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It was my first "non-supermarket" cream, and it took me good amount of time to spend it off. I guess soaps sit better with me, as I like brushes, face lathering, so I see myself using tube creams less and less frequently

Enough for 8 years as it stands for now, I might show it in one video ☺️

​@@Wicked-WhiskersHaha, please do

Believe it or not - this is my 17th shave with it ☺️ Proraso tube lasted me quite long, 3-4 months, I wasn't counting back then. Cella Red took care of me for 198 shaves, OAM is around 97 shaves, Arko surpassed 75 shaves with 75g stick, so it would be safe to say: less than 1g (1ml) of shaving soap, per shave, with my routine

@Wicked-Whiskers wow,you counted that's good

@@zarmanavice4488 Being a math nerd I just wanted to check price per value ratio, but roughly said with any mid-range soap, and with daily shaves you'd be ok for 3-6 months... so stock them with great caution ☺️ I have some that are barely scratched, some that are mid-way, Stay Traditional and Arko are next one to disolve but even they have good month or two before they die

One of the ideas ☺️ I'll go with Rocca next, with Fatips to follow. Guess it won't be much different with slanting, but could decrease the bite of "large gap" razors

Green is not sitting well for me, but provides great shaves, don't know why, maybe just "broken" nose. Thanks for joining the topic 🤗

Yeah, it's been a while... damn flu. Noy yet, I saw Dendi (they also have matching AS, not too expensive as I recall) and some local "Kreza" soaps with donkey milk... but they'll have to wait, I need to free some space before 😁

@Wicked-Whiskers try dendi Fidel and dendi aqua .. they are 700 dinars for a Soap and 800 dinars forma Splash.. Worth every penny. Vreto is bit expensive but great Soap to.and for last part I am on same problem. Done with razors or soaps for a year at least.

I'll keep it on birthday wishlist, that's a good excuse 😁

And I won't be mad at you at all 😁 Indeed, performance wise - it is wonderful, but if it was made of "Merkur materials" I guess it would exceed 8$ price range

@@Wicked-Whiskers True.

If it works... 🤗

To me, silver feels more compact. Black has partial checkered knurling forcing me to hold it at handle's lower half. Both are slip-proof, depends on heavy&thin vs lighter&thick. Later one worked bit better for me, and knurling goes all the way up, which is nice.

Thanks Teo, and if I may add - you don't need any other Fatip beside Lo Storto 😎 I like to go comb-first and let it grab the whiskers, Astra, Treet, fits & perform magically, I should use it at least for Fatip Friday. Wish you all the best, Balkan buddy 🇷🇸🤗

Really? Silver one? Strange, but not impossible, I have no reasons to doubt in your experience, but I guess we all have different skin & beard types. For me, thus felt super mild on skin but maybe just a pinch more efficient in cutting compared to R89.

Hope you enjoy it! Sleek was my biggest surprise ☺️ For Whityle... if you can live with very hollow metal feel, I'd say the most versatility for least money IMHO. Almost being afraid if they start making it in bronze, SS... how will it affect the price. But for 8$ so much comfort and adjustments in one package... incredible

Glad you liked it, it took me bit of time and also terified me how fast it build up... few discounts, couple endorsements and voila - entire shoebox of shaving gear 😁

@@Wicked-Whiskers that's how it goes usually

So , I'm still fine for the Black Friday 😁😁😁

@Wicked-Whiskers i am looking now for vintage gillette :) or vintage Soluna razor .. when you gonna record other shave things? Soaps and creams for example

Blades were covered, brushes as well, you're right - soaps are next 🤗 This week was too tight for me to edit videos

My family would agree 😁 but I'm still fresh in feelings, certaily wouldn't sell endorsements now they are such a nice memory

Thanks, if it comes under my radar 🤗 not all goodies are available in 🇷🇸

We'll see 😁 Would be hard pick which one to dispose

I had settled with blades first 😁 For me Astra SP (green), PermaSharp, Treets and BICs. For razor combos the more gap - the thicker and duller blade I'd use. My only dislike would be Gillette Platinums as well as many Chinese blades from AliExpress (Rhinoceros i.e.) I guess it varies more on my skin condition, prep, but I guess I already picked my razors per my shave style,hence no big difference in blade choice

Same issue here, but I kinda fixed it in "lather hog" video for Semogue while with Omega I don't have that issue. Maybe try longer soaking or heavier loading of the soap/cream? Of course, boar bristle type can also make a difference (natural, bleached) I like boars for that learning & growing together experience, and once you break it in it almost feels like shaving with an old friend 🤗

@@Wicked-Whiskers I have omega boar, I guess i will try adding more cream/soap. I love boar too, i like the backbone and that they are cheaper

