I picked up this little beauty at a car boot sale the other day, I shan't tell how much I paid but I am very happy.
It is a Darwin, stamped underneath: Darwin Ltd Sheffield England and: Patent Cobalt Steel. It's a heavy little thing: 71 grams, approx 2 1/2 oz. I am struck by how like the Merkur HD the head design is, I wonder if Merkur were aware of this razor when they designed their HD?
Our own St George (Tony) aquired one of these and did a review of it on Shave my Face, here: http://www.shavemyface.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16463&highlight=darwin
Personally I found it pretty aggressive, I put in a new Swede and it proceeded to bite me mercilessly, I will be trying again soon though, it's just a matter of technique I'm sure. As Tony mentions in his review, it does sing when cutting, like a Futur but in this case it reminded me of The Lord of the Rings; the Battle of the Pelennor Fields: "And they sang as they slew". My face looked like a battlefield afterwards..., ok, I exaggerate slightly, it was more like an argument in a basketful of puppies.
The handle is hexagonal by the way.
John.
It is a Darwin, stamped underneath: Darwin Ltd Sheffield England and: Patent Cobalt Steel. It's a heavy little thing: 71 grams, approx 2 1/2 oz. I am struck by how like the Merkur HD the head design is, I wonder if Merkur were aware of this razor when they designed their HD?
Our own St George (Tony) aquired one of these and did a review of it on Shave my Face, here: http://www.shavemyface.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16463&highlight=darwin
Personally I found it pretty aggressive, I put in a new Swede and it proceeded to bite me mercilessly, I will be trying again soon though, it's just a matter of technique I'm sure. As Tony mentions in his review, it does sing when cutting, like a Futur but in this case it reminded me of The Lord of the Rings; the Battle of the Pelennor Fields: "And they sang as they slew". My face looked like a battlefield afterwards..., ok, I exaggerate slightly, it was more like an argument in a basketful of puppies.
The handle is hexagonal by the way.
John.