Wolfman WR2 Head Discussion

Gorgeous!  That is the exact razor I have on order, except I opted for the solid handle.  When my number comes up should I change it to the hollow handle?  Opinions?

Yes!!....it will handle like a road bike with a carbon frame and forks.

I like the hollow handle on my WR2 1.25. Lighter and the balance still works imho.

I have the RS10 with both mild & AP and I have a WR2 DC 1.25/1.35 in Ti with a WR2 DC 1.45/1.55 also in Ti being shipped tomorrow so if you want me to do a side by side using any of the gaps I’ve mentioned I’d be glad to if it would help you to decide which WR2 gap would be a bit more efficient and without sacrificing to much of the smoothness your used to with the RS 10.  It would give me a reason to do a side by side comparison.  I can say only by memory ( which I don’t really like to go by as a side by side gives me a much clearer comparison)  that my 1.35 SB Ti is definitely more efficient than the RS 10 AP and it is smooth but not as smooth as the RS 10 so it may fit your needs as you said you don’t mind giving up a little smoothness for additional efficiency and that’s pretty much what you’d get with a 1.35 SB.  Again this is from memory and a side by side may change all that. 

Let me know.

Wow!
That is very kind of you Dragonsbeard and I would gladly take you up on your generous offer! 

The blade gap of 1.35 has been mentioned a couple of times in relation to its proximity to the RS10 AP in comfort but with added efficiency. At the same time, two gents here have said that, in their experience, the sacrifice in comfort is minimal when going all the way up to 1.55 but with a HUGE gain in efficiency.

So, what I would ideally like to determine is whether the GAIN in efficiency when going from 1.35 to 1.55 is worth the LOSS in comfort when making the same transition. Obviously this would be a highly subjective measure, but your opinion on it would be very valuable to me.

To this end, at the risk of sounding like I am taking advantage of your kindness, may I ask you to do two side by sides, please? One would compare RS10 to 1.35 and the other would compare RS10 to 1.55. I’m not sure whether you’d need a third (1.35 vs 1.55) to arrive at a solid conclusion, but I will leave that entirely up to you. 

Many thanks for all your help!

Valkyrie
I’d be glad to and I also planned on going through a bunch of razors I have that are considered either very efficient or the new word/category being thrown around called  “ Hyper Efficient “ and do some comparison Shave Offs as I have a strong personal curiosity about these 2 categories of razors and would like to update my opinions on all of them on what’s gained or lost by using each one  of them.  So no problem sir.

Dragonsbeard
Did you ever get a chance to do this comparison that we talked about a couple of months ago?

Could any of you guys with Experiences with many of the WR2 GAPs and also with other razors, make a reference list for guidance? It would really serve as starting analysis point for a lot of the people here. Something like:

WR2 0.95 - Timeless 68, Wolfman WR1 58,
WR2 1.05 - ATT R1, etc you get the gist of it
WR2 1.15 - xxxxx, xxxx
WR 1.25 -xx,xxxxxx

Wow!
That is very kind of you Dragonsbeard and I would gladly take you up on your generous offer! 

The blade gap of 1.35 has been mentioned a couple of times in relation to its proximity to the RS10 AP in comfort but with added efficiency. At the same time, two gents here have said that, in their experience, the sacrifice in comfort is minimal when going all the way up to 1.55 but with a HUGE gain in efficiency.

So, what I would ideally like to determine is whether the GAIN in efficiency when going from 1.35 to 1.55 is worth the LOSS in comfort when making the same transition. Obviously this would be a highly subjective measure, but your opinion on it would be very valuable to me.

To this end, at the risk of sounding like I am taking advantage of your kindness, may I ask you to do two side by sides, please? One would compare RS10 to 1.35 and the other would compare RS10 to 1.55. I’m not sure whether you’d need a third (1.35 vs 1.55) to arrive at a solid conclusion, but I will leave that entirely up to you. 

Many thanks for all your help!

Valkyrie
I’d be glad to and I also planned on going through a bunch of razors I have that are considered either very efficient or the new word/category being thrown around called  “ Hyper Efficient “ and do some comparison Shave Offs as I have a strong personal curiosity about these 2 categories of razors and would like to update my opinions on all of them on what’s gained or lost by using each one  of them.  So no problem sir.

Dragonsbeard
Did you ever get a chance to do this comparison that we talked about a couple of months ago?

Yes I did and I'm sorry I didn't post up the Shave comparison or get in touch. I've been pretty crazy busy lately.

So the short story is as far as efficiency goes there is no comparison between the RS 10 vs the WR2 1.35 Ti with the WR2 being noticeably more efficient. With that said the efficiency of the RS 10 with the aggressive baseplate on 2 days of beard growth which is the growth I do most of my Shave Offs on is good enough to get me a BBS level 1 in 2 passes going both WTG and ATG. The WR2 1.35 Ti will do the same only I'll end up with a Level 2 BBS and with less strokes which is the difference of one BBS lasting about 8 hours and the other lasting a good 12 + hours. The RS 10 is smoother especially on the ATG pass BUT the WR2 is still very smooth considering the efficiency difference between the two. I'll also note I don't feel hardly any difference in face feel or smoothness between the 1.35, 1.45 or 1.55 WR2's but more so just a continuation of slightly more efficiency with each jump up in gaps.

