Merkur 11 C Arrives

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by scott wein, Jan 17, 2012.

  1. scott wein

    scott wein Well-Known Member

    My Merkur 11 C open comb arrived and was waiting for me after work. It is the best finished Merkur I ever saw, even Slanty was asking about the shine.

    The goal was something more aggressive then my EJ, and less aggressive then my Slanty.

    So a long search ended, and another Merkur arrived.

    It was very pleasurable shaving through the stubble with the OC. I found it well balanced and the adjustment easy to make. That's why I went with another Merkur, same handle.

    Tomorrow is the test, a day shave after a night shave. I look forward to a good report.

    Today's shave was excellent.

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  2. Bird Lives

    Bird Lives Future Root Beer King of Turkey

    I look forward to a good report aswell....I hope you get many great shaves with it....You know that was the razor of choice for James Bond in several of his books....He had the rebranded Hoffritz version but made by Merkur, same OC razor with the heavy handle...:)
     
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  3. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Sweet! Enjoy.
     
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  4. battle.munky

    battle.munky Has the menthol.munky on his back!

    Enjoy Scott. I love the HD handle too.
     
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  5. fishcrow

    fishcrow Birdman of TSD

    Very nice enjoy your shaves.
     
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  6. Sodapopjones

    Sodapopjones Well-Known Member

    Wow, did Merkur hire EJ to plate for them now? haha...
     
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  7. scott wein

    scott wein Well-Known Member

    thanx everyone. Didn't know about the James Bond connection Bird.

    And yep Aaron, by far the best plated Merkur I have ever seen.
     
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  8. Bird Lives

    Bird Lives Future Root Beer King of Turkey

    Bob at BRW recommends to take the top off and then pull the 'twist-knob' straight out the end of the handle...Then take the washer that holds it in the handle off....Then the knob comes out just like a Gillette Single ring or Big Fellow....This makes it really easy for cleaning.....And Bob said that washer-clamp just scratches the inside of the handle...
    Check it out and let us know what you think...If you don't like it the washer goes right back on...;)

    BTW....the older vintage version didn't have the washer to begin with, thats how James Bond could hide stuff in the handle...lol
     
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  9. tomnat

    tomnat accepting applications

    That is really nice, Scott! I like that handle a lot.
     
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  10. frankflood

    frankflood Active Member

    nice looking razor. i've been wanting an oc that's not as crazy aggressive as the r41. will watch for your review. enjoy
     
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  11. Shayne Redfearn

    Shayne Redfearn Active Member

    yeah thats deffinatly a nice razor...thanks for sharing that pic :)
     
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  12. bdlehr

    bdlehr Member

    Nice looking razor! How does it shave?

    Barry
     
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  13. scott wein

    scott wein Well-Known Member

    Wonderful. I have two mini reviews upp in the SOS for yesterday and today. I will write a little something here now

     
  14. scott wein

    scott wein Well-Known Member

    I am very pleased
     
  15. scott wein

    scott wein Well-Known Member

    Thanx. It really was finished nicely.
     
  16. scott wein

    scott wein Well-Known Member

    Good news-thanx!
     
  17. scott wein

    scott wein Well-Known Member

    It's a nice shave and well balanced. I like it.

     
  18. scott wein

    scott wein Well-Known Member

    Thanx...I will :)

     
  19. scott wein

    scott wein Well-Known Member

    This would be it. I will put up some thoughts and in time, a full review.

     
  20. alpla444

    alpla444 That's sweet!

    Yeah I does look better than most Ive seen, more BLING there:cool:

    I'm sure it will get a fair bit of use;)
     
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