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Heavy, SAFE, & good. GroomingLounge ships internationally...,
May 20, 2011 Sharp Geek in a dulling world! Change the rules! (Teh Great White North! (:) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Merkur Futur Adjustable Safety Razor -700 (Misc.)
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UPDATE:
I've found the 2 sides of this thing are slightly different,
so I *still* end up with 1 rightly-set side & 1 slightly-off side,
so I'm still looking.
Someone recommended the LORD brand razor, another recommended the Feather,
so I'll try 'em,
but I no longer consider this to be as excellent as I did when I bought this, months ago.
Back to the original review
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I'm in Canada, so nearly all the sellers of this Merkur Futur won't ship to Canada
( buzzards :P )
so, eventually I discovered that The Grooming Lounge did,
and bought it through Amazon.com's Grooming Lounge storefront/marketplace/
whatever it's supposed to be called!
Setting on #2, the first time I've shaved my whole head without ANY cuts
( quite lumpy cranium, me )!
#2.5 seems utterly safe...
#3+ gets more dangerous, but it's all just a simple setting!
I dearly wish they'd made the...Read more
Ajustability is useful but razor is bulky.,
December 31, 2011 Randy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Merkur Futur Adjustable Safety Razor -700 (Misc.)
I'm a little disappointed in the Futur. The head is much bulkier than it needs to be. The large head does get in the way. It's also heavy. Mine has a satin finish and I've had no problems with it being slippery - nice finish.
With the included Merkur blade a setting around 2.5 gave a good shave. With the Derby blades I use in my Edwin Jagger razor I have to adjust the Futur all the way back to 1. The value I see with the adjustability feature is that it can probably be made to work with most blades for most people. With a non-adjustable razor one must find the blades which adequately match the razor. Of course once an appropriate blade is found a good quality non-adjustable is going to be much less bulky to work with. I find I much prefer shaving with the Edwin Jagger.
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