culcreuch
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Its early days yet......but nothing has appeared so far.
Completed Bigelow-Parkin Folding DE Razor pass around
- Thread starter sɐǝɹpu∀
- Start date
sɐǝɹpu∀
riverrun
One or two per month. Look at the images and check that the teeth are straight. Although they normally are.
Last one:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123420593007?orig_cvip=true&nordt=true
Interesting one, as It had the advertiser's name engraved on the top cap.
Boru62
Shaving Boar
I returned home to a "Something for you" card Brian, I'll pick it up tomorrow.
culcreuch
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After me of course!!
Boru62
Shaving Boar
Boru62
Shaving Boar
Pre: Warm water splash
Brush: Vulfix 404 Badger/Horse
Soap: Razorock Nervous Wreck
Razor: Bigelow-Parkin (on loan)
Blade: Polsilver Łódź
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, Razorock American Barber ASL
I'm sorry to wave goodbye to this fun and efficient little razor.
Thanks for the experience Andreas.
Pass me your details please Lee (@Rowlers) and I'll get it off to you.
Brush: Vulfix 404 Badger/Horse
Soap: Razorock Nervous Wreck
Razor: Bigelow-Parkin (on loan)
Blade: Polsilver Łódź
Post: Warm then cold water rinse, Razorock American Barber ASL
I'm sorry to wave goodbye to this fun and efficient little razor.
Thanks for the experience Andreas.
Pass me your details please Lee (@Rowlers) and I'll get it off to you.
First shave in the bag. It had its work cut out this little razor. No shave since Thursday.
It is such a surprisingly efficient and smooth little razor that it must be tried to be believed!
My only issue was that it kept slipping in my fingers, maybe some alum on my thumb and forefinger would help, but I don;t have it with me. However, after 2 very easy passes I have a really close shave. Not the closest ever, but I didn't even try to be honest.
Shocked as to how good it is.
Thanks @sɐǝɹpu∀
It is such a surprisingly efficient and smooth little razor that it must be tried to be believed!
My only issue was that it kept slipping in my fingers, maybe some alum on my thumb and forefinger would help, but I don;t have it with me. However, after 2 very easy passes I have a really close shave. Not the closest ever, but I didn't even try to be honest.
Shocked as to how good it is.
Thanks @sɐǝɹpu∀
sɐǝɹpu∀
riverrun
Good, innit?
Are the balls of thumb and finger inside the star-shaped holes? That should prevent any slipping.
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Yeah, that's how I held it, but I kept the grip kind of loose. May need to tighten the grip a little.
ajc347
Forum GOD!
I've managed to get one shave in with this razor so far (I've had two pass-around razors arrive at the same time), and it has proven to be a very interesting design.
The teeth feel quite sharp to me and I did notice this in the shave if the angle wasn't spot on. I found it difficult to get the correct angle at first (the handle feels more comfortable at a 90 degree angle to the face - this is, of course, an impossible angle to shave with).
As the shave progressed I was able to find the correct angle more easily apply a much lighter touch; the razor responded to this quite nicely. I must say that this is not an intuitive razor to shave with and I can see that less experienced shavers would potentially have a steep learning curve ahead of them if this were the first DE razor they tried to shave with.
I'll aim to get a couple of more shaves in by the end of the week and get the razor sent on to the next person at the weekend.
The teeth feel quite sharp to me and I did notice this in the shave if the angle wasn't spot on. I found it difficult to get the correct angle at first (the handle feels more comfortable at a 90 degree angle to the face - this is, of course, an impossible angle to shave with).
As the shave progressed I was able to find the correct angle more easily apply a much lighter touch; the razor responded to this quite nicely. I must say that this is not an intuitive razor to shave with and I can see that less experienced shavers would potentially have a steep learning curve ahead of them if this were the first DE razor they tried to shave with.
I'll aim to get a couple of more shaves in by the end of the week and get the razor sent on to the next person at the weekend.
ajc347
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I’ve had my final shave with this razor today and must say that I’ve really enjoyed using it.
It’s definitely the case that the more familiar I’ve become with the handle mechanism the better the shave has been.
Many thanks to Andreas for organising this pass-around. [emoji846]
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It’s definitely the case that the more familiar I’ve become with the handle mechanism the better the shave has been.
Many thanks to Andreas for organising this pass-around. [emoji846]
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