Hi all,
I recently bought a Merkur 4 piece shaving set with a m3 handle and a Merkur HD DE razor, as recommended, to learn with. Things are coming along slowly but surely but my mind has already turned to what new hardware to acquire.
I really like the look of the Merkur Futur 700, and it would compliment my set perfectly, but the reviews do highlight some pretty bad design flaws. Also Merkur seem to be the only manufacturer, of any note, who are making new DE razors. As I have only been interested in DE razors for about a month now my question is do Merkur periodically update their offerings, and hopefully design out previous flaws, i.e. are we likely to ever see a Futur 800 or a Vision 3000 any time soon or are the designs set in stone for decades to come? If the latter is true what would be your Vision of the Futur? (pun very much intended). I would like to see a simple Futur styled handle, with a knurled grip, but the fixed head and blade replacement system of my HD.
I recently bought a Merkur 4 piece shaving set with a m3 handle and a Merkur HD DE razor, as recommended, to learn with. Things are coming along slowly but surely but my mind has already turned to what new hardware to acquire.
I really like the look of the Merkur Futur 700, and it would compliment my set perfectly, but the reviews do highlight some pretty bad design flaws. Also Merkur seem to be the only manufacturer, of any note, who are making new DE razors. As I have only been interested in DE razors for about a month now my question is do Merkur periodically update their offerings, and hopefully design out previous flaws, i.e. are we likely to ever see a Futur 800 or a Vision 3000 any time soon or are the designs set in stone for decades to come? If the latter is true what would be your Vision of the Futur? (pun very much intended). I would like to see a simple Futur styled handle, with a knurled grip, but the fixed head and blade replacement system of my HD.