As I said in post #3, you have to shave with the Telstar heads using a steep angle. Otherwise there will be cuts. It took me a couple of shaves before I remembered that @Ron R mentioned in another thread he got excellent results when he changed to steep angle with this razor.
Yaqi Telstar? Good, bad or other?
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Steep angle? That's making me interested in this thing again...^^
Here it is the R41 2013 head, when the guy sold it to me three years ago he told me it was exactly that 2013 model however it doesn't look like ZAMAK to me, I didn't know it was of this material.
Are there different models of R41 2013 with different construction materials?
There is also the R41 2011 what is the difference?
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Your head is ZAMAK plated with chrome.
There are 3 ZAMAK R41 heads. 2011 - the most aggressive. 2013 - a bit tamed. And around 2019 they have made the head even milder. This is done by making the plate and the cap wider. Many shavers think they have the 2013 but they actually have the latest milder version introduced around 2019.
There is also the R41GS razor, which is made of stainless steel. Its aggressiveness is between the 2019 and the 2013. But closer to 2013.
I didn't know there was a newer 2019 version of R41.
By eye would you say my head is 2013 or newer model 2019?
So confirm that yaqi telstar is milder than my R41 then I will purchase it.
Many users don't know there is a newer version.
Nobody can tell you by eye which is your head. Measurements only can tell you.
Info on the differences Muhle R41 (ZAMAK head) changed - https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/muhle-r41-zamak-head-changed.627847/
Upon closer inspection of your photos I see some burrs and irregularities on your cap. I have 7 or 8 Muhle heads and none has this. I think it is very probable the guy who sold you that head sold you a Chinese R41 imitation. These were available for some time.
Take my advice. Do not buy a Telstar if you don't like aggressive razors. Even though it is milder than any of the R41 heads, it is still an aggressive razor. A bit more than medium aggressiveness.
Maybe a Yaqi scalloped head? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32849342978.html
A bit more aggressive than a DE89 / R89. Might need little manual alignment from time to time.
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You say it' s a Chinese clone??! I hadn't noticed these smudges, if so really the guy who sold it to me was very good at cheating me by telling me it was a 2013 R41 head, he passed it off as good and original.
Thank you for your advice!
I have several head including this one you called Yaqi scalloped, I don't know if it's always Chinese but my head doesn't have the Yaqi brand stamped on it, I'm sure it's the same head I own.
I am going to get my bearings and go expeditiously on the purchase of the Yaqi Mercury head, which is apparently somewhere between Merkur Progress and a Henson.
You see a head with a particular shape and you think it is the same. There are hundreds of DE89/R89 imitations. The fact you see the same shape of head doesn't mean they shave all the same. That is why I am pointing you particularly at the Yaqi scalloped head.
Unfortunately I can't tell you anything about the Mercury head, since I don't have it.
Similar to Yaqi scalloped aren't they?
If there are differences in imitations with DE89/R89, I couldn't distinguish which models.
As I said. There are many imitations of the Muhle R89 and Edwin Jagger DE89 head. But they will not shave like a DE89/R89. Some are less some are more aggressive.
I just have to confirm these imitation of Muhle R89 and Edwin Jagger DE89 head ,the look the same but have a different blad gap that makes them more or less aggressive.
For buying at least three of them over the years I must like them, even though I haven't been using them recently.
I didn't even remember having three different ones.
For buying at least three of them over the years I must like them, even though I haven't been using them recently.
I didn't even remember having three different ones.
