So I had to see what a shave with a slant was like. Loaded up the Merkur blade that was shipped with it, normal preshave routine for a shave with 2 days of growth. And started in with my usual 3 pass technique, still a newbie so it probably needs some work. It was a very easy and enjoyable shave. Not a lot of audible feed back that my ATT provides. Compared to my ATT with the Atlas handle, the 39C has some heft to it! While it was a close and smooth shave, for me, the ATT with the H2 provides a much closer result. However, the ATT takes an immense amount of concentration and care to get to a BBS level. I did not get quite to what I would call BBS with 39C. But on days that I have a 2+ day growth, and want a very close and easy shave without all the drama of the H2, I will turn to the 39C. The guy I bought the 39C from included 10 of the Merkur blades, will need to put these in my H2 for a go. He also included an Omega boar hair brush, talk about odoriferous! Hoping that a couple lathers with Proraso Green will tame the stink.
I think we need to push Stan at ATT to develop a slant lineup. We already know what to call them, closed comb slant will be H3, M3, R3 and the open comb slant will be H4, M4, R4. Need to get my pre-order in...
I think we need to push Stan at ATT to develop a slant lineup. We already know what to call them, closed comb slant will be H3, M3, R3 and the open comb slant will be H4, M4, R4. Need to get my pre-order in...