I recently acquired the Rex Ambassador from a member on this site a couple of weeks back. It is an adjustable saftey razor that has a dial from 1 to 6.
I finally got the chance to use it last night for the very first time. All I can say is... WOW !!!
My shave was a 3-day growth on cheeks and neck.
I set the Ambassador dial setting to 3, which matches my dial setting on the Mercur Futur.
I used an Astra blade.
Preshave was Proraso Eucalyptus & Menthol
Shave Cream was Taylor of Old Bond Jyrman Street sample size - first time using this which lathers up nicely. I may have needed a bit more cream - but the lather was good enough to get the shave done
Silver badger Brush with Mr. Fine Shaving Bowl used
I really liked the shave with this razor which gave me a BBS shave. The shave felt smooth compared to the Futur. I had to shave over the areas again as I was not feeling the blade as agressive as I do with the Futur set on 3. I must like aggressive shaves since I never really dialed it down on the Futur. But I will need to do some experimenting on dialing it down on the neck area when it comes to the Futur.
With the Ambassador, in the neck area, I felt that the 3 setting was only "good enough" which got the job done. But I am so used to feeling more blade when shaving the neck area. For my next shave, I will push the setting up to 4 or maybe even 5. With the Futur, the 3 setting is fine for the cheek area. I never felt the need to go any further than that. But with the neck area, I will need to dial it down as my shaving tendency is to try to get the neck area BBS. But after 10 years, I refuse to believe that a neck-line BBS may not be possible no matter how hard I try.
This razor could very well unseat my Futur, but I do want to give it a head-to-head competition before I come to that conclusion.
Should that become the reality, I made a promise to myself to tempt @Star_Wahl_Clipper_Treker to up his credit card limit so high that he could purchase not only a Merkur Futur, but also to purchase so many more creams and soaps, that he will need to mortgage his house to satisfy his shaving nirvana.
Selling my Merkur Futur to him will become my endgame.
I finally got the chance to use it last night for the very first time. All I can say is... WOW !!!
My shave was a 3-day growth on cheeks and neck.
I set the Ambassador dial setting to 3, which matches my dial setting on the Mercur Futur.
I used an Astra blade.
Preshave was Proraso Eucalyptus & Menthol
Shave Cream was Taylor of Old Bond Jyrman Street sample size - first time using this which lathers up nicely. I may have needed a bit more cream - but the lather was good enough to get the shave done
Silver badger Brush with Mr. Fine Shaving Bowl used
I really liked the shave with this razor which gave me a BBS shave. The shave felt smooth compared to the Futur. I had to shave over the areas again as I was not feeling the blade as agressive as I do with the Futur set on 3. I must like aggressive shaves since I never really dialed it down on the Futur. But I will need to do some experimenting on dialing it down on the neck area when it comes to the Futur.
With the Ambassador, in the neck area, I felt that the 3 setting was only "good enough" which got the job done. But I am so used to feeling more blade when shaving the neck area. For my next shave, I will push the setting up to 4 or maybe even 5. With the Futur, the 3 setting is fine for the cheek area. I never felt the need to go any further than that. But with the neck area, I will need to dial it down as my shaving tendency is to try to get the neck area BBS. But after 10 years, I refuse to believe that a neck-line BBS may not be possible no matter how hard I try.
This razor could very well unseat my Futur, but I do want to give it a head-to-head competition before I come to that conclusion.
Should that become the reality, I made a promise to myself to tempt @Star_Wahl_Clipper_Treker to up his credit card limit so high that he could purchase not only a Merkur Futur, but also to purchase so many more creams and soaps, that he will need to mortgage his house to satisfy his shaving nirvana.
Selling my Merkur Futur to him will become my endgame.
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