My new Slant Sledgehammer...

Still pretty new to this - maybe a month and a half. I just had my first shave with my new 39C.

Needless to say, I apologize to all posters that described shaving with the Slant as "like a hot knife through butter." I always though that was a corny comparison. It is , however, a perfect description.

I put aside my recently mastered 38C, figuring I could step up to the Slant. What a shave!! The Slant has the same weight and balance of the 38C I learned on.

Loaded a new Personna Red and went to work. The first stroke lopped more off my 2 day neck growth than 2 passes with other razors. I still did my 4 pass shave, no nicks, no fear, just careful technique. BBS all the way.

For any newbies - do not fear the slant. Use good careful technique, as with any DE razor and you will be very happy with this razor. Highly recommended as a member of any fleet.

 

Congratulations on your first slant shave! and good advice,if you shave carefully with one you would get outstanding shaves from it.Enjoy it!

 

Sounds good.

 

yep............its the best out there :happy096

 

you're finding out what I learned about the Merkur Slant this weekend - it's one Superb shaving instrument.

 

What?!
I thought for sure that this was a Peter Gabriel Reference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0&feature=related

 

The slant is forged in the fires of hell by Mephistopheles and cooled in the blood of kittens. But it does work nicely.

 

Slants are great razors, just respect them for what they are and be careful and you will do well.

 

I think I am going to sell my vintage DEs and buy a slant and one other Merkur and then I am done. I love my Merkurs and have heard tons of good stuff about the slant. Thanks for helping me make up my mind.

 

Excuse my ignorance....how is the blade slanted? is it the angle it contacts the face, assuming a 37c is held the same way as the 34c.

Im sure a pic would paint a 1000 words...

 

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...pJXnBg&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image

 

Crickey that thing looks brutal & unforgiving! The blade looks like it sits square, the bed & the top are slanted.

i will have a go when i have grown the kahoona's to give it a try..

Thanks Gawga-Boy.

 

No. Problem.

Actually I find it more forgiving and get a smoother and more irritation free shave than my '47 SuperSpeed. Only time I have a problem is when doing a xTG from center to outside edge on my upper lip. You got to roll your lip in before putting the razor in place otherwise it'll nick you. I'm getting shaves now the '47 SuperSpeed can only dream of.

 

Actually, I have started shaving at angles with my SS and gotten great results.

I do still want to try a slant though.

 

Shaving with a regular DE at angles doesn't quite mimic the Slant as the slant also twist the blade's edge ever so slightly in addition to changing the aggressiveness from one end to the other.

It may not be the razor for everyone but all I can say is the Slant is giving me the best BBS shaves with the least effort, nicks, and irritation I've yet gotten with DE shaving. Even this morning's shave with a 4 shave old Gillette Swede (all 4 passes shaves with cleanup buffing) was outstanding.

 

Can you get slants with different amounts of aggressiveness?

Or is a slant, a slant?

 

I don't know for sure. Maybe some of the more experienced Merkur folks can answer that question. But from my own experience my 1940s/50s vintage Slant feels no more aggressive than my 1947 SuperSpeed. But as they say YMMV.

 

:happy102

 

I have a virgin 39G sitting in my shave den teasing me from time to time to explore. I am yet to give in to the temptation. Well

 

Slant is Slant but you can try different blades.