Thread: Two in a Row with my Muhle R41

Great shaves yesterday and today with my Muhle R41, a Feather blade and Pre de Provence No.63 shave soap and aftershave balm! I love the razor and the scent, and the soap lathers pretty well too!

More important, my wife loves the scent!

I hereby award you the official SR Palace tough guy of the month award for using the R-41.

What a guy!

Harold has the touch!

Well, I've been shaving for 55 years...lots of them DE, so I guess I'm used to it!

except for the occasional blood-letting...

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Harold has the touch!

I’m going to use the exact same set up tomorrow. Literally. Well With the exception that I got the rose gold handle.

I really like the 63 as well. Have you tried the cream? Wow!! What a weird experience. It’s a non lathering cream that leaves your face feeling dry. Not as in cracked/no rain dry - but like not wet dry, but still a lovely kind of soft. I personally love the stuff, but it is not like anything I’ve ever used before. I leave it in the shower for those, “panic” shaves.

As for the 41, I love that thing too. I feed it Personna Reds. The Feathers were just a bit too keen in mine. Particularly on that first shave. You really do have an iron disposition don’t you lol.

It’s a great head and the only DE I use anymore.

I would like one, I think. I have several DE's and all seem mild to me.
Shaving with a straight mostly, I am used to backing-off and changing angles.

An aggressive one with the Personnas sounds good.
If I use the feathers in a less aggressive one, it is hard to judge where that 'point' is until I am past it!
I still don't use them enough to justify buying a 41, though.
Perhaps someday...

Originally Posted by earcutter

I’m going to use the exact same set up tomorrow. Literally. Well With the exception that I got the rose gold handle.

Seriously spooky. For reals.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I would like one, I think. I have several DE's and all seem mild to me.
Shaving with a straight mostly, I am used to backing-off and changing angles.

An aggressive one with the Personnas sounds good.
If I use the feathers in a less aggressive one, it is hard to judge where that 'point' is until I am past it!
I still don't use them enough to justify buying a 41, though.
Perhaps someday...

I can’t remember why I bought mine anymore Sharpton. And I’m not going to lie, I kind of thought it was going to be a waist in that I figured when I moved back to my primary residence I’d never use it again. But that’s proven to be incorrect. Because it’s such a great shaver, it’s now a part of my rotation. Nothing does my neck like my 41.

There are at least 2 versions of the Muhle R41 that I have read about. They are the 2011 and 2013 versions with the 2011 being the more aggressive of the two. Not that the 2013 version is mild either. I believe mine is a 2013 version and with a feather blade you can get a humdinger of a close shave if you mind your Ps and Qs. Anyone that can comfortably use a Muhle R41, either version, really does have the touch. I really think the only way you can get as close and long lasting a shave as with a straight razor is with an aggressive DE like the Muhle R41.

Bob