First shave this morning with the L2++. Beautiful razor with tight tolerances. Definitely more "slanting" to it than the wunderbar. It's been awhile since I've owned one, but I remember it pretty well. I saw the early reviews being difficult to load, so the first thing I did when I received it was toss in a twice used feather. No issues with loading whatsoever. For my first shave I wanted to use a new Gillette platinum, my usual go to blade for new razors. That blade was a bit difficult to load. Almost like the posts were a hair too big with the curving of the blade. Was able to work it on, but you can see where the blade holes are bent out a little bit. This may be one of those blade specific razors where some blades load a little better than others. Regardless, the first shave was great. Fairly wide sweet spot that I found very easily. Super smooth and quite efficient. Not too much blade feel and never felt like I was going to get bit. Ended up with a nice DFS.
(12-04-2022, 07:13 PM)Marhos24 Wrote: First shave this morning with the L2++. Beautiful razor with tight tolerances. Definitely more "slanting" to it than the wunderbar. It's been awhile since I've owned one, but I remember it pretty well. I saw the early reviews being difficult to load, so the first thing I did when I received it was toss in a twice used feather. No issues with loading whatsoever. For my first shave I wanted to use a new Gillette platinum, my usual go to blade for new razors. That blade was a bit difficult to load. Almost like the posts were a hair too big with the curving of the blade. Was able to work it on, but you can see where the blade holes are bent out a little bit. This may be one of those blade specific razors where some blades load a little better than others. Regardless, the first shave was great. Fairly wide sweet spot that I found very easily. Super smooth and quite efficient. Not too much blade feel and never felt like I was going to get bit. Ended up with a nice DFS.
I have tried my L2++. I found quite similar to you. It has quite high efficiency and minimum blade feel, I think this is the main purpose of slant razors.
It is a great razor, really like it. I don't have any issues with blade loading, either.
(This post was last modified: 12-20-2022, 10:29 PM by andrewjs18.)
I'm still on the fence about slants....I've never felt much benefit of using a slant over a regular DE, but perhaps maybe if I tried something like the wunderbar or this super slant, maybe it might sway my decision?
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(This post was last modified: 12-20-2022, 11:27 PM by Dave in KY.)
(12-20-2022, 10:29 PM)andrewjs18 Wrote: I'm still on the fence about slants....I've never felt much benefit of using a slant over a regular DE, but perhaps maybe if I tried something like the wunderbar or this super slant, maybe it might sway my decision?
I don't mind slants and have had many (some still around but vintage). That said, I saw no difference in results of shaves including with the Wunderbar (previous to the recent release). Just my worthless opinion
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(12-28-2022, 10:33 AM)BBSBOI Wrote: Marhos, saw you are selling yours. Was something off or is your collection too full? Once I am established long enough I'll try dming you.
Just too many razors and it doesn't crack into my top lineup. It really is a great shaver, just a tad below the efficiency I prefer.
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(12-20-2022, 11:26 PM)Dave in KY Wrote:(12-20-2022, 10:29 PM)andrewjs18 Wrote: I'm still on the fence about slants....I've never felt much benefit of using a slant over a regular DE, but perhaps maybe if I tried something like the wunderbar or this super slant, maybe it might sway my decision?
I don't mind slants and have had many (some still around but vintage). That said, I saw no difference in results of shaves including with the Wunderbar (previous to the recent release). Just my worthless opinion
because the claims around slants don't hold up to scrutiny. The benefit of a guillotine is to reduce the surface area a cutting force is being applied to by using an acute angle. News flash, all razors cut at an acute angle. Furthermore, this is most beneficial when cutting something thick like squash or, in the case of old world executions, a human neck. You are not going to notice the same benefit with hair. That just leaves blade rigidity found with helical slants.
That being said, the wunderbar is still a great razor. Efficient and smooth. Will have to get my hands on a superslant soon for comparison.
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