The Mergress and Merkur Progress are great shaving razors and those who own them love them. However, if you are a new owner of either of these two razors, you may become befuddled the first time you take the razor apart. There are two things that you need to be aware of. 1) The spindle has a friction ring that prevents the knob from accidentally falling out of the handle. If you do remove the knob assembly for cleaning, you will need to pinch the two ends of the friction ring togeth … read more

I have been wrestling with whether or not to announce the new Asylum project but figure...what the heck. We will be releasing a double edge razor that is a tribute to the vintage Darwin Standard razor. We are shooting for early March but, you know how that goes. The DE razor will be called the Asylum Evolution razor and it will be machined from 303 Stainless Steel. Due to the idiosyncratic design of the razor, it will not accept other handles. Here are a few pictures of the CAD model … read more