I don't know how often you shave but here's where there is an even bigger even more noticable difference between the RS 10 vs the WR2 in any of the gaps I mentioned. If I"m on more than 2 days growth. Lets say 3 to 4 days growth the RS 10 will struggle a bit on the 1st pass so it takes significantly more strokes to knock down my growth and get even an entry BBS Level 1 with that much growth while the WR2's will basically slice through it like butter. In fact I used the 1.45 side of my DC 1.45/1.55 the other day on almost 5 days growth with a fresh Feather blade and had an awesome 2 pass BBS Level 2 shave that lasted me over 14 hours.

The RS 10 maintains it's great balance of both efficiency & smoothness and It's hard to beat if that's what you are looking for. The 3 WR2 gaps I've mentioned are all more efficient for sure and are only a step or two behind in smoothness. The face feel of the Ti WR2's is very good! I cannot guess or comment on whether SS versions of any of the 3 gaps I've been referring to would change my opinion on things as I've never shaved with those gaps in SS.

Both razors are awesome shavers, hard to find or get quickly and both are pricey but worth the price of entry to me.

Hopefully this helps you in choosing a razor and sorry it took so long!

Valkyrie
I’d be glad to and I also planned on going through a bunch of razors I have that are considered either very efficient or the new word/category being thrown around called  “ Hyper Efficient “ and do some comparison Shave Offs as I have a strong personal curiosity about these 2 categories of razors and would like to update my opinions on all of them on what’s gained or lost by using each one  of them.  So no problem sir.

Dragonsbeard
Did you ever get a chance to do this comparison that we talked about a couple of months ago?

Yes I did and I'm sorry I didn't post up the Shave comparison or get in touch. I've been pretty crazy busy lately.

So the short story is as far as efficiency goes there is no comparison between the RS 10 vs the WR2 1.35 Ti with the WR2 being noticeably more efficient. With that said the efficiency of the RS 10 with the aggressive baseplate on 2 days of beard growth which is the growth I do most of my Shave Offs on is good enough to get me a BBS level 1 in 2 passes going both WTG and ATG.  The WR2 1.35 Ti will do the same only I'll end up with a Level 2 BBS and with less strokes which is the difference of one BBS lasting about 8 hours and the other lasting a good 12 + hours. The RS 10 is smoother especially on the ATG pass BUT the WR2 is still very smooth considering the efficiency difference between the two.  I'll also note I don't feel hardly any  difference in face feel or smoothness between the 1.35, 1.45 or 1.55 WR2's but more so just a continuation of slightly more efficiency with each jump up in gaps.

I don't know how often you shave but here's where there is an even bigger even more noticable difference between the RS 10 vs the WR2 in any of the gaps I mentioned.  If  I"m on more than 2 days growth. Lets say 3 to 4 days growth the RS 10 will struggle a bit on the 1st pass so it takes significantly more strokes to knock down my growth and get even an entry BBS  Level 1 with that much growth while the WR2's will basically slice through it like butter. In fact I used the 1.45 side of my DC 1.45/1.55 the other day on almost 5 days growth with a fresh Feather blade and had an awesome 2 pass BBS Level 2 shave that lasted me over 14 hours. 

The RS 10 maintains it's great balance of both efficiency & smoothness and It's hard to beat if that's what you are looking for. The 3 WR2 gaps I've mentioned are all more efficient for sure and are only a step or two behind in smoothness.  The face feel of the Ti WR2's is very good!  I cannot guess or comment on whether  SS versions of any of the 3 gaps I've been referring to would change my opinion on things as I've never shaved with those gaps in SS.

Both razors are awesome shavers, hard to find or get quickly and both are pricey but worth the price of entry to me.

Hopefully this helps you in choosing a razor and sorry it took so long!

Thanks a lot for that wonderful comparison!
 Absolutely no worries about the delay. Life happens.

 From everything you’ve said, it sounds like WR2  1.35 is a reasonable gap to get considering my objective of getting a razor with a smoothness close to that of RS10 AGGR but with more efficiency. At the same time, I’m tempted to try 1.45 or 1.55, especially since you’ve said you hardly notice a difference in smoothness among the 3 different WR2 gaps.

 Once again, thanks a lot for doing the comparison and for your report despite being very busy.

Valkyrie

Like I mentioned you might want to seek out someone else’s viewpoint on how smooth those 3 gaps are in the SS models vs the Titanium models which may or may not change your decision on what gap to go for if your going with an SS WR2 as I have no user experience with those gaps in SS.

Good hunting my friend!

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Great. We're you a 9/7 order?

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