Firm Blade Razor

[Dave in KY]

Tuesday February 8, 2022
Razor: Firmblade vs Kenyon
Blade: Half a Shark SS vs Injector
Brush: Sorrentino Orange Crush/Cashmere
Soap: Tabac
AS 1: Humphreys Maravilla 70
AS 2: NiveaDeep
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1189

   
I bring you the Firm Blade with half a Shark SS Blade. It looks intimidating and the curved blade had me wondering as I'm sure others would. Is this for ladies armpits or guys shaving. Well if you check the Waits Compendium it will tell you it's a just a razor design basically. Waits is wrong sometimes so checking the Patent US2421205 of 1947 you find that it doesn't distinguish what gender it was made for but does layout the reasoning for the design and their goals. Feel free to read if you want but it wasn't designed specifically for women.
   
So snapping a DE blade in half and some snipping with some scissors gets a blade sat where it was designed to be.
   
How's the shave ? VERY.................mild and barely cutting whiskers even with added pressure, but it did clip some as seen in the photo. It was leaving tone of lather behind on a stroke which is a clear indication of none successful shaving strokes.
   
This necessitated calling in the Kenyon for pass 2 and 3 to get a quality shave. Some more research and playing with a way to get the blade secured more forward for some cutting will be played with. I'm off for some coffee and homemade Apricot Cinnamon Pecan Biscotti....... Have a stellar day folks !!
   

[GAW9576]

Ah. So the SOTD was just a teaser post. Now I find the review. I hope you can find a way to make it more a effective shaver.

[Dave in KY]

Ah. So the SOTD was just a teaser post. Now I find the review. I hope you can find a way to make it more a effective shaver.

Thanks, me too. Didn't want to duplicate it all in the SOTD