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"The Experiment" Phase 2 -- learning continues
As an update, 3 of the 7 Tom sent me for the original experiment now live in North Carolina permanently. Given that I've settled on what I like…large, and usually heavy smiling blades…the attached picture is the rotation for the next month or two.
It includes several I’ve had for a while and two of the three which refused to go back to Texas (the MOP scaled Henckel smiler and the W&B FBU), as well as a Robert Williams that has been improved from a slight frown to a slight smile by the same Sharptonn. I holding out of this phase an Ivory scaled Elliott smiler (which is my current favorite), which also likes NC better than the more humid Houston area. Using it in this rotation would be unfair to its brothers.
From top to bottom in the picture they are a Geo. Butler Art, the MOP Henckel, the W&B FBU, a small but near wedge 5/8 Hess 42 that I got from Rodb, my newly improved Williams (thanks Tom) and a W&B smiler in ivory scales.
At the very top is a new Mongoose, which is my first SE since a Schick injector many years ago. I recall once saying that their price seemed steep for a SE. I was wrong, because it is worth every penny. It gives SRs a run for their money, at least when the SRs are in my hands.
The plan is to use each SR for 6 days in a row, to give me a chance to adapt to it, and to correct for any lather and prep issues (as well as the occasional bad mood/no patience disorder). On the 7th day my face and I shall rest, using the Mongoose to get to church acceptably neat and tidy, shave-wise.
I'll report once or twice each week, and maybe together we’ll see what I'm learning, you guys can help me some, and hopefully it might help or inspire someone else. Hope you all enjoy.
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