2023
Nice shave. I like this knot a lot. It’s more gelled than I remember. I typically don’t like gelly knots but this one feels great.
The frag is a cheapo from Lidl. It’s a dupe of something, probably.
That sounds like a lot of badger! I’ve tried to Maggard SHD knots and liked both a lot. I wonder how such a big one feels.
Varen++;
Mindigo++;
The story behind this knot is that I bought a 28mm to fill a “reject” Dogwood handle. The knot did not fit the handle, and after measuring with calipers I figured it was a 30mm. Brad offered to send another 28mm which would hopefully fit and said sometimes the factory in China messes up the size. In the end, I decided to keep it and used a Dremel to embiggen the handle hole, and now it’s one of my favorites. I have a 28mm also, which measures closer to 28mm, and I prefer this larger one.
This Micromatic tour was a great reminder of how great this line of razors really is. For some reason, safety razor technology seems to have peaked there, and I’m glad that the GEM blade format is still being manufactured.
Today’s was a sweet-leaning warm gourmand fragrance combo that I could happily repeat anytime
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St. Julep is on my list for test. Never smelled it yet.
I have an almost full tester of it that I won’t use. I’d be happy to send it to you.
sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social 10 months ago
Saturday Morning
It was a very colorful shave, and I wish I’d gotten a picture in the rush to leave this morning.
Rating: 4/5