Perhaps I shouldn't offer my opinion of this razor after just one outing. But I was that impressed by it.
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A bit of blurb cribbed from the interweb:
This Edwin Jagger Classic Razor, with its elegant faux-ivory handle, echoes the classic style of the razors from the early 1900s. The design combines high-quality chrome-plating with an extremely fine faux-ivory finish. It accepts all standard double-edge blades (Merkur, Derby, Feather, etc). It has a classic straight guard providing a perfect shave with no irritation.
Weight: 2.2 oz. (63 g)
Length: 3 1/4" (8.25 cm)
Made in England
I bought mine from the English Shaving Company. First time I've used this company, and the service was good. The razor comes very elegantly presented in a rigid navy blue cardboard box, in stark contrast to the flimsy efforts issued by Merkur. On removing the razor from its box, I was met with a beautiful piece of gleaming craftsmanship - flawless plating and finishing (incidentally, the sleek faux-ivory handle is a little bit lighter in colour than it appears in the photo).
I have largish hands, yet the modest DE.87 seemed to fit perfectly. Its centre of gravity
, when balanced on my index finger, seems to lie somewhere around the bottom of the head's collar (about two thirds up from the bottom of the handle). So I guess you could call it 'head-heavy'?; nevertheless it felt well balanced.
On to the meat. I lathered up my rather small round of Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn soap (smells like peaches), which I'd ordered at the same as the razor, along with three samples of EJ creams. Good lather from a good soap. Then the 87 went to work. I've been interested in the new EJ/Muehle head for quite a while, and I can understand people's enthusiasm for it: it cuts smoothly and there's a certain glide to it. In terms of aggressiveness (never quite sure how people interpret that term), it's milder than my HD - I didn't feel I was about to nick myself at any time. And I didn't. No grip problems with the smooth handle either.
But the real highlight of my shave with the 87 - and this is what left me staring in awe at this wolf in sheep's clothing - was the relative ease with which it shaved ATG on my neck area. Wow. I've never achieved BBS on my neck before, at least not on the bottom third. And with no blood spots or razor burn. :shock: Now, I'm not sure if this was some sort of cosmic conspiracy or what, but it happened. If any stubble has grown back by tonight - the way my face and neck feel now, I doubt it - I'm going to see if it happens again.
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A bit of blurb cribbed from the interweb:
This Edwin Jagger Classic Razor, with its elegant faux-ivory handle, echoes the classic style of the razors from the early 1900s. The design combines high-quality chrome-plating with an extremely fine faux-ivory finish. It accepts all standard double-edge blades (Merkur, Derby, Feather, etc). It has a classic straight guard providing a perfect shave with no irritation.
Weight: 2.2 oz. (63 g)
Length: 3 1/4" (8.25 cm)
Made in England
I bought mine from the English Shaving Company. First time I've used this company, and the service was good. The razor comes very elegantly presented in a rigid navy blue cardboard box, in stark contrast to the flimsy efforts issued by Merkur. On removing the razor from its box, I was met with a beautiful piece of gleaming craftsmanship - flawless plating and finishing (incidentally, the sleek faux-ivory handle is a little bit lighter in colour than it appears in the photo).
I have largish hands, yet the modest DE.87 seemed to fit perfectly. Its centre of gravity
, when balanced on my index finger, seems to lie somewhere around the bottom of the head's collar (about two thirds up from the bottom of the handle). So I guess you could call it 'head-heavy'?; nevertheless it felt well balanced. On to the meat. I lathered up my rather small round of Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn soap (smells like peaches), which I'd ordered at the same as the razor, along with three samples of EJ creams. Good lather from a good soap. Then the 87 went to work. I've been interested in the new EJ/Muehle head for quite a while, and I can understand people's enthusiasm for it: it cuts smoothly and there's a certain glide to it. In terms of aggressiveness (never quite sure how people interpret that term), it's milder than my HD - I didn't feel I was about to nick myself at any time. And I didn't. No grip problems with the smooth handle either.
But the real highlight of my shave with the 87 - and this is what left me staring in awe at this wolf in sheep's clothing - was the relative ease with which it shaved ATG on my neck area. Wow. I've never achieved BBS on my neck before, at least not on the bottom third. And with no blood spots or razor burn. :shock: Now, I'm not sure if this was some sort of cosmic conspiracy or what, but it happened. If any stubble has grown back by tonight - the way my face and neck feel now, I doubt it - I'm going to see if it happens again.
