Gillette Platinum Plus Part 2:

Tonight's blog post features the Fine Accoutrement's Marvel DE razor and as I suspected, this was a far superior and much more comfortable razor and blade combo than the Rockwell 6C white chrome with the #4 base plate was with these specific blades. This was just an eyelash below the Edwin Jagger DE89 in the comfort department but I can chalk that up to the massive blade gap that the Marvel has over the DE89 which makes it a far more efficient razor. The shave can be seen in my latest video over on my YouTube channel. The oversized safety bars done exactly what I predicted and provided an extremely comfortable shave.

I also wanted to show what the blade looks like out of the packaging. They went with the old school look of the 60's and 70's. First the front of the blade.

Here's the back of the blade. If you have ever seen or used Vintage Gillette blades before, then you will notice how close they came to the 1960's and 1970's version with the arrows printed on the blade. I also find it ironic that these are now vintage blades themselves.

The next part will be the final part in this series and it will feature a brand new Leaf razor which will be arriving in 2 to 3 days. Let me fill you in on what happened and has already been taken care of via private messaging over on Twitter. The original version I have now is having some mechanical issues. The thumbscrew on the back of the razor head is nearly stripped out and getting extremely weak. Plus the left side of the top plate seems to be slightly lop sided. I also had a really tough time removing the blades so I can try these Gillette Platinum Plus in the Leaf. So I contacted Adam over at Leaf shave to tell him about these issues and he informed me that the newer version has a far better thumbscrew over the original version that I have. So he has sent me a brand new Leaf razor in their new Mercury finish along with a prepaid shipping envelope to return my original Leaf razor to them. That's what I love about the Leaf. It has a lifetime warranty. So if something happens, they will replace it. I wish I had done that with my Edwin Jagger DE89.