It's a combination of characteristics though. For me it is toeing the line of what I like without crossing it. 68 Timeless is less 'aggressive' than some razors. I wouldn't get hung up on just one metric is what I'm getting at. Like I know not to buy the AT&T 'H' bottom plates. Didn't need to try the other version two years later. I have tried the 2011 R41 when it first came out. Also why after reading reviews I've not picked up a Blackbird. I have a pretty good idea of what won't work for me. I have been way wrong before and after it's all said and done, I have to try for myself sometimes. It all can give me an idea of the razor and whether it may be something I'll like. I mean I enjoy looking at pictures and reading the basics. I go cross eyed just trying to take it all in. The gap, the angle, the exposure, the finish, the weight, the phase of the moon. Especially the different terms I have seen different people use in discussing the various attributes that make different razors perform differently. The whole topic of razor geometry is complex. Those two factors I think cancel each other out along with the distance from the safety bar being a bit more with the Timeless I suspect. The Timeless has more blade feel and I'd say holds the blade stiffer. I haven't used my 34c in quite some time. It's really hard for me say one way or the other how they directly compare. I'm sure they're available online somewhere though. I honestly don't know what the exact measurements are of the Merkur. I think it's a touch more efficient than the Merkur 34c. There's more to razor aggression than blade gap. 68 base on the right with the scalloped cap: 95 base on the left under the plain cap, and the. Here are both the plain cap and the scalloped cap with the. Here's the way the base came, typical very nice packaging from and the crew at Timeless: 68 base allowed me to do more passes, touchup, etc., with no irritation. 95 base is fully capable of a 2 pass DFS, while the. 95 base (I'm thinking GBS or Voskod) but I use Feathers almost exclusively, so I'm open to suggestions on this.īottom line is both bases performed really well, the. I may try a 'milder' blade in the razor with the.
68 base allowed me to do all of this blading with zero irritation, and a shave that made my face feel like polished marble. I put up a thicker mix for the touchup, and went after every last bit. I found none, zero, irritation or redness after the 3rd pass. The first pass was less 'efficient' than the.
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I did three full passes and thorough touchup. This morning, I knew I wanted BBS+, and I sensed that the milder plate would be a good fit. However, there was a bit more redness than I like, even though pressure was very light throughout the shave. Some touchup, and a shave between DFS and BBS. 95 base more 'efficient', more 'aggressive', and after 2 passes, WTG, XTG, I was pretty much done. The shave, for me, was much different than the same razor with the. I put the base on the scalloped head, with a new Feather Platinum FHS.
I got the mild (.68) Scalloped Base for the TR a few days ago, with traveling, today was the first time I've gotten to use it.
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