For the money/value ratio noone can beat the boar ☺️ I'd say that natural bristles do steal bit of lather for their soaking, so if bristles are more saturated with water, they should be less likely to steal lather, if that makes sense? And if you can spare some Arko for couple tryouts, you're half-way lather ninja 😎

@@Wicked-Whiskers I have arko, i should try this

@@zarmanavice4488 Sounds as a plan 🤗 Jokes aside, I always use Arko for any tryouts because it's dirt cheap snd with consistency just in the middle (not to hard not too creamy) so it can be used as benchmark. I also use it for new brushes, 1st wash in hair shampoo, 2nd with Arko bowl lathering and that's it, ready for use and progressive breaking in

Thanks Alex, hope I'll make some more interesting findings in upcoming trials as well. So far, I was more thrilled how two band badger fur feels under fingers, rather than how it feels on the face, tbh 😁

Yup, this was premiere. Back in 2018 I wasn't even closely interested in shaving ☺️ nor the filming. This was bought month ago as pure money-burn without any expectations. Will see how it'll work for me, pure badger was dissapointment to remember for a long time 😁 But, as said, this one have that "free money" scent to it so I hope I'll like it more.

I love Fatips for that design although they have noticeble learning curve. Alfa Romeo of razors 😂

@Wicked-Whiskers I love the color way, that's good because it can make you think while shaving. Do you think you need to keep it at more than 30 degrees while completing a pass?

@zarmanavice4488 Not really, I never even think about shave angle in precize degrees, just tilt top-wise, od safetybar-wise, until I reach comfortable cutting. For Fatip Gentille, my "issue" was that it was pretty blade ignorant. FOCS behaves almost the same, when you hit right angle - you don't feel blade at all.

@@Wicked-Whiskers nice, one of my mild razors is like that

I guess, I still need to recall the best angle

With Fatip, I tend to find the angle easier from the bar, than from the cap... :-)

@ivanmuniz3288 I've had such a low blade sensation that I probably wiggled the razor too much

I did that at first, too. They're intended to work with this little blade exposure, and they do! From the bar, that bit of blade exposed is easier to place, I guess.

@ivanmuniz3288 With OC, I had that feel as well, teeth first, tilt until blade grabs and that is sweet spot.

We'll see ☺️👍

I might do ☺️👍 Comparing RR Silvertip BC which I'm using for 2y I didn't noticed any breaking, but doesn't harm trying

Thanks! 11.11 singles day is near, but not fully supported by Ali* some brushes are down to like 13-15€ but not all. Happy hunting 🧐

Can relate, I added my first zomchi blade (after trial) to Muhle Rocca and it was decent, slightly better compared with that "mild blade in mild razor" combo. Guess I'll feed them to some other blade-munching razors 😁

Yeah, more-less the same "89 ballpark" and not in a bad way, def. great coating, I'm so curious to see would it be durable as well

😁😁😁 ring of death... that deserves episode on its own! At least it'll be one step closer to next soap to tryout.

This is very insightfull response, much appreciated 🤗 Wasn't aware of that, and believed it's just some "wide-market" approach, to go with proven design, mild blades, playing a safe bet. You know how notorious price Fatip pay for its design 😁 But in overall, very nice razors from Zomchi, I hope they'll keep the QA at high levels

Huh... could be worth trying, just need to pop some 🍷first ☺️ Jokes aside, I've got no more Gillettes so I'll check the Perma-Sharps if they misbehave as well. I guess I could start using some balms for the skin, on these colder days. I'll def. call you out if this corking do the trick, thanks for the tip 👍

@@10floz30minutes nice sugestion.

Thanks oki, gotta make most out of least 😎

​@@Wicked-WhiskersGillette platinum blacks never really worked well for me. Too sharp and despite a mostly consistent technique, it would almost certainly nick.

@okiedokie_cool yeah, it's weird how some blades just work (or doesn't) despite all other variables

Ralon, nice 🇭🇷 splash, gotta try it next time when I go to Bosnia, saw it in many supermarkets, still unavailable at Serbia

@@Wicked-Whiskers Really good, it's like 2-3 Euros here. There are the Original and Sport version. Both leave the skin feeling smooth, and the scent lasts a long time.

@@davorsixstrings1642 Great ☺️ thanks for the tip!

