SOTD 14-20 April 2019

April 20, 2019
Paladin Zephyr Neptune
Gillette Old Type Bakelite
Gillette Nacet
Mystic Water Egyptian Dragon
Lucky Tiger
Eufros Sandolo ASB

April 20, 2019
Paladin Zephyr Neptune
Gillette Old Type Bakelite
Gillette Nacet
Mystic Water Egyptian Dragon
Lucky Tiger
Eufros Sandolo ASB

Great looking brush! Excellent handle and the current knots are probably the best 2 bands in the industry right now! Enjoy!

April 20, 2019
Paladin Zephyr Neptune
Gillette Old Type Bakelite
Gillette Nacet
Mystic Water Egyptian Dragon
Lucky Tiger
Eufros Sandolo ASB

Great looking brush! Excellent handle and the current knots are probably the best 2 bands in the industry right now! Enjoy!

Thanks German! This is my first new brush purchase in a long time and it is a wonderful brush, both handle and knot.

April 20, 2019
Gillette J-3 Slim
Feather
Thäter Boar
Mystic Water Vetiver & Oakmoss
Fine Fresh Vetiver
Guerlain Vetiver EdT

Saturday AM 2019-04-20

Moss Anniversary Slate scuttle
Rooney Emillion 1 Porcelain Finest (24/51)
Floris Elite shaving cream (vintage)
DE Feather AS-D2 (Ink Edition)/Triad Diamond Antique Bronze
Personna 74 Tungsten (19)
Floris Elite aftershave (vintage)

It amazes me that an old shaving cream can be so good.

Charcoal Goods :: Thater :: Nuàvia :: Myrsol Agua Balsamica

A&E / Tertius
Muhle R41 / Polsilver
Simpson's Chubby 2

Here is my take in NI vs ND at least on this day. Fresh BIC blade in both, one day growth both beard and head.

First these are for me the two best handling Gillettes hands down, both perfectly balanced, handle length and grip spot on.

The New Improved has immediately more blade feel. Some may not like that but for me it makes it easier to find optimum angle and pressure. Both beard and head shave very close and adequately efficient.

The New Deluxe is much easier to zip around my head, it is considerably less bladey. On the flip side , the lesser blade feel also makes it harder to assess its optimum angle, and even more importantly easier to use improper amount of pressure. Indeed i came away from the shave with a bit of irritation on the ND side (both head and beard), none on the NI side.

If the ND were a daily driver I imagine one gets to automatic in terms of pressure, but im not convinced the ND would beat the NI in terns of efficiency under the best of conditions.

Both fine razors, my preference is clearly for the New Improved.

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M&F Sabini Polo
Weber PH + Uf0
Feather
Noble Otter + AP Reserve Texaus
AP Reserve Fenchurch

Here is my take in NI vs ND at least on this day. Fresh BIC blade in both, one day growth both beard and head.

First these are for me the two best handling Gillettes hands down, both perfectly balanced, handle length and grip spot on.

The New Improved has immediately more blade feel. Some may not like that but for me it makes it easier to find optimum angle and pressure. Both beard and head shave very close and adequately efficient.

The New Deluxe is much easier to zip around my head, it is considerably less bladey. On the flip side , the lesser blade feel also makes it harder to assess its optimum angle, and even more importantly easier to use improper amount of pressure. Indeed i came away from the shave with a bit of irritation on the ND side (both head and beard), none on the NI side.

If the ND were a daily driver I imagine one gets to automatic in terms of pressure, but im not convinced the ND would beat the NI in terns of efficiency under the best of conditions.

Both fine razors, my preference is clearly for the New Improved.

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Thank you for that concise and excellent review. IIRC you are a big fan of the Game Changer .84. Is that correct, and if so, would you say that the 84 makes it as easy as the NI to get the angle and pressure right?