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Friday Morning Redemption
Managed to fiddle a Personna Injector blade into the Enders Safety and voila a much better shave.
Still not convinced I like this funny, skinny little razor.
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Personna SS Injector Blade (1X)
Alpha Shaving Company BIG RED Brush
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Razor: Supply Pro Adjustable Injector Razor
Blade: Schick Plus Platinum injector
Brush: Simpson Commodore X2 Best Badger
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Aftershave: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue
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(12-27-2023, 03:56 PM)Anchovie666 Wrote: Wednesday Morning Bristle Whittling
Not pictured, my first pass was with a Rolls Razor that I recently acquired. Basically it could shave but I think it needed a lot more hone and strop work. It got me over the fear of the straight edge on a stick and proved it would shave a bit. Finished with the Empire and that was last use of the Schick Injector modification blade. It had lost it's efficiency. Overall a good shave in the long run.
Wilkinson Sword Empire Razor
Schick Injector Blade (5X)
Mitchell's Wool Fat
AP ShaveCo Silksmoke Knot Brush
Proraso Red Splash On
Myrsol Agua de Limon Aftershave That looks like you have a GEM spine on a Schick injector blade. Very interesting.
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(12-30-2023, 03:54 PM)Jayaruh Wrote: (12-27-2023, 03:56 PM)Anchovie666 Wrote: Wednesday Morning Bristle Whittling
Not pictured, my first pass was with a Rolls Razor that I recently acquired. Basically it could shave but I think it needed a lot more hone and strop work. It got me over the fear of the straight edge on a stick and proved it would shave a bit. Finished with the Empire and that was last use of the Schick Injector modification blade. It had lost it's efficiency. Overall a good shave in the long run.
Wilkinson Sword Empire Razor
Schick Injector Blade (5X)
Mitchell's Wool Fat
AP ShaveCo Silksmoke Knot Brush
Proraso Red Splash On
Myrsol Agua de Limon Aftershave That looks like you have a GEM spine on a Schick injector blade. Very interesting.
Yes. For the Empire to work with modern blades you need a GEM Spine and an Injector blade. Or I have one now using a cut down Feather AC Light Blade. It definitely takes some fiddling around but you can get it to work. Since the modern blades are good for 5-10 shaves, you don't have to keep repeating the loading, etc. You can also run a de-spined GEM blade that is cut down at the bottom edges. Similiar to what you need to do with making it usuable in a Valet VC1. At least the fantastic Empire Razor lives to shave again.
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Saturday Morning Further Experimentation
Sometimes I am a hard head. I went back to the drawing board with the Vintage Enders blade and tried stropping it about 30-40 times. It was much smoother (enough for a three pass shave) but the efficiency was also diminished. Next trial is cutting down the stropping to just about five laps. I have plenty of the NOS Enders Vintage blades to experiment on. Actually dried down to a nice DFS shave. Proof of Concept.
Enders Safety Razor
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Lather Catcher Sunday's Cold Water Shave
Last Shave of 2023
Cold Water Rinse
Cella Shave Soap
Red and Black Badger by Tom
Superior Lather Catcher
Personna GEM SS PTFE
CWR
Cella After Shave Balm
The Cella Shave Soap lathered well with the Red and Black Badger Brush by Tom. Two passes and touch ups with the Superior Lather Catcher and a Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Cella After Shave Balm. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
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Sunday Morning Salvation
When you've had a few sub-par shaves in a row and then you really hit a good one. AWESOME.
Goodbye 2023.
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(12-27-2023, 03:14 AM)GAW9576 Wrote: I had an excellent shave this morning with my new to me Schick A1 and a fresh Personna 74. What a wonderful combination.
My A was sent to my old address. The people living there now apparently went home until classes start again. I hope to get it when they get back.
Happy shaves to ya!
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