Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - November 07, 2023
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 10 months ago
November 7, 2023
- Brush: Wald Nimbus Chryselephantine 29mm A1 Fan
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: Personna Gem PTFE (10)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Marilyn - Soap
- Post Shave: Zinari 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.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 10 months ago
Those two-tone MM24s are 👨🍳😗
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 10 months ago
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.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 10 months ago
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 😅
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 10 months ago
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).