It’s a real sweet combo for blade feel lovers without sacrificing much in smoothness/comfort. I do love them both but, in the end I think the Timeless Slim. I’m not saying that the Timeless Slim is a piece of cake or a walk in the park in shave prowess as it still needs a light touch and good technique to maintain a fairly intuitive shave/cutting angle but, it’s easier to keep it there over the Bronze OC and it inspires a reinforced confidence that if you mind your P’s and Q’s it will deliver amazingly close and comfy shaves. I feel as though the Slim matched the Bronze OC stroke for stroke in cutting efficiency with a noticeable increase in ease of use, smoothness and overall comfort. Easier to wield and control on any part of my face. In this shave I swapped out the SS Pineapple handle and used the shorter Ti handle on the Slim head and it was a marked improvement over yesterday’s shave in terms of balance, feel and just overall comfort with the Slim razor. The weight is definitely on the Slim’s side as the Bronze is substantially heavier & cumbersome. Ironically, I was quite surprised by both razor head dimensions as they are quite close in profile with the Slim being ever so slightly lower in in height from base plate to top cap. With an experienced hand both deliver amazing 2 pass shaves with minor touch ups if necessary in achieving a BBS result. That being said, both offer tremendously good blade feel with the Bronze feeling not as smooth and for lack of a better word, more harsh. I’m sure that if the Slim was outfitted with it’s OC brother (which I’m considering to order as I don’t have it) the comparison would be closer to apples to apples rather than apples to oranges. If you want a bit more blade feel and the most unique shaver ever created get a Blackbird. Now, take that with a grain of salt as the Bronze is at a disadvantage in terms of it will inherently have more blade feel over the Slim. My recommendation for you, given your preferences, is a Wolfman WR2 SB with blade gap of either 1.15 or 1.25. Straight to the point, the Slim was smoother and more forgiving than the Bronze OC. A quick rundown on today’s shave with both the Timeless Stainless Slim.
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