Photo Analysis of Razor Designs

[firehydrant]

Excellent work! Thank you.

 

[Never2Late]

This is very helpful. Just had to extend my appreciation for the contribution.

 

[BlackBard]

Partial quote:

I'll do a couple more, including slim adjustable on different settings, perhaps over the weekend.

- Bill

Bill,

I really liked your thread, pictures and comments. I was wondering if you ever did work up pictures of the slim at various settings. I searched, but could not find anything more. As a slim user, I would be especially interested in your results.

 

[kingfisher]

Bill,

I really liked your thread, pictures and comments. I was wondering if you ever did work up pictures of the slim at various settings. I searched, but could not find anything more. As a slim user, I would be especially interested in your results.

+1. The Slim is my daily user, as well. I know it's a lot of work, but if you're up to it, I would also be very grateful.

 

[JimboA]

Thanks for all that work!

It sure answered some questions which I had.

 

[Arnie]

Finally an explanation even I understand.
The pictures help tremendously. I am very glad you started out with the vintage three piece Gillettes (my present favourites). Hope you will cover some more vintage razors, since this should definitely become a wiki.

 

[mandoman]

never new that thanks

 

[lungho]

This is great. You don't happen to work in crime lab or be a civil engineer by chance?

 

[franz]

Bump for a fantastic thread - I learned a lot from this

 

[davros]

Bump for a fantastic thread - I learned a lot from this

+1 & cheers for the bump

 

[wimbouman]

We need you on the New Muhle R41 thread!

 

[.Damon.]

Just goes to show you that open comb does not mean "aggressive" (see diagram of Merkur).

 

[kirk 988]

this is great very good information i hope it makes it to the wiki great idea for a thread

 

[4myshave]

I first came upon this thread last summer and bookmarked it then. I've referred to it numerous time to help me understand how different razor can be mild to very aggressive.

Thanks, Woodfluter, for this great piece of work and for sharing it with all of us.

 

[Sir Walter of Mount Royal]

Bump for a fantastic thread - I learned a lot from this

+1

I would like very much see your photographs of the Slim at different adjustments.

 

[Malache]

Excellent post. I would also like to request pictures with a NEW Deluxe head if and when you can get to that.

 

[Trout Whisperer]

Forgive me if something like this has been done before - I haven't found it!

- Bill

Thanks for going to all this trouble, Bill! My experiences with these razors make sense based on your photographic analysis. I especially wondered why the old-style is so unforgiving. Now I know!

Great work, sir!

 

[KM-instructor]

This is a classy post, and informative too.
Thank you, it must have taken quiet some time to do this.

 

[prostx23]

Hi,

I'm bumping this as I wonder how close the Merkur head is to the Gillette Old style with the thicker cap. As I understand it, the Merkur open comb head is supposed to be a replica of the Gilette Old style heads...obviously not completely however. Great work BTW

Mike

 

[ackvil]

Finally read this. Great post. keep it up!