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Wow, nice.
Same routine as always?

You did everything with your dominant hand or both hands?

Do you have the Muehle R41?

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The R41 is a beast. Without 500% focus there will be blood. More aggressive than a straight razor.

for the amount of steel used in the Chinese slicing knife, I can make a dozen folders The stovepipe is 4,9 oz the Santoku 5,3. 3 small EDC knives does not outperform a Santoku in the kitchen. A kitchen knife needs some length and width to be really useful. To safe steel use a thinner stock ;) I wou...

For general knives (mostly kitchen knives) I prefer the gauntlet.
I have the diamond and fine stones.

For special Spydercos, EDC,… I prefer the sharpmaker and diamond stones.

Then you should try the Hiyashi.

Price and name is not everything.
Fancy handle material or design does not improve the shave.
It must be sharp and you need to sharpen it. And you need to learn the technique.

Thanks for the feedback, Sal.
Looking forward to using it in plain edge.

Are there chances of getting a serrated version in all black?

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Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:57 am

I used a Feather blade in my Henson +++ for the first time yesterday. Just wow!

It's much more aggressive, right?
You have the AL version?

I prefer the Astra as they are smoother.
Maybe at the next blade change I try the Feather again.

That’s a nice looking brush.
Thanks for your advice.
Maybe in the future.
There are more important things on my want-list right now :)

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Shavemac: too many options for me
Measurements of the handle is missing, at least I did not see it.

:D thumbs up

I have the synthetic muehle brush. With base plastic handle. The more expensive brushes just costs more because of a different handle material. I want the brush to be improved not the handle... I think you can get them easy on amazon. You can try the travel brush which you can store inside the alumi...

That’s a nice lather!
Used the TI22 medium today. Nice efficient shave. Muehle brush with soap makes a nice juicy lather. I prefer it wet and not too thick. Normally the lather on the second pass is better and glides also better.

Used some pre-shaving oil in the past but felt no advantage…

Looks nice. How was the first shave with it?

Shaved today with the AL13 +++.
Very efficient. 1,5 passes was enough.
Overall I prefer the smoothness of the medium. It feels nicer on the skin.

Thank god I have limited space (limited by myself) therefore the collection will not grow too much. Used my R89 today. Different than Henson but also nice. My new budget brush is nice. Bigger than the others therefore I need more soap and more to clean. Still many variables so that every shave is un...

@ doc dan
How big is the difference astra to nacet?

I use 3 types of blades now and want to keep it minimal.
Muehle for muehle razors
Feather for Merkur and Muehle as well
Astra for Henson

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