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[โ€“] snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Thursday, November 21, 2024: SLS - First GEM Shave

  • Brush: Zenith/Stirling - 510SE-XL 31mm boar brush
  • Razor: GEM - Clog-Pruf
  • Blade: Personne - GEM PTFE (1)
  • Lather: Stirling - British Leather
  • Post: P&G - Old Spice Aftershave splash
  • Post: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
  • Frag: Stirling - Stirling Gentleman

Tonight's luxury shave was my first with the recently-acquired Clog-Pruf, since the blades /u/schontzm graciously gave me finally arrived today (again, thank you!).

Shaving with the Clog-Pruf is definitely different from the DE razors I typically use. The correct angle wasn't too difficult to find, but the range of comfortable shaving angles seems much narrower to me. I got a very close shave, with a couple nicks ATG. I also had a bit of trouble under the nose, but I'm sure that will improve with practice.

British Leather -> Old Spice -> Stirling Gentleman was a great combo. I'll have to remember to try this one again.


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The correct angle wasn't too difficult to find, but the range of comfortable shaving angles seems much narrower to me.

When you'll have used it a few times, I think you'll find that this isn't true when compared to most DE razors. The Micromatic has quite the exposure, and that comes with a good range of angles, but the range skews towards the flatter angles compared to DE