Yeah, it took more than a few shaves to get used to the lightness of the aluminum. Now it's delivering fantastic, comfortable shaves.I did a two-pass shave today with an Astra Green using the tips above adjusting the angle and strokes, and it went quite nice . I think part of the issue was that I went from a Rockwell 6S, which has good weight to the light aluminum Bison and had to adjust the feel.
I own both & did a comparison shave a few days ago. I did an aluminum Overlander on the left side of my face & the bison on the right both with new Perma-Sharp blades. The OL seemed to remove more whiskers on the first pass, they both were about equal on the second & by the third pass they both were BBS for me. I had one touch up with each razor but find they are pretty much equal to one another.
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder and this certainly proves it for me as I see no beauty in this handle at all but it does look better than the Athena handle!!
I find it interesting. Would't say beauty. But we are speaking about 3 times cheaper razor as Athena.. I ordered it because it can be perfect travel razor for me (if it works so easy as Overlander what probably do)They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder and this certainly proves it for me as I see no beauty in this handle at all but it does look better than the Athena handle!!
Why not stick the head on a steel handle?That glacier looks stunning! I just dont think I'd get along with an aluminum razor. For me it always feels like way more work than stainless, brass, bronze, or even titanium.
I would like to hear review of Karve Bison and comparison with Overlander from @Mr. Shavington
I do that with my Henson, and I wish that Karve used the same threading as everyone else so that I could try that with a Bison or Overlander.Why not stick the head on a steel handle?
You could shift your grip to account for the change of centre of balance (if you felt like you needed to).
I do that with my Henson, and I wish that Karve used the same threading as everyone else so that I could try that with a Bison or Overlander.
One can put a 10/32 head onto a m5 handle, you just can't do the opposite
PAA claim they use 10/32” threading and only two of way too many M5 x 0.8mm heads fit on their 10/32” handles. And it’s apples to apples with Karve claiming they use 10/32” thread size as well