The Days of Weckoning have concluded; August brought 31 days of danger, blood, bitching and moaning, optimism, and an overwhelming sense of accomplishment (typically in that order) and we are delighted to announce the results, but first, a few impressions:
Learning the Ways of the Weck is challenging:
Learning the weck is a challenge u/Priusaurus
this thing fucking SUCKS. It just skips all over my face. A+ lather for my vector and this thing just doesn’t work. Worst shave of my life. u/souleater7173
it is a test of will
Already hating this razor and we’ve barely started. Was really hoping it would take a week or two before despair, but alas. u/souleater7173*
Only 5 more scrapes to go. u/OnionMiasma
it is dangerous:
I swear the Weck is just a medieval torture device. u/OnionMiasma
Cuts: 3 (Running total: 31) u/OnionMiasma
it is unforgiving:
Day 2 and I’m my face is absolutely on fire from the second day with the Sextoblade. u/jwoods23
Wow, what happened to your face!? u/putneycj's offspring
Corner bit me hard on my first pass. So much blood. u/putneycj
and it is satisfying:
As much as I’ve bitched this month about the Weck I’ve really enjoyed having the challenge of it! u/jwoods23
Surprisingly decent shave today u/souleater7173
Insert section here about learning a lot, blah blah. u/putneycj
The Results
14 daring souls embarked on the adventure of Austere Weckoning and 12 brave competitors made it through the ordeal with all 31 days djudged as valid by the GEM Djustice Eld, Semaj "the Gavel" 3000, or myself.
The distinguished new members of the Weckonista faction are:
- u/jwoods23
- u/putneycj
- u/Absenth
- u/Environmental-Gap380
- u/Eructate
- u/gcgallant
- u/Old_Hiker
- u/OnionMiasma
- u/Priusaurus
- u/souleater7173
- u/EldrormR (not eligible for GC)
- u/djundjila (not eligible for GC)
All these Masters of the Weck are now eligible to proudly display the 🎩Weckonista🧐 flair, but there can only be one winner of the main prize in this Weckstravaganza, and the lucky individual is 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 u/OnionMiasma!
To assuage conspiracy-minded folks; the random drawing was done using the fair and reproducible PIF winner evaluation script I wrote during LatherBot's sabbatical to choose among candidates in a non-sus manner.
Here's the invocation. Verify it 😉
What's the deal with these?
I've used a few cheap disposable straights, or the ones with disposable blades, are these much different to the ones you just snap a DE in half and pop it in?
Oh yes, much different. The hair shaper blade is much sturdier than the half-DE blade. It's similar to an injector or Artist Club blade, but with a much higher profile, so they don't need a clamping mechanism that holds the blade near the cutting edge like the modern Artist Club and injector Shavettes.
As a result, the hair shaper blades allows for designs that allow you to use the full range of angles that a hollow ground would without the flimsiness of half-DE shavettes. The blade is firm like fixed blade without the angle constraints of Artist Club shavettes. Really it's the best disposable open blade razor design I have experienced.
Just make sure to stay away from Personna hair shaper blades. They feel scrapy
Are the "diane" Fromm ones on Amazon any good?
As for Kismet, is the best source crp-solingen on eBay?
I had a Fromm blade rust in my hair shaper, so I'm staying away from that brand altogether. It shaved well enough, though, if that still matters 😅
I'm not sure about your eBay source, I am spoiled and can buy my Kismet blades in local barbershop supply stores here in Switzerland.
If you want to try them, I'd be happy to send you a few.
Thanks for the kind offer, I'll take you up on that.
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