Well, round 3 didn't go as well as round 2, in my books.

Picked up some Body Shop Maca Root shaving cream, it lathered up beautifully when I got the water:cream ratio down right (or close enough at least).

Got both sides with the grain (1 minor nick on the right)), neck against the grain, and relathered for the against the grain on my face, Get about 1/3 of my right side done and the razor bit. Pretty good slice. Closed up with cold water but continued to leak a while.


Dunno if it's the fact that I didn't have a shower first, or if it was because it was the 3rd shave on the replaceable blade, but I didn't get near as close as I had on friday's shave. Significantly more razor burn and overworked spots. I usually only get 1 good shave out of a Schick Quattro cartridge (the 2nd one pulls), if that helps for reference.

Ordered Derby and Feather blades for the Parker, so we'll see how those work for multiple shaves (if I can get 3-4 shaves on a blade the price per shave will go down and make Feather cheap). 100 double blades, 200 refills, ~800 shaves would last me forever when I've got my other razors back too.


Fresh blade and a shower next time I use the cream, make sure it wasn't the issue.