Thread: The great experiment

So on a more serious note, I'm on full week two with this great seven day rotation, and I'm going to take them in order. #1 in the rotation is a 6/8 Manhattan Sheffield blade, I'd guess 1/4 hollow, in beautiful scales. Tom can tell you more about it since he's spent more time with it.

I did my second shave with it last night and as with most razors, shave 2 was better than shave 1. I'm used to mostly hollow and extra hollow ground razors, although I have a couple of heavier grinds. The more experience I've gotten with straights the more I find myself leaning toward the heavier grinds.

In my first shave with this razor I gave it an 8 out of 10, because it was a little hard for me to handle. I think I was babying the scales too much and not paying attention to my grip. So I got a better than average shave but had trouble in the harder to get to areas of chin and neck. In shave #2 last night, I used Castle Forbes in a bowl lather (I usually face lather) and I got a great shave (gave it a 9). I had no problems at all, anywhere and really like the little smile it has.

To be fair, I have a variety of weights, sizes, grinds and scale materials in this great collection that I'm trying and this being my 2d time through, I'm adapting to the angles, grips and approaches that suit my face with each razor.

Here is the razor, and tomorrow being my lazy day, I'll post a list of the seven that I have of Tom's that I'm trying out.