It took me like 10 shaves for me to really know the limitations and get to know the razor. I’m not saying you should do the same but since you already have it, why give up on it so easily.
When you guys shave with the Mamba, do you shave as if you were using your other more aggressive razors? I personally cannot get a BBS shave with it but I can shave really fast and achieve a DFS in record time with no irritation or weepers. It’s also nice for those hot days when I sweat, no stinging from too close of a shave.
When you guys shave with the Mamba, do you shave as if you were using your other more aggressive razors? I personally cannot get a BBS shave with it but I can shave really fast and achieve a DFS in record time with no irritation or weepers. It’s also nice for those hot days when I sweat, no stinging from too close of a shave.
Mild razor? Yes. Is it efficient? Yes. A 3 pass shave with a Kai blade and it performed very nicely. Not a single nic, cut or weeper to be had. And NO irritation whatsoever. I have a stable of “aggressive” razors that shave wonderfully. The Mamba is the mildest razor in my shave den. Yet, it gave just about as good a shave as most of them. This is only my 2nd shave with the Mamba, but it is perhaps the smoothest de razor I’ve ever used. With the Kai blade it feels very efficient yet not much blade feel and makes very little noise while cutting whiskers. Almost Brass General like in feel, efficiency and smoothness. Makes me rethink this mild vs aggressive razors theory all over again. By the way, it took down 3 days stubble without a whimper. Impressive.
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Feathers feel rough in the Mamba for me too. My favorites are Nacet, SharpEdge and Kai. The Nacet is the one I always use though.I love the look, size and weight of the mamba. Shaving with it, on the other hand, not so much.
The first three shaves with it, I used an Astra SP, resulting in three pass shaves with plenty of clean up to address rough feeling spots (so more like 4.5 passes).
Today, tried a Feather (after reading several posts). Worst shave in years. Major razor burn.
Just to insert some juice back into this thread, all Mamba users myself included, RazoRock has leaked some info and a pic on the new .70 base plate in the works. It was posted on Instagram earlier today along with a new style handle that looks super grippy and bad - a**. Unfortunately, links are not allowed on this forum but, trust me the plate and combo looks really good. Good stuff ahead for Mamba users...