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+1 on the Progress. I'm getting some great shaves with mine at the minute.£199 for a Fatboy seems quite excessive.
You can try one first in the lending pool:
The Merkur Progress would be a cheaper alternative giving you a good range of aggressiveness.Active - Pass Around: Fatboy
Hiya, Here's a 1959 Fatboy in good condition to be sent out on the house. This is a chance to see what's up with these things and get that Fatboy monkey off your back. Whoever I first send it to keeps it for a week or so, and then passes it along. I shaved with this particular razor and it...www.theshavingroom.co.uk
Hi all, probably just got the bug... but I'm a new DE shaver as of 3 weeks, I am loving my Merkur 34c, so much so that I bought the gold 34g as well.
I'd like to have an alternative, maybe to give a more aggressive shave at some point and was wondering what people typically complement a Merkur 34c with?
what about a restored 1959 Gillette Fat Boy for example? Executive have them at £199 and I understand this razor has quite a reputation, especially since it's adjustable as well.
Or is there a good option for much less cash that will give me a more aggressive option?
thanks
Hello mate - most people reading this will have been through the great wet shaving epiphany - as evidently you are doing so at the moment - my experience was that - you should not start lashing out money on new gear - without learning the trade - you have a great razor there - take your time - appreciate its worth before moving on. There is a cornucopia of kit out there - but a lot of it - will probably not suit you - some will - some won't - and these can be a very expensive mistakes to make. That being said - my second razor was the Merkur 37c slant - I wouldn't use the term aggressive - assertive perhaps or efficient - and I would recommend this razor - I still use it routinely - over a decade later. If you are intent on an adjustable - the Merkur Progress is one of the finest razors ever made - but my first pick in the den would be the Parker Variant - both available for much less than the - no doubt - shiny and lovely Fat Boy. PM me - and I'd happily lend you some razors to try out - see what works for you. Learn you will - young Jedi - single edges - vintage - mention you did not. Ha ha - yours - I.Hi all, probably just got the bug... but I'm a new DE shaver as of 3 weeks, I am loving my Merkur 34c, so much so that I bought the gold 34g as well.
I'd like to have an alternative, maybe to give a more aggressive shave at some point and was wondering what people typically complement a Merkur 34c with?
what about a restored 1959 Gillette Fat Boy for example? Executive have them at £199 and I understand this razor has quite a reputation, especially since it's adjustable as well.
Or is there a good option for much less cash that will give me a more aggressive option?
thanks
Hi all, probably just got the bug... but I'm a new DE shaver as of 3 weeks, I am loving my Merkur 34c, so much so that I bought the gold 34g as well.
I'd like to have an alternative, maybe to give a more aggressive shave at some point
what about a restored Gillette Fat Boy for example?
Or is there a good option for much less cash that will give me a more aggressive option?
thanks
+1 on the MWF. Don't soak the soap, and use a brush that doesn't drip when you give it a gentle vertical shake, but yet is still wet. Keep working the dry, airy froth back onto the soap and it'll thicken, at which point small additions of water can be made.Oh, before I forget, the MWF soap just needs a brush with lots of backbone and plenty of time loading with it being only slightly wet, so not much useless and misleading, in the way foam gets created. Do not listen to these moon cows or jabbernows who can't figure it out!
Martin
This sounds like good advice, the stiff brush aids loading more soap on, and I'm starting to feel like (that's) the way to crack this soap, really heavy loading.+1 on the MWF. Don't soak the soap, and use a brush that doesn't drip when you give it a gentle vertical shake, but yet is still wet. Keep working the dry, airy froth back onto the soap and it'll thicken, at which point small additions of water can be made.
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