@@Wicked-Whiskers also try ralon shaving cream. Similar to Brion but scent is bit milder

How performing is Balea? Saw them in DM as well as synthetic, so I almost buy them 😁 Luckily I discovered faulty handle Yaqi range

@@Wicked-Whiskers nice for the price, I use it for the mornin shave with shaving creams, just smear the cream on the top of the brush and do the face lather. I drove 220 km for brion creams and palmira cream and got the brush to :D

@@danijelblagojevic9572 😂😂😂 well, you gotta use the opportunity

Çok guzel 😁😁😁💈

And I guess that's all from my novelties, no more razors 🤗

I was just so curious to see how it'd work for 3$ or less, I think it was 280-290 RSD, got some FlyDears with it again 😆 I'd say it's even milder than other razors I have, only dislike is "how to clean it inside?" We have hard water and I guess the limescale would kill it at some point but, for 3$ to hell with it 🤗

Hi ☺️ Well, this is my finest boar brush and latest one I've had so I had pretty good back-knowledge about boars and comparison in that way might be tricky. I used it as in my breaking in b.brush video, so 2 days with day apart for drying (soaked in glass) and basically that gave it head start. After no more than 1mth it went full blossom. But it's Omega, and quality of bristles is way better than any I've had. Semogue i.e. had much harder breaking in and went full fluffy-floppy, while Omega kept backbone as new but 40% length of loft, from bristle ends is fully soft, nearly as synthetic. So the truth is somewhere in middle

@Wicked-Whiskers thanks, is that the omega 10098?

@@borbelyhaz321 That is correct 🙂

Got same feeling about single-edge razors as well, does feel and work differently but end results are such that I'm easily reaching to it more and more. I'm so glad that my instructions were helpful, I wish you many great shaves 🤗👍

Thanks for watching 🤗👍

So I'll be blamed then 😆 just kidding, I really enjoyed this razor, hope you will too, and if anything goes wrong please contact Pearl shaving. From couple of messages exchanged I really believe they are engaging and trustworthy to fix any issues. For you any returns would be even easier. Like said, I can't believe that mine works like charm and that doesen of youtubers got the faulty one. Just follow my guides on loading & handling and please, just for my curiosity - do let me know how it worked for you. Thanks you for joining the topic 👍🤗

@@Wicked-Whiskers absolutely, I will definitely update you how it worked for me. Ill quickly go find that loading video you mentioned now

@@icyjaam Just hold it with two fingers under bottom plate, light touch with thumb on top cap and let it center itself 🤗

@@Wicked-Whiskers Thanks for tip, it helped. The razor was delivered yesterday, and I did the firsdt shave iwth it today...I was scared at first given how heavy it was, and the way it smoothly shaved, it was a weird feeling, not bad in any way, just a bit strange compared to the cartridge razors which I have been using. The shave was a success, I did a few passes and there were no cuts or nicks, the blade was gentle on the skin, and I understood whic hangel was the best just with my intuition and I also got to know when to stop, as it would stop making scarping sounds when it had nothing left to cut. Overall the cut was very satisfying, it just took me more time to complete the session..but even without going against the grain (because I have a sensitive skin), the shave was smoother and there is no irritation, no razor burn. Thanks again for the review

@@icyjaam Great, nice feedback my man 🤗 My only advice is to keep working on lathering, it will help you on sensitive skin (I had too dry lather for most of my life), don't be shy by adding more water as you need. Lathering is my favorite part of process, even more enjoyable than cutting. My old barber used to say "well lathered face is half-shaved already" 💈

Huh, tough question. I'd say more manouverable, def. feels smoother, just a bit more efficient, closed ends, bit more shave angle span (R89 has narrow working window) and in my feel, somehow feels nicer. Like more modern version of it. And blade is less sqewed, so attack angle on skin is more direct. To me it feels like Wilkinson Sword upgrade more than it feels close to R89, but as shown - it can be driven quite fast and mindless

@@Wicked-Whiskers Thank you! Awesome analysis, as expected.

@@andrewkim333 Thanks 🤗 glad it helped. Like said I didn't choose this razor it was gifted so can't dispute would I buy it or not, but it is helluva razor for sure. Another "not love at first sight" but one of the first to grab when ih hurry.

super comfortable 🤗 must admit I didn't liked zomchi on first run as much as it grown to me after couple of shaves, true mindless shaver

That's why I always highlight Stay Traditional 🤗 Amazing soap. Wait to see it with bigger knots, like black yaqi... I could lather myself from head to toes 😁

When I stopped comparing it with all other razors and just focused on "as it is" it actually outperformed itself ☺️

@@Wicked-Whiskers wow, that's good

Thank you for hint! I hope you don't mind "branding" 😁 How's D8 compared with R89? I feel that S9 is bit harsher than Rocca, but as for FlyDears - I'm thinking on re-ordering another 100 or two 🤔

@@Wicked-WhiskersThe D8 is very smooth for me and more efficient than R89. But therefore und have to be a little more careful though it’s still very mild. Very good for daily shaves. I usually do one Pass against the grain with it. My favorite combination is with Perma sharp so far.

Thanks it's worth knowing 🤗 Have a great weekend R!

Thanks Alex, have a nice shave 🤗

They don't call it "wet shaving" without reason... Me and my poor Dad-jokes 😁

I can agree on that, it has nice feel and pleasant warm note for autumn & winter. I liked the green in summertime while white is for me easiest to lather but somewhat undecided (one size fits all, sort of feel) but I found them on discount and got all 3 😁