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- Sunday July 21, 2013
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- Belfast
The Gillettes all have nine clicks on the scale.Shemen Zait said:Can I ask a quick question? I fancy an adjustable and apart from Merkur there is nothing new for sale so I am on the lookout for unused Slims or Fat boys, I see a NOS Black slim on ebay at the mom but I have to understand first what are the differences between the vintage and the Progress/Future etc'
cheesepiece said:It's a modified Merkur Progress and no, the difference is purely aesthetic. Pure eye-candy.
Shemen Zait said:Thanx look like Progress is on the cards, £32 here we come.
Lb1 said:Aren't the adjustments tweaked slightly?
Sm304 said:Lb1 said:Aren't the adjustments tweaked slightly?
No, not really, the marker has been set so the dot lines up with 1 with a blade loaded. Merkur QC means the original isn't always perfectly aligned.
Shemen Zait said:Can I ask a quick question? I fancy an adjustable and apart from Merkur there is nothing new for sale so I am on the lookout for unused Slims or Fat boys, I see a NOS Black slim on ebay at the mom but I have to understand first what are the differences between the vintage and the Progress/Future etc'
Wha burst the ba said:Shemen Zait said:Thanx look like Progress is on the cards, £32 here we come.
I couldn't resist.
Shemen Zait said:Thanks Martin, the reason I was referring to NOS is my fussiness about using used razors, . It's look like a Progress is what I am attracting to with a good mix of strong cutting power and not too mild.
dodgy said:Shemen Zait said:Thanks Martin, the reason I was referring to NOS is my fussiness about using used razors, . It's look like a Progress is what I am attracting to with a good mix of strong cutting power and not too mild.
Good choice. Yeah, I could see you were tending towards something brand new and the Progress is a nice razor.
Martin
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