Ok. So today I used my newly arrived Dovo Shavette for the first time. Previously I shaved three times with a cheap blade holder from Sally. Once with some cheap Walgreens blades, twice with Feather blades(which are awesome). So this was my fourth shave.

I made a mistake though. See the Shavette came with a single Dovo branded DE blade. I said, "Why not?" I did a HHT on it and it gripped my thumb, so it seemed sharp enough. But once I took it to the face, the truth came through. It kept pulling and caused to get a couple of small nicks on my neck. And overall it was a big difference to the smooth, cutting through butter feel of the Feather blades. It's left my skin a little irritated too because of the pulling. Overall less than decent experience, I threw it away as soon as I finished along with its other half.

However. This has been my closest shave yet. I did a WTG pass and then an XTG pass on the cheeks followed by a second WTG pass on my neck, chin and mustache. Thought of doing a third one with the Feather blades but my skin was a little irritated at this point so I decided against it. I was very methodical with my blade angle this time though, previously I found out I was using to low an angle, around 15 degrees. I tried to maintain a 30 degree and it definitely made a difference. I can now say that I got as close a shave as I ever got with my Mach 3, with which I used to do multiple passes in basically every direction. So I'm happy about that. Still not BBS, but close.

Next time I'm definitely using my Feather blades. And I may attempt an ATG pass on my neck. Maybe. Oh, and I got my best lather yet. Combining my COLC soap and lowly Derby cream I was able to get my best lather yet, felt awesome. Can't wait till I order my CF sampler and see how that feels. I want to find out a way to keep my lather warm though, my sink isn't big enough to leave the bowl on the water. Hmm...

Anyway, I'll stop now :P