New SE razor - The General

Smooth as silk. I forget sometimes how good of a razor the Brass General is. A real good shaver......

I’m probably in the minority here but, I’ll say it anyways. To me and it’s just my personal opinion and experience, this is the best razor that the House of Colonial Razors ever produced, period. I’ve shaved with every iteration, SS, Alum & V2 variant. All of them shave very well. But, this one is an epiphany for shavers that want one of the best combos in both smoothness and efficiency. Smooth, mild and oh so deceptively efficient with one’s choice of AC blades. Tonight I installed a once used Feather Pro and this razor is just so smooth on the face. Yes, a bit heavy & bulky but, that just gives it personality and character. Best of all, the Brass Gen. with a Pro Super installed is just a thing of shave beauty. The only other razor that tames this ferociously sharp blade is the Paradigm Ti SE. Yet, for me the Brass Gen. just gives me a slightly better feeling shave with improved blade feel and about 95% of the Paradigm Ti’s ease of skin feel. It is a real shame that this razor was dropped from production by Colonial. Weight might be it’s Achilles heel for some but, that same negative turns it into a razor that does all the work without having to worry about exerting an ounce of pressure during the shave. Phenomenal performer.....

Felt like having an SE shave today and I wanted it to be smooth yet effective in bringing down whiskers that would be devastating to the hairs but, ultra nice on the skin. That was an easy choice in my shave den, the Brass General. It works extremely well with any blade one uses and in my experience once a Feather Pro Super is installed, it transforms this mild mannered hair reducer into a smooth slicing whisker whacking ninja. Blade feel is slightly enhanced by the natural origin of the Pro Super being slightly wider than the Feather Pro. And that tiny margin in extra width makes all the difference in producing a masterful shave once the Brass General & Pro Super are in unison. The weight of the razor with that fine Japanese steel is a perfect union of shave feel nirvana. Performance and the end result is just exquisite. The feel is unique and solely owned by this razor. For me it combines a perfect union of cutting prowess and superb comfort that only a handful of razors match and arguably surpass regardless of tool classification in either the DE, SE or Injector world.

Just pure class and a true modern classic….

Inspired by your post GlazedBoker I decided to take my general v2 out of storage,  Pair it with a new handle, and a install a feather super. 

Shaves as good as any de or se ever made. Ultra comfortable, and a 2 pass bbs. Back to the AC rotation

General also stole the SE50’s stand. If Murat engineers a less annoying razor to use it may get it back some day. 

Any word on if these will move back into production? I know they had mentioned retooling the DE but haven’t seen anything on either front recently.

I asked them a few weeks ago:

"We haven’t determined if and when The General will come back. If it did, it would be V3 with improvements on the already-superb V2 version. I personally want it to happen, so it will probably will one day but not sure when."

May be a long while before we see anything.

An effortless shave with one of the more iconic looking razors in the past quarter century, The Brass General. I know, I sing its praises with the utmost of a true fanboy cheerleader. But, for me it just simply works magnificently. The only other razor that combines the smoothness & efficiency in one package that I have experienced is the Le Faulx by Atelier. The Vector arguably is the King of SE’s in that it is so maneuverable and easy to use as it gets into places with such ease that very few razors can match that shave athleticism that the Vector portrays and delivers. I’ve had two of them and I will sing its praises as well but, they have both been moved on (I should have kept the SS Polished but, I’m a dope at times). I’ll probably get another but, that depends on how the Osprey performs in the wet shave ring. Topic of discussion for another thread. Anyhow, the Brass General is still here and is my favorite SE of all time with the Claymore Evo & Blackland Sabre L2 close behind. This morning it was just pure unadulterated shave nirvana with the Brass & Feather Pro Super. I can count on one hand the razors that put a shit eating grin on my face like this pair does for me. Shave bliss & ignorance to anything and everything for 20 minutes is whisker removing ecstasy….