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The wind has dropped, the sun is shining and there's a dusting of frost just melting off the hedges...
...and I'm enjoying the feeling of another fine DE shave, and like many who've posted here, I'm asking myself, "Why did I wait so long?"
Well for over 20 years I grew a beard - that's one reason... I used to use a DE razor in my late teens, and then I think I used a Philishave electric for a short while (felt like my face had been savaged by a Flymo). Some years ago I shaved off the beard and took up wet shaving again - Trumper's Oil of Limes Soap, Edwin Jagger best badger brush, and a Wilkinson Sword Protector 3D razor - not a bad shave, but it always felt like there was something missing.
I realised what that missing something was the other day when I had my second or third shave from my Merkur Futur razor. In a word: feedback. Whatever I did with the Protector 3D, I always got the same, average, shave - there's nothing to it. With the Merkur, there's an instant feedback between the care and attention I take and the shave I get. For me, it's a bit like riding a motorcycle - let your attention drop and it can all get rather messy.
I'm torn by the Futur - I like the idea of it, but the execution leaves a little to be desired - mine suffers from the unequal blade gap that I've heard some other Merkurs also fall prey to - so I think it's going back. Never mind, I have an Edwin Jagger DE89BL on the way... and I've been looking with bad intentions at the Feather All Stainless...
You know, DE razors can be as addictive as wristwatches...
Have a great morning,
Michael
...and I'm enjoying the feeling of another fine DE shave, and like many who've posted here, I'm asking myself, "Why did I wait so long?"
Well for over 20 years I grew a beard - that's one reason... I used to use a DE razor in my late teens, and then I think I used a Philishave electric for a short while (felt like my face had been savaged by a Flymo). Some years ago I shaved off the beard and took up wet shaving again - Trumper's Oil of Limes Soap, Edwin Jagger best badger brush, and a Wilkinson Sword Protector 3D razor - not a bad shave, but it always felt like there was something missing.
I realised what that missing something was the other day when I had my second or third shave from my Merkur Futur razor. In a word: feedback. Whatever I did with the Protector 3D, I always got the same, average, shave - there's nothing to it. With the Merkur, there's an instant feedback between the care and attention I take and the shave I get. For me, it's a bit like riding a motorcycle - let your attention drop and it can all get rather messy.
I'm torn by the Futur - I like the idea of it, but the execution leaves a little to be desired - mine suffers from the unequal blade gap that I've heard some other Merkurs also fall prey to - so I think it's going back. Never mind, I have an Edwin Jagger DE89BL on the way... and I've been looking with bad intentions at the Feather All Stainless...
You know, DE razors can be as addictive as wristwatches...
Have a great morning,
Michael