OK, what's my next Merkur going to be. 1) Merkur Progess 2) Merkur HD Classic Open Comb 3) Merkur 1904 4) Other Merkur
My gosh, after peeking at your Medicine Chest, the best thing I could say is the 12C, the open-comb version of the 38C. Presuming you want to maximize variety, although you have two razors identical except in both chrome and gold!
I voted open comb as well. I do really enjoy my 1904 and it does come in open comb. You could kill two birds with one.........errr........
I did that on purpose because I want to, I don't normally collect , collect the gold ones and use the polished ones. I need to pick up an HD Classic polished but that does not count for this list.
This idea has a lot of merit. I'm curious to the weight difference between the HD open comb and the 1904 open comb. Anyone know?
Looks that way to me. I don't have a HD to comare the 1904 with so I can't help you with the shave comparison. Not to mention no OC's.
I have the HD in slant and classic so I know the weight on those. I have Parkers and they are light so maybe that would be a fair comparison. I'll have to weigh a Parker. However, I find the Parker razors a bit light for my taste.
I find the 1904 to be comparable in weight to a SS although I have not weighed them. It handles pretty much like a tech but has a more aggresive shave. YMMV I had one Parker (before it fell apart) and found it way to light. Rich, now that you have me investing in Merkur I find myself wondering what I will get next.
Would I do that to you? I'm with you on the Parkers. Too light for me but a number of people are going to find them a good fit.
Voted for "others"... I think I would buy a Vision or a Progress because I really like these adjustable razors...
a golden progress is also on my to-buy list But they're getting scarce now that they've been discontinued...
