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Yeah, the HD and the Tech seem to be the two to have - although each may seem to prefer different blades. Try some oblique angles XTG too.

Hey Folks, Haven't posted in awhile - been busy. I did manage to re-acquaint a friend with wetshaving - bought him an HD for his birthday and it looks like I may have actually converted another. I sent the guy home with my Merkur HD, some Van Der Hagen and my tub of Tryphon English Lavender. He was ...

I picked up some of the KOS alpha gel recently. It smells something toxic, but it works very, very well. Not as satisfying as sweet smelling brush-lather, but what the hey... I also saw that national geographic show on shaving - the mass-market products do work remarkably well considering the meager...

I was in a pretty terrible shaving rut the past week. The Feathers were a bit too much, and the Weishi proved incapable of cutting anything, it was so gentle. Topping it off, I left my only brush, a vulfix #2234 at the house of the friend I'd been visiting last weekend. :( Picked up some King of Sha...

Found the stuff at Whole Foods for $6, works surprisingly well. I was suspicious of the handsoap style dispenser, but it's pretty hassle free way of doing things. I deposit it into the bowl - does anybody put it in the brush first?

Tried the Astra from the huge R&B sampler pack in the HD yesterday and today. Decent shave, a little irritation. I'll have to try a fresh one in the slant later this week for giggles. I may have been off my form. So far the ranking is: Gillette swede (gotta be careful though) IP super plus Treet...

I just picked up some KMF cool mint. Wonder how it would super lather with the VDH select...

Perhaps it was a glitch of some kind - the post was about that goofy microsoft internal spoof video - not really related to shaving in any way.

I hope he's coping well - I don't begrudge him in the least for taking care of family stuff. That site has been a good resource for me.

I got a post in my feedreader from shaveblog - when I opened the preview, it said no such post, but it was indeed shaveblog. Anybody else get something like this?

That's a bummer.... especially since your contact seems to have their stuff in order. Is the company pretty sizeable? I've come to expect pretty poor service from companies like comcast or qwest.

I expect the nature of the slant probably improves the action of most any blade. I haven't tried the US personnas, but then, I haven't really gone looking for them...

Yeah, the slant is a bit more aggressive. I was braced for carnage and got none. I must have improved my technique over the past month. I daresay the HD tugs more with the personna, and that's not a bad shave at all...

Took delivery of a Merkur slant and tried it out today. Positively effortless loaded with a crystal personna. More effortless even than the HD with a swedish gillette.

Makes me wanna try out a feather in there!

Thanks for the clarification! So "black beauty" and "blue special" are pretty much interchangeable. I've been swishing the head in 91% for the last couple weeks, regardless of which blade. I'm somewhat compulsive.

Its only the third blade I've tried. Perhaps one of the other Treets will be a hassle. Or, maybe after three shaves the black blade will start to display a weakness...

Got my huge sampler pack from razor and brush. Tried out the "black" treet blade today. There's nothing in particular on the packaging, and I wondered what this blade is referred to as. Is the "Blue Special" something else, or is this it? It was very good, especially for being th...

PM sent. Heck, for $12 after shipping, I at least have a case, even if I don't love the razor...

I've found with MWF that I can hold the container at an angle over the lathering bowl and a lot of soap-water slops out in there, which seems to help things along. It would also seem that HOT water makes all the difference. I forgot to microwave the mug of distilled H2O once last week, and I couldn'...

Yep, not enough water. Got it now - Thanks!

Ahh... I tried it again yesterday, and using more water seemed to do the trick. Indeed, now it is the best lather I've gotten from a soap! I'll have to give the Mama Bear's another try with the same technique. Thanks much!