Beginning with a pass down my face, which is generally WTG, the shave felt decent, but the lubrastrip made the razor feel unusually smooth, which prevented me to judge by feel and sound how effective it was at cutting my stubble.
I decided to use canned Barbasol on my test shave this morning, to compare this cartridge to the Pii cartridge I used yesterday, also with canned Barbasol. Despite the name, these cartridges do not pivot on a Trac ii handle, but they also fit on the pivoting Atra Handle.
#Schick blades kinds plus
After a whole week of daily shaves from the first Pii cartridge, I decided to try a Twin Pivot Plus cartridge. Compared to the Pii cartridges, these were relatively affordable at under $3 for a tray of 10. I bought a package of 10 Topcare brand Twin Pivot Plus cartridges at my local grocery store this week, which have a lubrastrip and I believe are manufactured by Personna.
Not quite BBS though, and my black stubble was still somewhat visible in contrast to my lighter skin, but I think the Trac ii is very capable of providing me with consistently good shaves.
#Schick blades kinds skin
Two pass shaves, WTG and ATG were relatively gentle on my skin and provided a good reduction of stubble, especially with a touch up pass around my chin and jawline, which tends to be a difficult place to shave smoothly. I enjoyed the shaves very much, and received a decent shave even with one pass with the grain. For the past week I used the first Pii cartridge with both canned Barbasol and a tube of old spice shaving cream from India. I liked the design of the razor handle, which looks like the classic 1970s Trac ii handle, and has a nice weight to it with heavy plastic and the metal trim that runs along the handle. I enjoy trying out cartridge razors as well as DE razors, and I was curious about older cartridge systems, so I ordered a Gillette 7 O'Clock Pii razor from eBay, along with a package of 5 Gillette Pii cartridges with no lubrastrip. New blades are available from this page on our store.Ī Review from Ken Surfs can be seen here.After 10 months of having a beard and only shaving my neckline with a DE razor, I decided to switch to the clean-shaven look for a while. It weighs 33 grams and is 120 mm tall, and comes loaded with a fresh blade. The M2 has a 'blade protect' feature whereby you slide a section of handle on the bottom, top side up towards the head, this will have the bottom guard sit right against the blade top protect it from damage from other instruments in your luggage. The razor is mostly mild to medium through its range, and is deemed to be a very efficient shaver that can feel somewhat like a cartridge razor on account of its shape, weight and design. It has around 45 settings or 'clicks' from 0 to 8, and if you are REALLY bored you can shave on each one and do a review with detailed feedback per each setting/click. The razor adjusts by turning the knob clockwise to setting '8' for the most aggressive setting, where the safaty bar wil be at is furthest from the blade, turning it anti-clockwise to '1' will have it on its mildest setting. Double edged adjustable razors have remained popular since their introduction into the mainstream consumer market with the Gillette Fatboy in the 1950's, but their single edge counterparts have lagged behind with only a few vintage models floating around, one such maker was Schick and they produced the adjustable range M1, M2 and M3 in 1965 to 1972.
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