Customer Reviews:
  Great starter DE razor for wet shaving September 20, 2008
After perusing many shaving blogs I settled on this as my first DE razor for getting into wet shaving. It was a great choice and only now after 6 months am I starting to try other razors. This is well made, affordable and a good performer with many blade types.
 Merkur HD - the best razor July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is probably the best razor available, all categories. I us it with Derby Extra blades, every day. Highly recommended.
safety razors versus disposables December 7, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have this razor and like it. But since it s the first safety razor I ve used in 25 years, i can t tell you how it compares to others. Since I was hesitant about buying a safety razor after years of using modern razors with multi blade disposables, I am commenting on that aspect. I was driven by the need to spend less on blades, and contribute less into the waste stream, but I didn t know if I d find shaving with it equivalent to my Mach 3.
My attitude on shaving is that you need to shave both with and against the grain in a hot, steamy environment, because the goal is a shave so close that you have completely smooth skin. A safety razor will do that, and with much less expense in blades.
But since it is somewhat larger and clumsier than a disposable, I still keep my disposable at hand to clean up in and around my lips, nose, ears, and adam s apple. used this way, the Mach 3 s blade will last a very long time, since they are only doing final touch up.
I see it in the same way that a groundskeeper might handle a big area: you use the tractor mower to do the large acreages, the little riding mower to do the intermediate work, and the hand-held weed whip to do the detail work: no one machine is perfect for the entire job, but in combination you get the job done quickly and cheaply.
I found Wilkinson blades to be sharper than the Merkur blades offered with this razor, and I d like a way to have a friction lock on the knurled know so that I could OPEN up the blade angle slightly without the loosened knob then moving to a completely loose position. Otherwise, the razor seems to work fine.
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