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Broke my R89 Head... now what?
So I moved this weekend and all was good until I started to unpack. One careless motion and out tumbled my Muhle Kosmo DE with the R89 head on it. Heart stops, I look down, and there is my three piece DE in four pieces. I begin googling around and it turns out that the heads breaking at the threads is a super common problem with Muhle heads, largely because they're made of zamak.
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Now, it's an absolutely beautiful set but I haven't used it in years since I strongly prefer straights. So, here's the problem: what do I do now?
1) The bottom plate wasn't bent or damaged in the fall so I could just get a new R89 top cap for around $13 USD.
2) Take advantage of the situation at replace it with an R41 head for around $25 USD.
3) Get an entirely different head to through on there -- appealing, but also tricky because I've noticed that the threaded barrel on the Muhle heads is a bit shorter and so at least some other DE heads won't screw all the way down (I have a generic Fendrihan head for which won't fit on the Muhle handle for this reason)
4) I'm not using it anyhow, it's really just a show piece, so maybe I just tuck it away without replacing the head at all.
Finally, whether I replace the head or not, maybe I should just sell the set, whether with the repaired head or as-is.
Obviously the decision is mine and only I can decide what is best for me here, but I'd love for people to weigh in on this if they have any thoughts.
Cheers!