Just had my first shave with this! Only been on-and-off wet shaving, but since ~2013. Been working with a well-loved C&E BBB, which is great. This is a whole different world! LOTS of backbone, very soft tips even on first use, some splay. The loft was higher than I planned for, but that's a good thing in my opinion. Lower might just be a little too much change all at once given the setup I was coming from.
Measurements for whom it may concern: 9mm plug height, 63mm loft, 24mm knot in a 25mm handle with 17mm hole depth. Came out to a 53.5mm loft after setting.
I did a lot of research and I know there were many other equally good options for different preferences. I like how this turned out though. I load to a proto-lather in the puck container and then finish with a face lather and it worked great for me. Used Tabac today with a (new) Schick Krona. I wasn't particularly careful, and the shave was fantastic and much more comfortable compared to my EJ BBB & 40s SS (although I doubt the setup is at fault, merely saying the Schick & Maggard were much more forgiving).
Quick picture of the setup as is (no clean-up done, sorry!) attached.
Measurements for whom it may concern: 9mm plug height, 63mm loft, 24mm knot in a 25mm handle with 17mm hole depth. Came out to a 53.5mm loft after setting.
I did a lot of research and I know there were many other equally good options for different preferences. I like how this turned out though. I load to a proto-lather in the puck container and then finish with a face lather and it worked great for me. Used Tabac today with a (new) Schick Krona. I wasn't particularly careful, and the shave was fantastic and much more comfortable compared to my EJ BBB & 40s SS (although I doubt the setup is at fault, merely saying the Schick & Maggard were much more forgiving).
Quick picture of the setup as is (no clean-up done, sorry!) attached.