If anyone has followed my DE journey since I started, you'll notice that most of my purchases have been hardware.
I'm not a software guy, I've found that I'm happy with the soaps that I have and have dialed it down to TOBS & Proraso. I'm picky with scents (I like straight up scents like Sandalwood, Cedarwood, Lavender etc..). So those 2 brands have been perfect in performance, scent & cost for me! I've even dialed down my blades to Bic, Feather and sometimes Astor Green + my brushes to Razorock Plissoft & Simpsons Trafalgar's. (I've also got a Yaqi and a Vie-Long!)
What I'm crazy about though is razors!
So far I have or (had) Merkur 23C, 33C, Futur (sold), Parker 97R, Variant (sold), The "Winning" razor, Pearl Flexi, Razorock Lupo aluminum and Lupo .72, Feather Popular and a Yaqi Slant. This has all been acquired in a period of about 5 months!
And my goal is more and progressively looking at the upper echelon of razors!
So right now I'm researching between the Timeless Bronze or the Karve CB Brass (C or D) plates. (I want a razor with a metal like Brass or Bronze look)
I obviously like smooth but also some aggressiveness & some blade feel in my daily shaves. I'm not an ATG shaver, just WTG and XTG with 2 passes total. With that I get a DFS all the time with most razor/blade combos. So far the #1 by a long mile is the Lupo .72, #2 is the Lupo aluminum and #3 is the Pearl Flexi!
I know the Timeless is different than the Karve so what would make you choose one over the other (price aside)?
I've read that the Timeless Bronze has a .38mm blade gap but it means nothing on that razor. Apparently the head design & positive
blade exposure make it much more efficient/aggressive than one would think. And The Karve is supposed to be just an overall great razor.
I'm open to other similar suggestions as well, maybe some other brass or bronze razors that I haven't seen!
Another thing, I don't want vintage or used! I like buying modern razors and new only!
Please don't tell me "just buy both" because I probably would, LOL!!
I'm sure eventually I'll buy both but I have to keep my wife happy as well by balancing my purchases!
Anyways, what are your thoughts?
LRod
I'm not a software guy, I've found that I'm happy with the soaps that I have and have dialed it down to TOBS & Proraso. I'm picky with scents (I like straight up scents like Sandalwood, Cedarwood, Lavender etc..). So those 2 brands have been perfect in performance, scent & cost for me! I've even dialed down my blades to Bic, Feather and sometimes Astor Green + my brushes to Razorock Plissoft & Simpsons Trafalgar's. (I've also got a Yaqi and a Vie-Long!)
What I'm crazy about though is razors!
So far I have or (had) Merkur 23C, 33C, Futur (sold), Parker 97R, Variant (sold), The "Winning" razor, Pearl Flexi, Razorock Lupo aluminum and Lupo .72, Feather Popular and a Yaqi Slant. This has all been acquired in a period of about 5 months!
And my goal is more and progressively looking at the upper echelon of razors!
So right now I'm researching between the Timeless Bronze or the Karve CB Brass (C or D) plates. (I want a razor with a metal like Brass or Bronze look)
I obviously like smooth but also some aggressiveness & some blade feel in my daily shaves. I'm not an ATG shaver, just WTG and XTG with 2 passes total. With that I get a DFS all the time with most razor/blade combos. So far the #1 by a long mile is the Lupo .72, #2 is the Lupo aluminum and #3 is the Pearl Flexi!
I know the Timeless is different than the Karve so what would make you choose one over the other (price aside)?
I've read that the Timeless Bronze has a .38mm blade gap but it means nothing on that razor. Apparently the head design & positive
blade exposure make it much more efficient/aggressive than one would think. And The Karve is supposed to be just an overall great razor.
I'm open to other similar suggestions as well, maybe some other brass or bronze razors that I haven't seen!
Another thing, I don't want vintage or used! I like buying modern razors and new only!
Please don't tell me "just buy both" because I probably would, LOL!!
I'm sure eventually I'll buy both but I have to keep my wife happy as well by balancing my purchases!
Anyways, what are your thoughts?
LRod