Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Traditionalist - Aftershave
Post Shave: Thayers - Lemon - Toner
Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Marilyn - Eau de Toilette
Another very pleasant evening shave. I felt that it would be a good idea to use an aftershave balm this evening and was surprised at how well the notes of The Traditionalist complement those of Marilyn.
I haven’t used the MM24 in quite a while but it was very comfortable shave, as expected.
They don’t show up often and when EldrormR offered this one I bought it for its looks. I don’t actually like the design of the MM24 head. As a “blade holder” it is not as elegant as the MMOC IMHO.
I like the looks of the MM24, and that it’s Eld’s pet project. But the Micromatic series of razors is the pinnacle of safety razor design, functionally better that anything that came before or after: two degrees of freedom actuated by a single rotary knob to both align the edge against the blade stops and clamp the blade down while keeping your fingers far from danger. It’s just the best for this mechanical engineer/nerd 🤓
Wolfmen, Blutts, Blacklands, and all the other CNC milled expensive high precision pieces that cost 100s of francs can’t do that simple trick of guaranteed reproducible perfect blade-to-comb/safety bar alignment regardless of blade geometry tolerances. Pet peeve rant over 😅
And, this was done before planned obsolescence became a “thing”. The TTO mechanism in my MMOC works perfectly after 85-ish years.
I note that the modern CNC razor makers don’t do TTO and limit any mechanisms they produce to adjustability of blade gap (or gap and exposure in the case of Tatara’s Muramasa).
Yeah, these old brass mechanisms really don’t break down, it’s really fantastic.
About the CNC mechanisms, yeah, there isn’t a whole lot of innovation, with the exception of the Muramasa, as far as I can tell. It’s more about making fancy razors than clever razors. That’s nice, too, though 😅
November 7, 2023
Another very pleasant evening shave. I felt that it would be a good idea to use an aftershave balm this evening and was surprised at how well the notes of The Traditionalist complement those of Marilyn.
I haven’t used the MM24 in quite a while but it was very comfortable shave, as expected.
Those two-tone MM24s are 👨🍳😗
They don’t show up often and when EldrormR offered this one I bought it for its looks. I don’t actually like the design of the MM24 head. As a “blade holder” it is not as elegant as the MMOC IMHO.
I like the looks of the MM24, and that it’s Eld’s pet project. But the Micromatic series of razors is the pinnacle of safety razor design, functionally better that anything that came before or after: two degrees of freedom actuated by a single rotary knob to both align the edge against the blade stops and clamp the blade down while keeping your fingers far from danger. It’s just the best for this mechanical engineer/nerd 🤓
Wolfmen, Blutts, Blacklands, and all the other CNC milled expensive high precision pieces that cost 100s of francs can’t do that simple trick of guaranteed reproducible perfect blade-to-comb/safety bar alignment regardless of blade geometry tolerances. Pet peeve rant over 😅
And, this was done before planned obsolescence became a “thing”. The TTO mechanism in my MMOC works perfectly after 85-ish years.
I note that the modern CNC razor makers don’t do TTO and limit any mechanisms they produce to adjustability of blade gap (or gap and exposure in the case of Tatara’s Muramasa).
Yeah, these old brass mechanisms really don’t break down, it’s really fantastic.
About the CNC mechanisms, yeah, there isn’t a whole lot of innovation, with the exception of the Muramasa, as far as I can tell. It’s more about making fancy razors than clever razors. That’s nice, too, though 😅