Gillette Mach 3 VS. C.V. Heljestrand
I've been wondering about battle between my old Gillette Mach 3 with three bladed head and my C.V. Heljestrand straight razor. Today I just had to do it :D
I shared my face left and right and Gillette got left side of my face and C.V. other. I made lather of Fitjar shaving soap. I had four days stumble on my face. With the grain was alright with Gillette and cross the grain too, but C.V. did it always cleaner and didn't pull like Gillette time to time.
Against the grain made biggest difference and C.V. did much better job than Gillette and after battle I had to clean up Gillette's side of face with my C.V. :) I had to flush Gillette time to time with running water but C.V. did all passes without flushing.
This was interesting experiment and now it's time to lift Gillette top of cabinet and forgot it there. C.V. won big time.