SOTD - SEptember 2025

[Jayaruh]

   
Williams Wednesday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Shave Soap
Jayaruh #4 High Mountain Badger
Gem Micromatic Bullet Tip
Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Duru Cologne

The Williams Mug Shave Soap was face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #4 High Mountain Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gem Micromatic Plastic Bullet Tip Razor and the Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Duru Cologne. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

[Jayaruh]

SEptember - Micromatic Madness???



After yesterday’s shave I grumbled a bit today before loading a new Gem blade into the ClogPruf. I needed to rule out a bad blade as the culprit for the MMOCs poor performance. The CP shaved pretty much the same as the open comb but did cut a little better. I just need to chalk up these razors as not for me. (Probably why I haven’t used one for ages - and probably won’t again.) Thankfully I don’t have a plastic bullet tipped micromatic which is up for tomorrow, so I will take a day off and choose a different razor for tomorrows event.

I got a tuck of those Gem Reversible Blades, but every  one of them had rust on the edges. Bummer. That was a cool design feature for Gem.

[Rocketman]

SEptember - Micromatic Madness???



After yesterday’s shave I grumbled a bit today before loading a new Gem blade into the ClogPruf. I needed to rule out a bad blade as the culprit for the MMOCs poor performance. The CP shaved pretty much the same as the open comb but did cut a little better. I just need to chalk up these razors as not for me. (Probably why I haven’t used one for ages - and probably won’t again.) Thankfully I don’t have a plastic bullet tipped micromatic which is up for tomorrow, so I will take a day off and choose a different razor for tomorrows event.

I got a tuck of those Gem Reversible Blades, but every  one of them had rust on the edges. Bummer. That was a cool design feature for Gem.

Yes I had pretty much the same experience with them. I tried resharpening too but it wasn’t too successful. As for a plastic bullet tip, I never got around to picking one up, so I will pass on shaving entirely today and see if the Guiding Eye can improve my Micromatic experience tomorrow!

[Jayaruh]

   
Thursday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Proraso White Shave Soap
Jayaruh #4 High Mountain Badger
Gem Micromatic Flying Wing with Guiding Eye
Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Duru Cologne

The Proraso White Shave Soap was face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #4 High Mountain Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gem Micromatic Flying Wing Razor with the Guiding Eye and the Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Duru Cologne. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

[Rocketman]

SEptember - Day18

Guiding Eye Micromatic, GEM Ptfe, Stirling’s Creamy Coconut, Rubberset Canada Boar
   
It was nice to play with this NOS set I have for today’s pics and also to read through the instructions. I used a different user grade razor for the shave and it wasn’t too bad this go around. I find that the Micromatic  frames hold the blades very rigid which is the difference for me from a more flexible blade presentation. But it was a fun go at it nonetheless.

[Jayaruh]

SEptember - Day18

Guiding Eye Micromatic, GEM Ptfe, Stirling’s Creamy Coconut, Rubberset Canada Boar

It was nice to play with this NOS set I have for today’s pics and also to read through the instructions. I used a different user grade razor for the shave and it wasn’t too bad this go around. I find that the Micromatic  frames hold the blades very rigid which is the difference for me from a more flexible blade presentation. But it was a fun go at it nonetheless.

That NOS set is sweet.

[Jayaruh]

   
Friday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Proraso White Shave Soap
Jayaruh #4 High Mountain Badger
Christy Safety Razor
Personna Injector Blade
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Duru Cologne

The Proraso White Shave Soap was face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #4 High Mountain Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Christy Safety Razor and the Personna Injector Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Duru Cologne. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

[Rocketman]

SEptember!! All month too! 

Well, the Christy. I have a few of these razors in cases, some ads, nos blade packs, but I never have shaved with one. I have seen folks saying they use injector blades with success, but I tried once and found it to be a little fiddly getting a blade in place. And fiddling with, well, razor sharp small blades such as Schick, doesn’t appeal to my inner fingers much. So I passed. Until today - inspired on by Jayaruh’s choice for an SE. 

I wasn’t sure how the blade should seat so I placed a Christy blade in it to see how it should sit:

   


Then after a few scary minutes I had the new Pella injector blade in place and fitting as per the Christy- and I still had all of my fingers intact. Yeah for small miracles.


   


Ok. Razor loaded. I chose some Italian Fine soap - and it truly is fine I must say. Such fabulous cushion that I swear they must put feather essence in there! And a scent that just feels like luxury. Yum. But, not to be distracted…….I took long prep today because I had time : pre wash with a glycerin soap, heated steam towels x 2, and a lovely schwack of Fine. Ready to go!

This setup was the worst blade/razor combo I have ever experienced. The blade gap between the injector apex and the razor teeth is so crammed that it would only give about a 30% reduction in each of two passes. I was so irritated  I replaced it with a slanted german ww2 unmentionable and the slickest Japanese doubly unmentionable blade in my stockpile. Job done quick and easy.

I don’t know what gives here. You can see in the pic the new blade is seated well in the razor. I never touched the edge getting it in despite the difficulty I found in installing it. Perhaps this is a grand case of YMMV, but this combo does not work in my estimation.

[Jayaruh]

   
Saturday's Cold Water Shave

Cold Water Rinse
Proraso White Shave Soap
Jayaruh #4 High Mountain Badger
Christy Safety Razor
Personna Injector Blade
CWR
Humphrey's Witch Hazel
Duru Cologne

Well, I don't have any NOS Christy blades, so I am stuck with the Personna injector blade. It is a bit fidgety setting it in place, but once the blade and carrier are in the razor, success follows.

The Proraso White Shave Soap was face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #4 High Mountain Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Christy Safety Razor and the Personna GEM SS PTFE Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Humphrey's Witch Hazel and Duru Cologne. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

[Rocketman]

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Well, I don't have any NOS Christy blades, so I am stuck with the Personna injector blade….. clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Yeah I didn’t use a Christy blade either.