No the Maggard lines chrome finish to the untrained eye is negleigible to the Muhle so it's not a plating issue. I will add that an extra slick soap like clubman or proraso performs much much better than say soap commander with that setup. I unfairly dissed on soap commander yesterday and I went back and used it with the aluminum head and lo and behold it was awesome. Who'd have thought.That's great! I wish that I had going what you have going. I'm on my second daily DE razor and haven't yet succeeded in close daily shaves with no irritation. I'm currently using an EJ Kelvin, but I have a Bevel razor on deck as my next razor. It is quite massive with a longer handle, so connecting with our mechanics discussion, the Bevel ought to provide a "smoother ride" with its greater mass and mass moment of inertia, especially if there is no fundamental friction issue with the plating.
Yeah I got ya. The Muhle and EJ have the exact same head but then again I just stay with certain soaps and use certain blades. The Muhle performs very well with an Astra sp as to where the heavy razor performs very well with the dorco 300 and the aluminum does well with just about anything. Well except the sp301,,,that was like shaving with a cheese grater.
Your description of shaving with a cheese grater reminds me of daily shaving with cartridges. I sufferred through that, not knowing any better, and cherished not having to shave on Saturdays. Anyway, about your points about blades, are you saying that you can use duller (not as sharp) blades with heavier razors? If so, that makes sense to me from a mechanics perspective.Absolutely. That was the first option I tried. (I have tough whiskers.)
+1 in my case I got a Maggard style MR5 handle, it's actually the handle that came with the Scotch and Stowe razor that I got for the handle, it was on sale as "blemish " razor.
