Wolfman WR2 Head Discussion

MAIL CALL!

My Wr2 Darwin arrived a day early from 9/6 order.

As ever from JD, a superb polish on this Razor,
This is a 1.05 - 1.45 Dual SB....

That's a pretty looking razor/ handle combo. Which Polish is that, the mirror?

Believe it or not that's the Basic Polish Keto
To the untrained eye the difference between Basic polish & Mirror is hard to see indeed on the SS Razor's,
JD's perferctionism is clear to see & even easier to appreciate.....

Believe it or not that's the Basic Polish Keto
To the untrained eye the difference between Basic polish & Mirror is hard to see indeed on the SS Razor's,
JD's perferctionism is clear to see & even easier to appreciate.....

That's fantastic.!

I am no expert, nor a rocket scientist, but this business of the 1.15 being 'neutral' blade exposure ? If James says so I guess it is ... but ... I shaved with my WR2 DC 1.15OC/1.25SB this evening. A 3rd use Feather blade. Did my customary WTG with the 1.15, ATG with the 1.25.

It may be neutral, but the 1.15 cut through 3 days of growth like Grant took Richmond, and there was plenty of blade feel. In a good way.

I did not feel an appreciable difference in blade feel between the 1.15 OC and the 1.25 SB. IIRC the 1.25 is listed as 'aggressive' on the site ?

Anyway ... this stuff may as well be rocket science with all the numbers, I only know what works for me and what it feels like. 

I'm not the brightest knife in the drawer either, just a guy. With that disclaimer out of the way....Load a blade in the 115, lay the bar on a mirror and rotate the head about the bar. If the blade hits the mirror before the plane of the top cap, it's positive exposure. Listen for the clicks. You can also do the same thing on the edge of a business card and pull down the edge slightly. If it cuts without the top cap in contact with the card, it's positive exposure....at least in my mind. I just did it with my 115. To my eye and primitive redneck testing (partially, shamelessly swiped off a friend), my 115 has very slight positive exposure.

Can anyone here compare WM's satin finish to Rocnel's finish? They look pretty similar to me in the pictures, but I don't have a satin WM to do the comparison in person.
Here's a picture of my Rocnel:

I am no expert, nor a rocket scientist, but this business of the 1.15 being 'neutral' blade exposure ? If James says so I guess it is ... but ... I shaved with my WR2 DC 1.15OC/1.25SB this evening. A 3rd use Feather blade. Did my customary WTG with the 1.15, ATG with the 1.25.

It may be neutral, but the 1.15 cut through 3 days of growth like Grant took Richmond, and there was plenty of blade feel. In a good way.

I did not feel an appreciable difference in blade feel between the 1.15 OC and the 1.25 SB. IIRC the 1.25 is listed as 'aggressive' on the site ?

Anyway ... this stuff may as well be rocket science with all the numbers, I only know what works for me and what it feels like. 

I'm not the brightest knife in the drawer either, just a guy.  With that disclaimer out of the way....Load a blade in the 115, lay the bar on a mirror and rotate the head about the bar.  If the blade hits the mirror before the plane of the top cap, it's positive exposure. Listen for the clicks.  You can also do the same thing on the edge of a business card and pull down the edge slightly.  If it cuts without the top cap in contact with the card, it's positive exposure....at least in my mind.  I just did it with my 115.  To my eye and primitive redneck testing (partially, shamelessly swiped off a friend), my 115 has very slight positive exposure.

LOOT, that is cool ! My 1.15 OC is plenty positive. Well before hitting the comb. OTOH ... a CG Lv 2 is not quite, but very nearly negative. I'll try some others later.

Can anyone here compare WM's satin finish to Rocnel's finish? They look pretty similar to me in the pictures, but I don't have a satin WM to do the comparison in person.
Here's a picture of my Rocnel:

Wolfman Satin finish is highly polished then brushed, it’s a much nicer than that finish on Rocnel. That Rocnel finish might be closer to the basic brush

Just received my 1.45 OC yesterday and used today.  I got the cheapest version and damned if I can see any difference between my other polished Wolfman razors and this one.

Thats great to hear, congrats,
how was the shave @ 1.45 OC?.....

I am no expert, nor a rocket scientist, but this business of the 1.15 being 'neutral' blade exposure ? If James says so I guess it is ... but ... I shaved with my WR2 DC 1.15OC/1.25SB this evening. A 3rd use Feather blade. Did my customary WTG with the 1.15, ATG with the 1.25.

It may be neutral, but the 1.15 cut through 3 days of growth like Grant took Richmond, and there was plenty of blade feel. In a good way.

I did not feel an appreciable difference in blade feel between the 1.15 OC and the 1.25 SB. IIRC the 1.25 is listed as 'aggressive' on the site ?

Anyway ... this stuff may as well be rocket science with all the numbers, I only know what works for me and what it feels like. 

I'm not the brightest knife in the drawer either, just a guy.  With that disclaimer out of the way....Load a blade in the 115, lay the bar on a mirror and rotate the head about the bar.  If the blade hits the mirror before the plane of the top cap, it's positive exposure. Listen for the clicks.  You can also do the same thing on the edge of a business card and pull down the edge slightly.  If it cuts without the top cap in contact with the card, it's positive exposure....at least in my mind.  I just did it with my 115.  To my eye and primitive redneck testing (partially, shamelessly swiped off a friend), my 115 has very slight positive exposure.

LOOT, that is cool ! My 1.15 OC is plenty positive. Well before hitting the comb. OTOH ... a CG Lv 2 is not quite, but very nearly negative. I'll try some others later.

I don't think that's how you test exposure, but I could be wrong.  Based on the diagrams I've seen, exposure is measured at a neutral angle.  I took a card to my Wolfman 61 OC and I think it's neutral.  I did the same with my Charcoal Goods level 2 and I think it's slightly positive.

Just received my 1.45 OC yesterday and used today.  I got the cheapest version and damned if I can see any difference between my other polished Wolfman razors and this one.

Thats great to hear, congrats,
how was the shave @ 1.45 OC?.....

I'm not the brightest knife in the drawer either, just a guy.  With that disclaimer out of the way....Load a blade in the 115, lay the bar on a mirror and rotate the head about the bar.  If the blade hits the mirror before the plane of the top cap, it's positive exposure. Listen for the clicks.  You can also do the same thing on the edge of a business card and pull down the edge slightly.  If it cuts without the top cap in contact with the card, it's positive exposure....at least in my mind.  I just did it with my 115.  To my eye and primitive redneck testing (partially, shamelessly swiped off a friend), my 115 has very slight positive exposure.

LOOT, that is cool ! My 1.15 OC is plenty positive. Well before hitting the comb. OTOH ... a CG Lv 2 is not quite, but very nearly negative. I'll try some others later.

I don't think that's how you test exposure, but I could be wrong.  Based on the diagrams I've seen, exposure is measured at a neutral angle.  I took a card to my Wolfman 61 OC and I think it's neutral.  I did the same with my Charcoal Goods level 2 and I think it's slightly positive.

Neutral angle = straight line from guard to cap?  If so, the method I described should determine whether there is positive exposure.  If you start at the guard and roll the head...and the blade makes contact with a flat surface before the cap...you gotta have positive exposure.  Kinda hard to make the neutral angle line with a blade in the way, no?

In any case, I took a photo, albeit not the best.  It only confirmed my suspicion that my 115 does indeed have positive exposure. 

Awesome post LOOT ! 

Any chance you could trouble yourself to do the same with the 1.55 ?

I'd love to see the comparison.