Razor: Wolfman Razors WR4 Al tester on Blutt BR-1 (gen 2) handle
Blade: Feather Professional
Lather: Abbate Y La Mantia Verbena Toscana
Aftershave: Noble Otter Firefighter
Fragrance: Stirling Mountain Man
A while ago, I started to get intrigued by the Alumigoose razor. This elusive Artist Club razor seems to be loved by all owners, and I’m trying to get my hands on one. They are really difficult to find at a good price, though. I talked about it on discord and heavy duty wettuber, half marathon runner, generous wetshaving enabler, and recent GRUYE aficionado VisceralWatch has very kindly suggested to try the WR4 instead and he has loaned me his aluminium WR4 head. Today I’ve used it for the first time. l have some Artist Club razor experience, but not much, just VisceralWatch’s Feather DX, Semaj’s wife’s Hawk v2, and J33pGuy13’s Colonial General.
I like how easy it is to immediately find the right angle, and the razor has good feedback. I think I’m really going to enjoy this over the next few days.
The scents today are meant to be very different kinds of “fresh”, and I’m happy will how well they work together.
I ordered a WR4 after using that prototype. My only other experience with an SE Artist Club razor was my Vector. I can get a great shave from the Vector (because: technique), but the goofy squared off threaded post bothers me. It offers a small benefit at a large cost in risk. Way too easy to cross-thread. I don’t find the Vector a joy to use. OTOH, I like everything about the WR4.
New Year, New Wolfie loaner
A while ago, I started to get intrigued by the Alumigoose razor. This elusive Artist Club razor seems to be loved by all owners, and I’m trying to get my hands on one. They are really difficult to find at a good price, though. I talked about it on discord and heavy duty wettuber, half marathon runner, generous wetshaving enabler, and recent GRUYE aficionado VisceralWatch has very kindly suggested to try the WR4 instead and he has loaned me his aluminium WR4 head. Today I’ve used it for the first time. l have some Artist Club razor experience, but not much, just VisceralWatch’s Feather DX, Semaj’s wife’s Hawk v2, and J33pGuy13’s Colonial General.
I like how easy it is to immediately find the right angle, and the razor has good feedback. I think I’m really going to enjoy this over the next few days.
The scents today are meant to be very different kinds of “fresh”, and I’m happy will how well they work together.
VisceralWatch is a truly inspiring shave figure. I should have the opportunity to buy him a coffee tomorrow with any luck.
He is! Say hi from me. I saw him a year ago to the day, I think
I ordered a WR4 after using that prototype. My only other experience with an SE Artist Club razor was my Vector. I can get a great shave from the Vector (because: technique), but the goofy squared off threaded post bothers me. It offers a small benefit at a large cost in risk. Way too easy to cross-thread. I don’t find the Vector a joy to use. OTOH, I like everything about the WR4.
Yeah, that squared-off thread post is trying to be too clever. It makes me think of all the cool concept cars that never go into mass adoption.