Recently I’ve had a number of people ask me about slant bar razors.
The Slant Bar has raised many an eyebrow, and in this video I want to explore the reasons for its mixed reputation. Some claim that it provides the closest shave possible, while others say it belongs in a butcher shop.
Many experienced wet shavers consider the Slant to be a double edge razor that can achieve results similar to a straight razor. The slicing action of the Slant Bar is significantly more aggressive than a standard safety razor.
Unlike a standard safety razor, the Slant features a cutting head with a distinctive safety bar that allows the blade to contact the face at an angle rather than perpendicular to the razor handle like most razors. As the blade tracks along the skin, this razor provides a slicing action that cuts through the hair more cleanly and efficiently. The angled cutting action reduces the beard quicker and with fewer required passes to achieve a close shave.
To illustrate the slicing action of the Slant, consider a guillotine. The blade of the guillotine is angled to cut more swiftly and cleanly, since an oblique blade provides a slicing action instead of a chop. Earlier types of guillotine used blunt force to remove the head with an axe-shaped blade. Later models used an angled blade, which was found to produce better results. The slanted blade was more efficient and cleaner, and therefore considered a more humanitarian form of execution.
In the Merkur Slant, the angled blade is mounted sl
ightly different than a standard
safety razor.
In the Merkur 34C or R31, the blade is bent
with an even cutting edge exposed along the safety bar. There is a small gap between the blade edge and the safety bar to give the cutting edge a consistent clearance for the hair. On the Slant, however, the blade is slightly twisted when mounted. There is a larger gap between the blade and the safety bar, so the cutting edge can be exposed at the slanted angle. The gap allows the blade to be twisted down and extend lower on one side so that it can provide the guillotine-like slice.
This may sound counter intuitive but men with sensetive skin that have difficulty enduring multiple pass shaves can benefit from the Slant because of the fewer number of passes required to achieve a smooth shave.
In addition, this razor is especially useful for men with very thick and dense beard growth that have a hard time getting a close shave with most traditional safety razors. Personally, I don't use the Slant on a daily basis; however, when I skip a shave or two over the weekend, the Slant is the perfect choice for quickly and easily removing the longer beard growth.
Although the Slant does a great job of removing your beard with as few passes as possible, a man new to DE shaving can cause a blood bath, therefore, the Slant is not a razor that I would recommend for a beginner to DE shaving who has not already developed a solid technique with a regular safety razor. If you are just starting out with traditional shaving, you would benefit by purchasing a standard non-slant razor and become proficient with it before giving the Slant a try.
With the right approach they can give you the fastest and closest shave possible. With the wrong approach, they can cause some problems.
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