Shaving notes of the MaineYooper

I took the Type G out for its maiden voyage on my face. Amazing! So easy and comfortable! I agree with my avatar, Mr. Blandings!

  Nice.

Just rubbed my face after a long day. Wow, some areas still feel smooth, 14+ hours after shaving this morning with my Vector and the ninth shave on a Proline blade!

Postscript: Venkat, thanks again for the wonderful razor!

I am very happy to know you are very pleased with the razor!  Enjoy your shaves!  Best

I took the Type G out for its maiden voyage on my face. Amazing! So easy and comfortable! I agree with my avatar, Mr. Blandings!

That’s a great shaving scene! Hilarious. Is he using an injector razor?  I have to say I’m not impressed with his technique, lots of buffing strokes without lather will lead to irritation. No wonder he bleeds every morning.

Yes, I believe it is a Type G. I have a closer photo, but it is on my laptop, and I am at work. I love his spiel on it!

Wonderful first shave today with what I believe is a fairly new M2 Schick. I am falling hard for the single edge razors and the amazing, easy shaves the injectors have been giving me.

Nice shave Eric

Today I was up and out before shaving, but coming back home right away. And the mailman had been by. The new to me Blackbird was in the mailbox (thanks to Brian SaddleSC for fast shipping and sale!), but soon it was on the sink with a Nacet blade on shave 4.  I put together a nicely hydrated Mystic Water Sensitive Skin lather, took a deep breath, and started shaving.  (I did try the razor without a blade before all this to see how it felt.  In a word, heavy!  Seems this top cap has more smooth curves than sharp edges, but the handle does have a edgy feel to it with the sharp grooves.)  I decided to do only 2 passes without too much touching up, in case there was more aggression than anticipated.  For me, my Slim on 7 or higher can be too aggressive feeling (although I haven't tried that for years now), and the Karve D plate was not comfortable to me.

On the first downward stroke, I heard it shaving. Much like the Vector, this is one loud razor! I was careful and it paid off. It felt like a smooth shaver, and yet I could feel it was right on the edge of warning, "Danger, Will Robinson!" I did the with the grain first, then did a modified XTG/ATG. Great results, no nicks, irritation, or weepers, nor any irritation. But there was, like with the Vector, attention needed. This is both hands on the steering wheel! Enjoyable, but not carefree. And this is only the first outing, so extra caution was taken while I learned how it shaved.

And similar to the Yates, the Blackbird removes most of the lather, leaving no residual lather/slickness like a Tech or other razors might. I had read about guys using the Rex adjustable for the first time and noting that you could get some road rash if you touched up an area without reapplying some lather. The Blackbird was like that for me. I felt the potential for irritation if I took one more stroke over an area that I just finished, and can only imagine how it would feel if I moved to an area that I had finished with a few minutes earlier! 

I am very happy with the results and am now blessed with so many great razors that I feel almost overwhelmed when it comes to deciding what to do each morning (if only all my problems were this minor. But shaving can help center me and calm me, and now has become something enjoyable, and it helps prepare me for dealing with the life problems that are more important).

Good job Eric but too late of a review as I missed a Blackbird for $120.........watching for further thoughts with anticipation

Sorry you missed that, what a phenomenal price! I am undecided on how to tackle this, as I have too many new razors. At times, it does feel like paralysis from analysis! I don't think of got it in me to stick to one razor for a week, I just want to use them all. I'll figure it out, may 2-3 days then switch. I just don't want to dismiss one razor based on a bad shave when I am not giving it several days in a row to get used to how it works for me. Sorry, I digressed. This was supposed to be about missing a deal. I decided, after the Parker and Vector purchases, to try some razors with the intent of moving them on if they don't work well for me. That is my rationalization for suddenly jumping in with both feet and greatly expanding my razors!