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December 21, 2023
- Brush: Every Ready 400 w/30mm Motherload
- Razor: MMOC Gen 2
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (3)
- Lather: Noble Otter - Hamami - Soap
- Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Incorporeal - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Harry's - Aftershave Balm
Yesterday I used an MMOC Gen 1, which is widely reported as being not as smooth as Gen 2. I enjoyed yesterday's shave a lot more, but I think it has more to do with the blade. This shave was just straight up tuggy. I got through it and the result is very nice, but nobody likes a tuggy shave. I'll have to do a side-by-side with fresh blades to see if I can tell any difference.
The auto-post bot seems to have broken. I couldn't fix it on my end, so I submitted a bug report to the developer. Here's hoping it's an easy fix!
MMOC Gen 1, which is widely reported as being not as smooth as Gen 2
This always intrigues me. The difference between gen 1 and 2 are the blade bumps, which are there so that a then-brandnew spineless double-edged Micromatic blade would sit at the same angle as a classic GEM blade propped up by its spine. If you use a modern GEM blade, the blade bumps seem to do nothing, at least when I check mine, there is no wear spot on them after I move the blade sideways.
I have multiple gen 1 and gen 2 MMOCs and they all feel exactly the same, and as far as I can tell they are functionally the same.
This was my analysis, but I did it by observation rather than experiment. I have two Gen 2s. The first was a chromed one. I went looking for a Gen 1 and saw a gold-plated Gen 2 and could not resist. I was not about to buy a third MMOC so I did a hard look at the bumps on the Gen 2 relative to the spine of the blade and concluded that lack of bumps would make no difference. [ I only use my gold-plated MMOC. It has more character and is more photogenic. ]
I can attest to its photogenicity (photogeneity?) 📸🙂
You have more sense than I did when exploring the GEM rabbit hole. I've ended up having a brass gen 1, a brass gen 2 with djudicial engravings, a chromed gen 2 with "HOLD FLAT AGAINST FACE" engraved in the top cap, and I've PIFfed some MMOCs
You have more sense than I did when exploring the GEM rabbit hole.
Oh, I almost went there. Happening upon my gold-plated one reduced my urge for more. And then I "found" straight razor collecting. In that department, I have no sense whatsoever :)
In that department, I have no sense whatsoever :)
Yeah, same😬
I'm running out of storage space, like for the soaps. But unlike soaps, straight razors don't get used up, so this problem won't solve itself...
I have an inexpensive machinist's chest like this one that I use for my knife collection. I'm looking for something similar to this that I can use for my straights.