I just bought a Hoffritz slant!

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I'm going to document my "razor" results with these slants on this thread. For both the Hoffritz and the 37C. Seems like they're picky razors when it comes to blades. Or my face is the picky one, I don't know, Lol!!
Anyways, so far I've used Gillette Platinum, Merkur Super and Wilkinson (German) in the Hoffritz. The Gillette was silky smooth and gave a fantastic shave. This is typical for the Gillette Platinum on most razors. The only razor I've seen that didn't like the GP's was the Schick Krona. Weird!
The Merkur Super was all around horrible as I had previously posted. Pure tugging & rough. Terrible for me!
The Wilkinson was fantastic. Same as the GP but with a tad less smoothness and a bit more sharpness.
In the 36C, so far I've tried the GP and Personna (German). The GP was awesome. Same results as the Hoffritz!
The Personna felt like a Feather blade. Too sharp which resulted in a super close & lasting shave but left my face feeling less than perfect.
Feathers give me the same issue where I end up feeling like it took a layer off of my skin.
Tonight I'll be trying a Bic Chrome Platinum on one of those two.
We'll see!

 

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Two shaves last night and tonight with the Hoffritz and the 37C.
Used the Bic Chrome platinum!
Excellent on both razors. Close, smooth and glasslike face results.
Bic's are in my top 3 blades (Bic, German Wilkinson's & Gillette Platinum) and they
always seem to work great with most razors. They are sharp like Feather's after the
first shave but stay smooth. I'm looking forward to receiving the German Dovo blades
this week to try them out. I ordered my usual Proraso sandallwood after shave from Pasteur
and decided to try some new blades. Besides the Dovo's I also ordered some German Croma
Diamant's and some Gillette Rubie's.
Since I'm set with razors, I'm experimenting with more blades now. I literally have at least two
dozen different brands and haven't tried any of them, LOL!!
Time to bring them out!
I'm participating in September's Grume so I'll be getting more different types of blades later on.

 

[LRod]

Shave report on the 37C with the new Made in Germany Dovo blades!
2 pass WTG/XTG. Very very near BBS results. Amazingly smooth and sharp blades!
These will definitely be in my rotation.
Strange that the old German Merkur blades are so bad and these are so good even though Dovo is linked with Merkur.
The Merkur's are now made in the Czech republic and the Dovo's are still made in Germany.
Tomorrow I'll try one out in the Hoffritz.
I also received some German Croma blades to try this week!

Unrelated to the blades:
One thing to note about the 37C (nothing's perfect) is that it clogs easily. And the moment it does, it tugs like crazy!
So what I do is every time I pass the razor through my face I rinse that side and continue the shave. The Hoffritz does not do this! Must be because of the increased gap vs. the 37C.

 

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Got home and took it out of it's box. Mated it to the top cap and it's literally 100% brand new!
I've got to say that Chris at Backroads Gold is a master at what he does.
I don't know how he knew but the mirror nickel is the 100% match for this razor.
The handle/base that he replated is the exact tone as the top cap!
I also received my new 37C slant today and those are a brighter chrome finish.
I was afraid that the Hoffritz cap was like the 37C's finish but it isn't. It's precisely mirror nickel.
You can see the difference between the two in the pictures.
I'll be using both and comparing the vintage vs. the modern version!

In case anyone is wondering why I would replate the Hoffritz:
I loved the shave so much that it deserved a replate. I didn't buy it to store it or sell it down the line.
I bought it to use it all the time!
If you look at the pictures (at the beginning of this thread) of when I bought it,
the powder coating on the handle was in dire condition.
But the rest of the razor was 100% mint condition.
And it cost me $20 + the replate. Grand total: $53.45
One heck of a deal for a Hoffritz slant that's now brand new!

Hoffritz:

Merkur 37C:

My Hoffritz and my Cole's both have the mirror nickle finish as you describe. My Hoffritz has the lather scallops whereas my Cole's does not. I guess I could switch caps if I wished but probably won't in order to keep it original. I noticed differences though on how the blade presents itself with each different razor. Don't know if it will make much difference in the shave. Probably not. Even the older 37C I have the blade aligns differently from the other two. The blade edges are parallel to the top cap edge, as Merkur says it should be. The other two razors, the blade sticks out further from the top cap edge on the right side of the razor. I read somewhere, that the configuration differences can give you a constant gap across the razor or a constant blade exposure. Two ways to shave I guess.