Gillette Platinum Plus Final Part:

Yesterday when I used these blades in the Leaf razor and I didn't like them at all. In fact they were horrible. If you saw my YouTube video yesterday, you would have noticed that I barely made it through the first pass before shutting off my phone between video clips which is what I do to keep my videos short and sweet. If this was not a cold water shave and if I didn't use a preshave soap, you would have seen a lot more blood than you did. Thankfully the cream and the preshave soap done more than what they were designed to do and I have zero doubts that the cold water helped keep the weepers down to the bare minimum.

The first strokes was not too bad and wasn't too uncomfortable and they did seem like they was getting better. However, that changed when I got to my neck area. They started to tug and pull and once I got to my moustache area, I said myself that this was going to be my only pass with these blades. So once I shut the camera off, I took the time to switch out these Gillette Platinum Plus blades for my usual Israeli Personna Red Platinum blades. So these blades are only good for me in the Edwin Jagger DE89 and the Fine Accoutrement's Marvel DE razors. They didn't work for me at all in the Leaf and I didn't like them at all in the Rockwell 6C white chrome with the #4 base plate. These blades in the Leaf really tore my moustache area all to pieces. Thankfully, I was able to close everything off rather quickly and there was no more damage done. That's also my public service announcement for today as well. If you aren't getting a good shave and really don't like the blade, then stop shaving immediately and switch out the blade for one that you know will work for you. That will keep you from getting cut all to pieces and pretty much eliminate bad shaves. And if some troll tells you that "oh you didn't finish the shave with that blade", tell them to stick it. It's your skin not theirs. No sense in abusing it because some troll says otherwise.

Once I did my recap and told how my shave went, I also went ahead and stated that I took the time to switch out the blades and held up my usual blades. Whether or not I'm going to try anymore Vintage blades is still up in the air. There's quite a few Vintage DE blades out there that I really want to try but they are somewhat expensive and I'll have to do a search on EBay to see what all I can find in terms of Vintage DE blades and shave soaps/creams. I've also been asked repeatedly if I am planning on getting another Edwin Jagger DE89 or similar razor. My answer to that question is NO. I've got far superior razors in my collection now that I'm enjoying. I also don't have to worry about mechanical failure now either since my original Leaf razor has since been upgraded to the latest version.

So me getting another DE89 or similar razor is out of the question. 5 to 6 years ago, my answer would have been different because there was no where near the amount of DE razors available like there is today. That's how much the wet shaving hobby and industry has grown over the years. I've also been asked about the new Gillette Heritage repeatedly too. My answer to that question is also "NO". Basically what Gillette did was copy the Edwin Jagger DE89 and put their logo on the razor. And they have all but stated that this is a limited edition razor for the 2019 holiday season. Proctor & Gamble simply can't see the forest for the trees and are stuck on the cartridges.

I'll be doing an EBay search to see what I can find in terms of Vintage DE blades. I'll also take the time to see what I can find on Etsy as well. Those are the 2 places I check out for Vintage DE blades. I also want to try and find some of the non aerosol Barbasol original shave cream. I can get the sensitive skin version off Amazon but I've always liked the original. But if I don't find anything, then Phoenix Artisan Accoutrement's C.a.D. will more than suffice. So we will have to wait and see what I can find. I also plan on doing a little bit more blogging too.