RE: Appetite for Weber Shiny Pass Around?
Bechet45 – thank you for this opportunity to try out a Weber. I've been interested in Webers since reading about the DLC and ARC heads but enough people complained about the quality and the reports that Ed Weber only considered flaws that affected the shave as issues and not cosmetic ones put me off ever taking the plunge and buying one.
I was impressed with the finish of the head and with a Bulldog handle its very “chunky†and solid feeling. I was surprised at the amount of blade exposure – more than I was expecting but well controlled and even. I often find that first impressions of a razor are inaccurate (probably because it takes a while to learn) so I reserve judgment for at least 5 shaves, and with this razor I indulged myself and took 7, using 4 or 5 different blades and then I revert back to my standard razor to sanity check my judgement.
For some reason I was expecting this razor to be milder than this. I suppose forum statements like “smooth but efficient†had led me to think it was mild. I would position this as a bit more aggressive than the current iKon open comb; about 5 on my Progress; but less aggressive than an iKon Standard and far less than a R41. However, “smooth but efficient†is exactly what this razor is for me. To achieve a BBS I still needed to go ATG but doing so left me smooth for a good 8 hours! There were times and places where I ended up with a little irritation (top lip and either side of the mouth, mostly) and some small nicks which I never get with the iKon but (that's) just down to experience with each razor as by the 6th and 7th shaves I was fine.
This is a great razor; I already have two great razors (one of which is an expensive stainless steel one and the other is being “digressedâ€) so I have zero NEED for a Weber polished and I have a handle so I don't want to buy the whole razor but if a head become available I might consider it if I had the cash spare. I'm amazed that so few TSR members are interested in this pass-around as this is well worth trying and I can understand why some members recommend this so highly.
Paul
