You better get your ass onto the Blackland Blackbird, because, this razor gives me a bloody deadly curse and I can’t stop grabbing the Blackbird, I fully blame two evil curse bastard @Errol and @StratMan for this serious deadly enabler.Blackland Sabre
Gem PTFE
Ever-Ready 100
Saponifico Varesino Manna Di Sicilia
Squadron Ace
I waited a long time to buy the Sabre and maybe after all that waiting I expected too much. It's a good enough razor but it doesn't beat a 1912, Micromatic or Streamline to mention just a few excellent Gem razors. It is neither smooth enough or efficient enough to beat them. To be honest I prefer the ATT G1 I have, it is smoother, better looking and better finished, though still too mild.
Well there I've said it, horses for courses I guess. Maybe I'll keep it and grow to love it, maybe I'll move it on.
Well maybe they have perfected the DE razor, not so much with the Gem.
I'd suggest giving it some time and maybe work on your angle a little. My first shaves with the Sabre were OK but not ideal, but after having spent a bit of time with it I've found it delivers a beautiful shave with none of the bloodletting the old GEMS were famous for. Interestingly, the result doesn't necessarily feel like BBS while it's in process, but it does when I'm all rinsed and dried. I still think of the Vector as my grail razor, but I reach for the Sabre at least as much now.Blackland Sabre
Gem PTFE
Ever-Ready 100
Saponifico Varesino Manna Di Sicilia
Squadron Ace
I waited a long time to buy the Sabre and maybe after all that waiting I expected too much. It's a good enough razor but it doesn't beat a 1912, Micromatic or Streamline to mention just a few excellent Gem razors. It is neither smooth enough or efficient enough to beat them. To be honest I prefer the ATT G1 I have, it is smoother, better looking and better finished, though still too mild.
Well there I've said it, horses for courses I guess. Maybe I'll keep it and grow to love it, maybe I'll move it on.
Yeah I'll put the Sabre away for a bit and give it another chance in the future.I'd suggest giving it some time and maybe work on your angle a little. My first shaves with the Sabre were OK but not ideal, but after having spent a bit of time with it I've found it delivers a beautiful shave with none of the bloodletting the old GEMS were famous for. Interestingly, the result doesn't necessarily feel like BBS while it's in process, but it does when I'm all rinsed and dried. I still think of the Vector as my grail razor, but I reach for the Sabre at least as much now.
Maybe the moral of the story is to forget about comparisons with the old-timers and take the Sabre on its own merits...
Maybe. It took me a while to get used to holding the handle much higher than I would for a DE, so there is that...The problem seems to be that using a Gem blade clamped in a traditional three piece design does not allow the stiffer, thicker blade to be used at the proper angle and the angle is closer to a DE experience so better for a DE user moving to SE than for a traditional Gem fan.
So maybe a Gem blade in a three piece razor is like a square peg in a round hole.
