Alpha Razor & Brush Thoughts

[dmshaver]

First shave today with the Alpha razor & brush. Initial impressions today, I'll be brief & do a more thorough write-up after a few shaves. Nice feel & finish. Balance in hand is also good. I really like the diagonal lines in the safety bar, a nice touch of style there! For the first shave I used a once used Polsilver SI blade. I went with a shallow angle on the right side of my face & a steep angle on the left. Both angles generated a good amount of audible feedback. There is definitely some blade feel with this razor, but it's pleasant, I'm not knocking it at all. Overall a very good first shave with both shallow & steep angles producing excellent shaves. Having the blade tabs covered are a nice feature & I don't find the extra width a deterrent. This is an efficient razor that produced a very nice shave with my usual 2 passes.

The brush was a real pleasure to use. I like the weight, not too heavy. It's compact & fits nicely in my hand. The knot, wow! It's my first time using the G4 knot & I'm impressed. It is dense with a good amount of backbone. It takes pressure to get it to splay. The tips are soft & pillowy. It was a treat using the brush. I predict this knot is going to end up in a lot of dens.

 

[MilkCrate]

Nice review!

 

[NickCard]

Nice review. I recently purchased an Alpha brush with the G4 knot and agree that it is the nicest synthetic knot I ever used.


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[ajc347]

Great review. [emoji106]

I have a number of Alpha G4 brushes and it’s quickly become one of my favourite knots.,

Does the razor have the original plate or the new, milder, version?


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[NurseDave]

I can see the blade exposure from here!

 

[Spider]

I never really cared for their brush handle designs. To me, that fat version of the 400 is ugly.

 

[slantman]

Purchased this 5 months ago directly from Alpha Shaving in Hong Kong. Outlaw aluminum military green creocoted finish 28 mm silvertip. Performs very well even in hard water. I see they have added a lot of new handles since I bought mine.

 

[dmshaver]

Great review. [emoji106]

I have a number of Alpha G4 brushes and it’s quickly become one of my favourite knots.,

Does the razor have the original plate or the new, milder, version?

Thank you. The plate is the original, not the milder new version.

I used it again today. Second shave quite enjoyable. More blade feel than I personally like, but not harsh. The brush provided another stellar performance!

 

[gvw755]

I cannot say enough good things about the G4 knot. It was supposed to be FS answer to the Muhle Silvertip Fiber which was Muhle's answer to a silvertip badger and the G4 turned out closer to a real silvertip badger than all the other attempts by Muhle, Simpson, and Omega. The Alpha handles look great, and I am sure they are comfortable to use, but after giving away all my spare brushes, I suddenly have more (I think my brushes are breeding behind my back).

As for the Outlaw itself, that is another story. I bought the Executive Shaving version and shaved with it a couple of times before selling it. Great looking razor and extremely well built, but the head design just did not support the blade properly and so there is a lot of blade chatter. Not serious enough to get a bad shave, but very noisy and not as efficient as it should be for a razor at that price. @dmshaver, is this the pass around from DFS? I hope so.

 

[dmshaver]

I cannot say enough good things about the G4 knot. It was supposed to be FS answer to the Muhle Silvertip Fiber which was Muhle's answer to a silvertip badger and the G4 turned out closer to a real silvertip badger than all the other attempts by Muhle, Simpson, and Omega. The Alpha handles look great, and I am sure they are comfortable to use, but after giving away all my spare brushes, I suddenly have more (I think my brushes are breeding behind my back).

As for the Outlaw itself, that is another story. I bought the Executive Shaving version and shaved with it a couple of times before selling it. Great looking razor and extremely well built, but the head design just did not support the blade properly and so there is a lot of blade chatter. Not serious enough to get a bad shave, but very noisy and not as efficient as it should be for a razor at that price. @dmshaver, is this the pass around from DFS? I hope so.

Yes, this is from the DFS pass around. Thanks for pointing out the lack of proper blade support - that helps explain the loud feedback & blade feel. And after two shaves, it is close shaving, but it takes a lot of work to get a good smooth shave. To your point, it isn't as efficient as I thought it would be. Close shaving may be the wrong term, it has a lot of blade feel & led me to think it is efficient.