Swede: Day 2
I can get a great first shave with almost anything -- Feather DE blades, Tabac shaving soap, hell, I even tried shaving with just tepid tap water like Lee Marvin and it worked pretty well.
Once.
It's the second shave, though, that tells the truth. My face seems to put up with most anything once, but if a product isn't compatible with my skin, I get hit hard on the follow-up. Feather's DE blades shave me like a dream the first day and nick me the next. Tabac shaving soap lathered and shaved as well as my favorite high-end creams on the first try, but stung my skin the next morning.
So I was especially curious about these Swedish Gillette DE blades I got several 5-packs of from Auravita.com. The Swede shaved shockingly close in my old Gillette Super Speed razor on the first try, but just as smoothly as more forgiving blades like Merkur and Personna. In fact, shaved like a Feather but without the slight sting when your shaving gets sloppy and the blade angle gets too steep.
Tuesday I caught a follow-up shave with the Swede and got just as nice a shave as the first one. If anything, it was better. I usually notice most single-edge blades like DE and Injector blades shave better after a few shaves -- maybe they dull a bit and become smoother-edged, who knows? What I do know is that so far, the Swede is sweet.
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