Edwin Jagger 3one6: One of My First Stainless Razors
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The Razor: Edwin Jagger 3one6
This shave’s razor is a classic, from a classic company, and it’s one of the first stainless steel razors that company put out. This is the Edwin Jagger 3one6, three one six, because it’s made from 316 stainless steel. Mine has the full stainless steel handle. You can get it in a bunch of different colors, but I like it plain. Loaded up with a Voskhod blade on its fourth use.
The handle runs about 90mm, and the whole razor comes in at around seventy-five grams. Not heavy for stainless. I think the handle’s hollow, which is probably why. The balance point sits right about where I’m holding it.
This was one of my first stainless razors. Not the very first I owned, but close, somewhere in the first five. When I heard the DE89 was coming out in stainless steel, I bought it. I’m told it shaves a little more efficiently than the DE89. If the DE89 is too much razor for you, this will be too. Not a lot more. Just a tad.
I remember thinking, when I bought this, that it was about the most I’d ever spend on a razor. Turns out stainless is actually pretty fairly priced on this one. I think the head’s injection molded, and that’s probably why it doesn’t run two or three hundred dollars like some stainless razors do. I paid somewhere around a hundred, about 120 bucks for it five years back. And this one had been out for years already by the time Merkur and Muhle brought out their own stainless steel versions. Edwin Jagger got there first.
It’s a wonderful shaver. You can hear the blade on the pass. I like that. It tells you where you’re at, lets you know you’re at the right angle. Handle’s only about eleven and a half mil, thinner than I usually prefer, so you shouldn’t drop it. But the handling’s still nice-a nice, nice razor.
The Soap: TOBS Lime Zest
This shave’s soap is Lime Zest from Taylor of Old Bond Street. I won it in their Christmas raffle a couple of years back, and they were kind enough to send it over.
When I visited their shop on Old Bond Street in London, the guy behind the counter actually remembered sending a soap to the winner in Greenland. Not my name, not my channel, just that they’d shipped one to Greenland. That stuck with him. Funny thing to be remembered for. They didn’t want me taking pictures inside the shop, so I got my photo outside instead, and it started pouring rain right after, while I was still inside.
It’s zesty, lemony, easy to lather, and it treats my skin well. It’s a hot one here, eleven degrees Celsius, so my skin’s confused about why it’s suddenly warm. On a hot day like this, the lime zest gets to come out and play.
This is one of the black top tins. A while back I asked the guy at the shop why the black tops cost more, and he told me it’s because they carry double the fragrance oil. So if you ever pick up a Taylor of Old Bond Street soap in a black top, that’s the difference you’re paying for.
The Rest of the Kit
The brush is Edwin Jagger’s Super Badger, their best badger knot, in the small travel size. About 19mm, genuinely tiny, but it gets the job done. The bowl is the one you’ve seen me use a lot, sent to me by Pete over at Hendrix Classics.
I don’t know what it is with my hair. One day I look great, according to my family, and a couple days later I wake up looking like a troll. A goblin. Something like that. That’s just how it goes sometimes.
For the aftershave, I’m using the Turkish kolonia, Duru, at 80 percent. Strong stuff, so brace yourself. Potent, but only for about five or ten minutes, so don’t worry too much.
That was a fantastic shave. Let’s do the sound test. You ready? I am. Perfecto mundo.
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