Brother Wolf,
I'd like to hear more about the "why" of your enjoying shaving with the Variant far more than the Progress.
Thoughts on merkur progress or mergress?
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I'd like to hear more about the "why" of your enjoying shaving with the Variant far more than the Progress.
Gladly, the variant has a grippier knurled handle. The adjustment knob on the variant is tighter and less likely to slip. The variant is heavier, and I prefer heavy as a rule.
I recently added adjustables to my collection, no idea where I'll go after the mergress (maybe vintage Gillette?) but the Ambassador is a real beauty...
For the money the Variant is excellent. I think you can only do better when you get up to almost double the price for a gamechanger or some food vintage equipment.
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Hard to beat the vintage adjustables either. After all it's what the new ones are based on.
Maybe that's worth a completely different thread. I would be torn between the sheer beauty of the "real thing" (finding a vintage, restoring it to the original splendor...) and the efficiency of just picking "modern version" of it (premium materials, immaculate aestetics, technical perfection).
First world problems of course, if/when it happens it will be another interesting discovery journey.
Man, I love my Progress. Can't believe it took me all these years to try one. I tried the Variant but I didn't like it as well as the Progress.
This! I have Slims, Fat boys, and even a mint cased Toggle. The Progress shaves better than them all. Not my go-to razor by a long shot. But it’s my go-to adjustable for sure.
I used the Progress this morning. For some reason now it tightens down to setting 1 -- it used to be near 2 -- so when I used settings 3, 2.5, and 2, it was close to a whole setting higher than I used earlier in my time with this razor. Still it gave a very close and comfortable shave. I suspect it's better used on a 48-hour beard for me. Today's was a 36, and I did nick my lower throat very mildly, so mildly that I didn't realize it until I was splashing on my Clubman.
A grand razor it is.
A grand razor it is.
Never tried a Progress. I had been planning to buy one when I stumbled on an auction with a lot of 3 razors (Slim Adjustable, Ball End Gold Tech, and Mergress XL) for $50. Other than one under the nose nick this week (trying to rush), the Mergress has moved to near the top of my rotation (and I have almost 200 razors, vintage and modern).
My only issue with my Mergress is that it’s not the XL. Love my Mergress but prefer a longer handled razor
I too shaved with a Merkur Progress (SH) this morning. Hard to beat. And hard to equal.
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