Post by blobby on Mar 28, 2012 16:37:29 GMT -6
Blobby, if you had said earlier that you were going to get rid of them (I hope you didn't. I don't remember reading that, but I'm old and decrepit, and have CRS. ) I would have cautioned against that.
I'm glad the 1912 is clicking for you now.
Unless you needed the $ for something else, I would have cautioned you to just put it on the shelf for a bit. Then at some later time revisit it. Sometimes one simply won't like a razor whenever it's used, but often, coming back to it later is the magic.
My Kampfe Cru-Steel is one of those razors. When I first got it, despite the fact that I love aggressive razors it and I absolutely didn't get along. Now all that is behind us because of LC month. I revisited it and it doesn't bite me any more.
Too, as you grow as a shaver razors that might have been really good a year ago no longer are as good. Time to put them up, move to others on the shelf, and revisit them some time later. They may really be the pits when you go back to them, and then you know you've outgrown them in some way.
I can't speak for everyone, but as I've grown as a shaver my tastes in razors has definitely changed. So I would advise everyone to put a razor that isn't loved at that time on the shelf and come back to it. It eats nothing when it's on the shelf waiting, and can always be sold when ever you wish.
Nothing needs to be done in a rush. Unless of course one needs the $ for something else. But I've never seen $15 being a life changer for anyone.
I was just being petulant. McEnroe smashing his racket. Morinho screaming at the referees from the sidelines. Throwing a spanner across the garage after you've skinned your knuckles on a stubborn bolt. That sort of thing.
The 1912 might be clicking but being able to tell the difference between it and the Damaskeene is at the moment beyond me. So, for the time being, I've failed. Going back to my standard procedure, Featherweight followed by MM or Streamline. Have had enough uncomfortable shaves for a while.