World Shave Off Showdown 2nd Edition

The CG head is narrow and nimble which makes it a wonderful shave. I’m not suprised it beat the bulky Mergress.

My brass DC CG with the same 90 mm length Stars and Stripes handle weighs 112.gm but it doesn’t feel heavy at all.

Congrats Frank on this first Shave Off. Looking forward to how all the whiskers fall

The CG head is narrow and nimble which makes it a wonderful shave. I’m not suprised it beat the bulky Mergress.

My brass DC CG with the same 90 mm length Stars and Stripes handle weighs 112.gm but it doesn’t feel heavy at all.

Congrats Frank on this first Shave Off. Looking forward to how all the whiskers fall

Thanks AJ and thanks for reminding me to bring my scale back home as I’m curious as to how much the Mergress weighs.

My thought kind of resembles Shavemds.
Although I've never had or used a Mergress, I was just assumed set on high it would be the more efficient one. I learned a bit on this one.

My thought kind of resembles Shavemds.
Although I've never had or used a Mergress, I was just assumed set on high it would be the more efficient one. I learned a bit on this one.

I’m with you and Mark on this. You’d think wide open it would be more efficient. I actually had a Mergress yrs ago when they first came out it wasn’t the XL and I thought it would become my favorite adjustable but I never really connected to it and that’s kind of what I felt like in this Shave Off. CG feels so natural to me.

Shave Off index

You can refer to this page and post as I will keep it updated. It will list the 2 razors in the Shave Off and the page and post number to find it on.  

Page & Post # 

1 Mergress Adjustable vs Charcoal Goods Level 2 OC  #8 

4 Gillette RFB vs Rockwell 6S # 38

UPDATE:

So the next Shave Off razors have been picked out of the box. 

Gillette RFB vs the Rockwell 6 S with max plate # 6 

I'll be doing the Shave Off either late tonight or early tomorrow morning. 

Any predictions on who the winner of this one will be? 

Is that a polished 6S...?

Is that a polished 6S...?

Yes it is sir.

Thank you.
Looks nice. 
I wonder if it glides differently from the factory/ standard 6S.... the never ending debate polished vs matte finish... 

Thank you.
Looks nice. 
I wonder if it glides differently from the factory/ standard 6S.... the never ending debate polished vs matte finish... 

Well I have a scientific reply to that given to me by a metal scientist and replating expert and he said if you looked at a matte finish and a high polished finish under a microscope the matte finish would look like your flying over the Grand Canyon with all the nooks and crannies where as a high polished razor is just a smooth plane with none of that going on so there is truth that a high polished razor would be smoother or you could say have better glide and you'd be correct from a scientific point of view although in some cases it's pretty hard to tell the difference. In my experiences I'd say in most cases if you are super sensitive to this subject you can feel the difference but there are some razors that seriously challenge that assumption. One such example is a Timeless Titanium matte finished and the High Polished one where it's almost impossible to detect any difference between the two. Not so in a Asylum RX where the High polished had noticeably better glide than the matte finished one. So it's probably a debate that will go on forever! LOL