I have both. I found the CG gen 3 lvl 2 to be more aggressive without being more efficient. The CG has zero drag and I love the finish, but I can’t use it more than a few days in a row.
The Overlander has a wee bit of drag and a bead blasted finish and I can get a smooth, comfortable, close shave every day without irritation. The two complaints I have about it are probably related - the bead blasted finish and the small amount of drag. The superlative shaves I get with it as a daily shaver more than make up for it.
The Overlander with a CG finish might be a grail razor for me.
The Overlander has a wee bit of drag and a bead blasted finish and I can get a smooth, comfortable, close shave every day without irritation. The two complaints I have about it are probably related - the bead blasted finish and the small amount of drag. The superlative shaves I get with it as a daily shaver more than make up for it.
The Overlander with a CG finish might be a grail razor for me.
(05-06-2022, 01:07 AM)Gump Shaves Wrote: I have both. I found the CG gen 3 lvl 2 to be more aggressive without being more efficient. The CG has zero drag and I love the finish, but I can’t use it more than a few days in a row.
The Overlander has a wee bit of drag and a bead blasted finish and I can get a smooth, comfortable, close shave every day without irritation. The two complaints I have about it are probably related - the bead blasted finish and the small amount of drag. The superlative shaves I get with it as a daily shaver more than make up for it.
The Overlander with a CG finish might be a grail razor for me.
Brass is incredibly easy to polish. I used a dremel to achieve this, but flitz and some elbow grease couldve likely gotten most of the way here. The cruddy thing about the overlander is the lack of knurling so I didnt polish the middle part.
(05-06-2022, 01:25 AM)cornbread Wrote:(05-06-2022, 01:07 AM)Gump Shaves Wrote: I have both. I found the CG gen 3 lvl 2 to be more aggressive without being more efficient. The CG has zero drag and I love the finish, but I can’t use it more than a few days in a row.
The Overlander has a wee bit of drag and a bead blasted finish and I can get a smooth, comfortable, close shave every day without irritation. The two complaints I have about it are probably related - the bead blasted finish and the small amount of drag. The superlative shaves I get with it as a daily shaver more than make up for it.
The Overlander with a CG finish might be a grail razor for me.
Brass is incredibly easy to polish. I used a dremel to achieve this, but flitz and some elbow grease couldve likely gotten most of the way here. The cruddy thing about the overlander is the lack of knurling so I didnt polish the middle part.
That looks amazing!! My initial goal was to keep the Overlander as far away from the dremel as possible. Now I am tempted. Which polish and polishing attachment did you use? Did you also do top of the baseplate and bottom of the cap?
(05-06-2022, 01:07 AM)Gump Shaves Wrote: I have both. I found the CG gen 3 lvl 2 to be more aggressive without being more efficient. The CG has zero drag and I love the finish, but I can’t use it more than a few days in a row.Drag is my main concern with the Overlander, despite all the superlative reviews. I've read many similar comments about the drag.
The Overlander has a wee bit of drag and a bead blasted finish and I can get a smooth, comfortable, close shave every day without irritation. The two complaints I have about it are probably related - the bead blasted finish and the small amount of drag. The superlative shaves I get with it as a daily shaver more than make up for it.
The Overlander with a CG finish might be a grail razor for me.
(05-06-2022, 01:25 AM)cornbread Wrote: Brass is incredibly easy to polish. I used a dremel to achieve this, but flitz and some elbow grease couldve likely gotten most of the way here. The cruddy thing about the overlander is the lack of knurling so I didnt polish the middle part.Looks fantastic! That seems to be the solution
How long you think it would take to polish the top cap only by hand, realistically?
(05-06-2022, 05:52 AM)hduty Wrote:(05-06-2022, 01:07 AM)Gump Shaves Wrote: I have both. I found the CG gen 3 lvl 2 to be more aggressive without being more efficient. The CG has zero drag and I love the finish, but I can’t use it more than a few days in a row.Drag is my main concern with the Overlander, despite all the superlative reviews. I've read many similar comments about the drag.
The Overlander has a wee bit of drag and a bead blasted finish and I can get a smooth, comfortable, close shave every day without irritation. The two complaints I have about it are probably related - the bead blasted finish and the small amount of drag. The superlative shaves I get with it as a daily shaver more than make up for it.
The Overlander with a CG finish might be a grail razor for me.
(05-06-2022, 01:25 AM)cornbread Wrote: Brass is incredibly easy to polish. I used a dremel to achieve this, but flitz and some elbow grease couldve likely gotten most of the way here. The cruddy thing about the overlander is the lack of knurling so I didnt polish the middle part.Looks fantastic! That seems to be the solution
How long you think it would take to polish the top cap only by hand, realistically?
Roughly about 2 hours and a lot of elbow grease. Get used to your hands cramping up and fatigue.
(This post was last modified: 05-09-2022, 10:29 PM by 2eleven.)
Hollow unfortunately. Looks like all four are the same size and use an engraved piece of brass tubing with two brass endcaps pressed in. The 3 piece handle construction probably necessitates the longer 3.5" length (vs the 3" length of the original hammered and maze). Stinger looks to be slimmed down to match the others. I wouldn't mind a smaller stinger in a solid version like the old 3" handles, but I'm not really interested in these hollow handles. I hope Brian decides to make the original solid versions again sometime in the future.
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