New Mühle Companion - an unisex razor

[Lostrazor]

Mühle is launching a new razor: The Companion.

COMPANION

www.muehle-shaving.com

Unisex razor, milder than R89, for unisex use.
Head is made of zinc alloy and the handle is made of stainless steel. The whole razor is finished with a satin chrome coating. (according to their Instagram page).

 

[romsitsa]

Nice, I'll get one for my armpits and other parts and keep my old ones for my face.
Till today I used a "mens" razor for everything, but now I see how wrong I was.
Steel and zamak, match made in heaven.

 

[Burundian Hawk]

Milder than R89? So no BBS for men. Probably good enough for women and teenagers.

 

[macintoshBR]

Milder than R89? So no BBS for men. Probably good enough for women and teenagers.

milder not necessarily means less efficient. This razor seems to have a totally different geometry than the R89, tighter blade clamping, more controlled angle and exposure. It might be surprisingly efficient

 

[gvw755]

milder not necessarily means less efficient. This razor seems to have a totally different geometry than the R89, tighter blade clamping, more controlled angle and exposure. It might be surprisingly efficient

Totally agree with this statement. The whole concept of mild/aggressive seem to fall apart with modern razors. I prefer to go with the terms comfortable/rough to describe the shave quality. There are many razors that folks consider mild but are actually very efficient when shaving and many that folks say are aggressive, but it still takes me three passes to get something close to a DFS. The Companion looks like an interesting design which I might try out one day. I am not sure about taking a zamak razor in the shower though, even if it comes with a wrist cord.

 

[Blackland Razors]

The razor itself looks great. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but the string at the bottom makes the whole unit look unnecessarily and almost offensively... feminine.

 

[Ivo4u2]

I have shaved in the steam sauna shower long time and not only my beard but never ever wanted a razor on a rope? I paracorded my genesis once because to slick but a rope around my wrist?

And that marketing now woman can shave with a de? C’mon they did before carts existed.... allmost as bad as gillette selling its razor as an edger.
And these days sell it gender neutral cyclists shave legs tooo.

Ok on the plus could be a nice razor with that geometry and I like mild. I like the kcg oh that was a 89 copy? and if you ever have to shave on a boat or in a stream that cord could be handy... or to hang it on the Wall next to soap on a rope. Grabbing in a razor brrr

 

[EclipseRedRing]

I have used a Lady Gillette Star razor many times and found it excellent, but I do not care for this new razor, nor for the idea of it. YMMV.

 

[santamariasteve]

There is no substantive market for this item. I give it 6 months. The R89 already does everything this razor claims to do, and probably does it better. Wish I had better news.

But the good news for Muhle is I'm not a prophet.

 

[MTG Jr]

The head design is interesting.....sort of reminds me of the Wolfman WR2 in the way it all fits together.

 

[Medivh]

It makes sense for the razor to be mild, since it's unisex. I think the bottom part where the string is can be removed, so it's not that bad at all. The other thing is that this razor is patented, which is the second modern razor aside from the Tartara Muramasa currently on the market atm. Not that the Chinese give a damn about patterns though. I'm sure some people on the forum are going to buy it when it's released and I would like to know more about it.

EDIT: The price isn't very high (around 50$) and it's probably made out of zamak.

 

[gigadeath]

There is no substantive market for this item. I give it 6 months. The R89 already does everything this razor claims to do, and probably does it better. Wish I had better news.

But the good news for Muhle is I'm not a prophet.

I don't think the target market is grumpy bearmen from B&B

The marketing is spot on.

 

[ewk]

The string creeps me out. Like pus squirting out of a zit or a worm squirming out of a crisp apple.

 

[kingfisher]

The string creeps me out. Like pus squirting out of a zit or a worm squirming out of a crisp apple.

The whole part of the video where the strings were wrapping around the handle was kind of like part of a horror movie.

 

[EclipseRedRing]

I don't think the target market is grumpy bearmen from B&B

The marketing is spot on.

I agree the target market is probably younger men and women. I suspect however that current levels of DE usage by both younger men and younger women are too low for a unisex product like this to be successful; time will tell.

 

[MTG Jr]

EDIT: The price isn't very high (around 50$) and it's probably made out of zamak.

Did you not even read the OP?

 

[Medivh]

Did you not even read the OP?

Nope.

 

[branford]

I'm all for more consumer choices, but a razor on a rope, no less even milder than the R89, doesn't interest me at all. YMMV.

Besides, I would rather wait until the release of the companion Mühle Silvertip Fibre brush on a rope...

 

[gigadeath]

I agree the target market is probably younger men and women. I suspect however that current levels of DE usage by both younger men and younger women are too low for a unisex product like this to be successful; time will tell.

I really can't think ANY DE razor is successful by global distribution standards.

So I don't understand how this point could be hold against this new one in particular.

Especially since we saw plenty of grumpy bearman's razors go out of production after a single small batch of a few dozen razors, then lost in the sands of time.

 

[guitarslinger]

Fwiw, that rope might be useful for hanging it in the shower. :idk:

I’m glad they’re trying new things. I’m a big muhle fan.