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Day 2/30 of Side-by-Side Straightember
Ok, this might not be as tricky as I thought. I think that I can feel a difference between the two edges and this blade with 2 mystery marks is a tad harsher than its sibling. Both edges are delightful, but ATG this edge didn't glide through the stubble as smoothly.
Now, I'm keeping an open mind because I also used this edge without stropping. For the next two shaves, I'll repeat the same scenario but with stropping.
In order to avoid confirmation bias, I might start randomly (and blindly) choosing the blade each day and only check which I've used after the SOTD post has been written.
Fun times π€‘ π¨βπ¬
What's this about?
Do a week with potential confirmation bias, then a week random as you suggested and then a week with the mark covered so you don't know which is which (but know which you used)... That should avoid confirmation bias, and let you know which you actually prefer
Yeah, that's my plan π