Regarding the Slim....
Gillette Slim Adjustable made in 1963 |
Lord L.6 razor head on the Maggard MR3B handle |
I do still keep the tame Merkur open-comb razor, the 15C, in the cabinet for when I feel the need to trim up my hairline at the back of my head and the hair on the back of my neck.
The Personna lab-blue blade is sharper, smoother, and less expensive than the Merkur Platinum blade, IMO. |
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Blades Merkur Vs. Personna
This morning's shave was with a fresh Personna Super blade, the lab-blue with the so-called comfort coating. After last week with the Merkur blade, I wrote that it was as good but more expensive than Personnas. Today I amend that by saying the Personna is better -- and this isn't even my favorite Personna, which is the red label from Israel. I think the lab-blue blade is sharper and smoother than the Merkur.
So there's no way I would purchase the more expensive Merkur blade.
Those are my thoughts for today. Happy shaving!
I do like the Lord L6 head but I like the Gillette Early Tech top better paired with the ATT Atlas handle better. I think the Lord L6 top is slightly more aggressive than the Tech top (by blade gap 0.025 vs 0.022 in). It's so close it's likely just preference. The heavy short handle makes it a great pairing.
ReplyDeleteHey, Stephen, thanks for your input. Yeah, I've heard good things about the Techs, and I'd like to try the right one. However, be careful about gap-based evaluations. As I've written about before, though the gap is easily measured, it has little relationship with the shave character of a razor head. It is the blade-bar SPAN that has a major influence on shave character, but unfortunately, the span is much more difficult to measure accurately. (Note: my early blog posts referred to the span dimension as gap. There came a point where a reader pointed out to me that these terms have meanings that are generally understood and acknowledged, and that I was using the term, gap, incorrectly. I now use the correct term, span. Yet the fact remains that published gap dimensions are not particularly related to shave character, while span dimension is, though it is generally unpublished. For example, in the L.6 razor head, the safety-bar cross section is rather unusual in that even though the gap is rather small, the span is large in comparison to the gap dimension, which accounts for the fact that the L.6 shaves more aggressively than the somewhat similar Merkur 33C razor head.)
DeleteThat said, how does one identify a Tech that would have the shaving character that you prefer?
Hello, I agree gap does not necessarily equate to aggressiveness but it's something you can at least compare. :) Not sure I understand "span" in your context, I've compared the two razor heads and the bar is different, I think the top is higher and the bar is wider with the Lord but it's so close. The razor I use is a Gillette Early Tech Fat Handle but I've replaced the handle with the ATT Atlas. The top has triangle holes not long slots and weighs 24g without the blade. The handle is 24g as well. I purchased a 2nd razor of the same type and could mail it to you if you'd like to try it with your MR3B handle.
DeleteExcellent, thanks I sent you an email with some info.
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