I’ve been 41 curious for awhile now. It’s reputation is legendary. I found a head only on the auction site, which is perfect because I have a few handles and had just sold my Muhle handle. The day it arrived I was giving my face a rest from the previous day’s shave with the Opgress . The next day with two days growth I loaded up a fresh Kai and a RR Barber pole handle and hopped in the shower. After the shower I loaded up my recently acquired from the BST Craving Shaving brush with boss knot with some Cella Bio. This brush is gorgeous, and nice’n’chunky to hold. I really like the knot but, as I have found with other synths, the loft is set a little low, which prevents it from being a great splayer. Not a huge deal as I bowl lather anyway. After a nice Cella was whipped up it was time to dive in. Usually short steep strokes are what I like so that’s how I started. Wow. Right away my very first impression was lots of blade feel but I can work with that. It was two day’s growth after all. Ok first cheek done. Holy crow. There’s no stubble left. What the heck?? Onto the neck. Same thing. Other check and neck. Same same. Wild. That’s great But my upper lip and goatee area are gonna get chewed up by this thing right ? Au contraire mon frère. Them whiskers were chopped down sure, but no skin damaged in the crossfire. I was amazed. After one pass I had a closer shave than most razors give me after 3 plus touch ups. I decided to soldier on for two more passes. With the majority of the whiskers removed in the first pass the second two were much smoother. I’m truly wowed. This was possibly the closest shave I’ve ever had, and it took no extra effort to get to Dolphin butt smooth. R41, you’re alright by me. Stick around awhile.
(Full disclosure: it’s second nature to grab the star jelly for my pics cause I use it most of the time but, this shave I actually used a sample of Clubman Pinaud. Oops.)
(Full disclosure: it’s second nature to grab the star jelly for my pics cause I use it most of the time but, this shave I actually used a sample of Clubman Pinaud. Oops.)