Gentlemen, the good news is that Merkur is going to produce a version of the Slant Hammer. The bad news is that there will be no group buy and they won't be producing it until after the first of the year. I had spoken to Jim Ayars of Vintage Blades and he agreed to handle the group buy if there was enough interest to move Dovo/Merkur into agreeing to make the razor. Jim spoke to Anne Rothstein of Merkur today. She said that they would not do the group buy but there had been so much interest generated by people requesting the Slant/38C kit that Merkur sees that there is a real demand for the razor and is definitely going to tool up for a large handled Slant. It will not be a Slant/38C but a unique design and that is even better IMHO. So that is the story. We have to wait but it is coming and it will be worth the wait. Thanks to B&B members for making it happen.