Safety Razors: Open Comb vs. Closed Comb (MÜHLE Shaving tutorial)

Elliot Forbes, head barber at MÜHLE Treatment Space in London, talks about safety razors, and gives us a breakdown of the differences between open comb and closed comb using the best selling MÜHLE TRADITIONAL series as examples. Elliott also outlines the benefits of each razor head so you can select the one that’s just right for you.

Eliott uses:

[Wicked-Whiskers]

Great explanation! Must admit I feared R41 without reason, now I have entire Mühle range, great company to promote, all razors provide astonishing build quality and blade clamping, very smooth and comfortable shavers.

[Raj-Singh_TRACY-CA]

This dude is a barber in United Kingdom & has a great channel on YT called ElliotForbes i believe, he has great content on saftey razors & straight razor shaving with great info for beginners to help get the perfect smooth & comfortable shave also has great info for haircutting amazing styles. Definitely a good channel for all who wanna learn to cut hair & shave like professionals.

[nagabhushanjoshi]

Recently brought the R41 twist, amazing build quality with superb head design, I am really surprised with the efficiency even though the head is not overly heavy, due to this the head does not dig into the skin as much causing less irritation, kudos to Muhle team for the design 👍

[AP]

Just recently purchased a long handle Muhle razor(r89 grande) was a tad apprehensive I’ll be totally honest… but wowzers 😮 absolutely no going back…thank you Muhle for a superb product at a very reasonable price…

[alinnimeni]

Been using R41 and feather blades for more than 4 years. Worked fine for me, sensitive skin

[gickojerke]

I actually learned DE shaving with the R41 and the green Astra blades (by accident), a friend of mine let me borrow a spare safety razor of his thinking he gave me the R89 but forgot to swap the razor heads.
Got used to it quite quickly and loved it very much, but avoided doing more than two passes.
When I finally ordered my own r89 I wondered why the design was different. Now I can basically shave with any DE razor XD

[paulwright]

My r89 arrived a few days ago, just love it.

[co.bat.]

First was R89, then R41..Both of them are AMAZING razors.

[iceman]

I have r41 rosegold my n°1 razor so perfect and realy close shave one pass it's like 98% wisker done thx Muhle

[redblade]

You have convinced me - this Xmas I'm going to buy the "open blade" razor for my "mum" - she bloody well needs it!

[DavidV]

Please, please, please make a stainless version of the R89 and R89 Twist!

[Argy_V]

I do love my R41 but i will buy the R89 too just because is a beauty 😂

[knifesharpeningnorway]

The muhle rocca is my absolutte favorite razor i have the all stainless one i would also love the jet black one

[chandlerbing]

What is the material used in making these razor holders ? Is it SS316 ?

[Poemwriter_Angelo]

Is open comb the ultimate DE shaver? And is it a closer shave than regular comb?

[sebastianclaudiu]

Hello, specialist. What is the difference between Muehle R89 models, ,,, R106 108 out of handle ????

[eliasragi]

Excellent demonstration, thank you. Can you also please advise on names of the different parts of the razor head. In particular, the structure through which the safety bar is joined to the body of the baseplate; some have only two such connections with a long 'soap channel' in between, some - like the Feather AS-D2 - have four. Thank you.

[nickt]

I am wondering if an open or closed comb razor would be optimal for myself? I do not have an abundance of facial hair, and I am looking for razor the will provide the closest shave, considering that I shave every day. I frequently am left with a slight coating of stubble and I wish to have an extremely smooth shave daily without irritating my relatively sensitive skin.

[adrianachim]

Great explanation, but what's the name of this guy haircut:))

[vandor]

Ab und zu nehme ich den R41 heraus, bevor eine Staubschicht anlegen kann. Der Hobel ist der aggressivste den ich kenne und würde ihn definitiv nicht weiter empfehlen. Sorry, obwohl ich ein großer Fan von Mühle bin. Das Design, die Qualität mhh einfach ein Hit. Mühle ist Rasurkultur pur ;) Ich benutze am liebsten die Timor Köpfe. Habe mir den Rocca bestellt und freue mich auf ihn. Mühle lässt Männerherzen einfach höher schlagen. gg Ich liebe mein Sophist Rasierset aus Porzellan.