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04-11-2007, 02:11 PM #1
John Heifor "for the army" 6/8 wedge
B&B Finest
Trumper Rose
Body Shop Tea Tree toner
Will G's Sandalwood ASB
This is my first shave with this razor - another $5 e-bay special that I had reground and cleaned by Joe C. This is a medium weight wedge with horn scales that cleaned up pretty well. While not quite as good a shave as with my W&B or Rogers wedges, I can't complain for the price (about $50 including the razor, regrinding, honing, refurbishing and shipping). I'm really enjoying the wedge razors I have - I like them more than the 1/2 and 1/4 hollows for some reason.
The Will G's Sandalwood ASB is one of my favourite ASB's and I use it very sparingly - no burn, good skin conditioning and a great scent - I have about 1/2 a bottle left and am already looking for a replacement sandalwood ASB.
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04-11-2007, 02:20 PM #2
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04-11-2007, 02:37 PM #3
To be honest, I only have one 1/4 wedge (the Otto Hess razor that Randy sold) and I like it very much, but to answer your question, I prefer my full wedge razors to my 1/4 hollow and the several 1/2 hollows I own.
I think a full wedge shaves a little differently than even a 1/4 wedge, but that's obviously subjective.
The one thing with the full wedges - especially the heavier ones - is that they are very stiff and I find that I get the best results with a light touch - otherwise wedge burn can become a problem.
This being said, I have lots of full hollows that I really like as well 7/8 Fridour, 7/8 Wacker/Bartman (I actually like mine!), 6/8 TI Sheffield Steel - however, with the exception of the TI, I tend to prefer full hollows that are on the stiff side. I have some flexier blades as well, but seem to gravitate to full hollows over 6/8 and heavier grinds.
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04-11-2007, 02:51 PM #4
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Thanked: 9Also experienced some difference myself - more "suction" on the face, and this seemed to cause a bit of irritation in a couple of spots, if touch isn't very light, as you say.
I seem to get all the stiffness I may ever need in 1/2 and 1/4 grinds and framebacks and even full hollows work well (but this is personal, of course)
Cheers
Ivo
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04-11-2007, 03:16 PM #5
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Thanked: 1Nicked myself near the sideburn. Minor, stopped bleeding during the shave but annoying nonetheless.
Filarmonica doble temple 7/8
Proraso preshave cream
Williams soap
Proraso Balm
Oh and I turned the ceiling fan on, I love the feel of the air on my face after I finish, makes me realize I need to shave earlier so I can spend a few minutes outside after a shave.
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04-11-2007, 04:22 PM #6
Hot Shower
5/8 Torrey spike
Tony Miller strop
Vulfix 374 silvertip
Trumper's Rose soap
Old Spice
Terry
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04-11-2007, 04:57 PM #7
Hot Shower
5/8 Dorko
Trumpers Sandalwood Shaving cream
silvertip badger brush
Great shave...