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So I'm a lucky boy and my wife bought me a Merkur 37C slant bar for christmas. I've only tried a 39C before today and I had a couple of questions for longer term owners who have lived with these beasts for some time:
1: Are they all fairly noisy? It's not a complaint, more just an observation I needed to confirm or otherwise. The 39C I'd tried before was quite raspy sounding, and the shave with the 37C today the sound was again really quite pronounced. I'm guessing it's the amount of blade exposed.
2: Are there any generally regarded good blades for slants or is it the same as with any other DE, i.e. personal choice? The usual Gillette 7 o'clocks felt very different today. Rougher almost, which sort of doesn't make sense, but there it is.
3: Feathers: Ever? My slant experiences so far have been incident free and I'd like to keep it that way. But some say slant plus feather is the ultimate DE finish. Some say it's asking for trouble.
Thoughts very welcome.
1: Are they all fairly noisy? It's not a complaint, more just an observation I needed to confirm or otherwise. The 39C I'd tried before was quite raspy sounding, and the shave with the 37C today the sound was again really quite pronounced. I'm guessing it's the amount of blade exposed.
2: Are there any generally regarded good blades for slants or is it the same as with any other DE, i.e. personal choice? The usual Gillette 7 o'clocks felt very different today. Rougher almost, which sort of doesn't make sense, but there it is.
3: Feathers: Ever? My slant experiences so far have been incident free and I'd like to keep it that way. But some say slant plus feather is the ultimate DE finish. Some say it's asking for trouble.
Thoughts very welcome.