Merkur Slant Rumor

I attended the New York Gift Show today at the Javitts Center. I was told by my wholesaler for Merkur that they have discontinued the slant line completely when i stopped by his booth. Silver and gold is gone, they are gone from the Dovo site too..

Thats crazy they seem pretty popular, thanks for the heads up hopefully tradere will get theirs out soon

Well, everyone rushed out and snapped up the 11C's, so here we go!

seems rather dumb if that's the case... as I sell a ton of them and the wholesaler is always backordered.

In any event, it would be a great opportunity because I would quickly release a RazoRock Slant!

Interesting , maybe it's time iKon starts die casting razors and a slant could be the first model (and well under the $100 mark).

Wow, no more Merkur slant!? I am glad I have my 37G.

OK, this is second bad news within 10 minutes, I have my slant but backup is in the works now!

Wow, that is bizarre news! They seem to be a very popular razor.

If this is true, then Leisureguy will have to change his recommendation for a newbie's second razor.

What?The end of a classic!

I hope that isn't true. In the German forums, nothing came up about this.
A member of the Portuguese forum that lives in Germany (Alex. a.k.a. SLB04, also a member here) already contacted Dovo-Merkur. Let's see what they have to say about this.

If this is true, I wonder if Merkur is moving away from 2 piece razors (11C, 37C, 39C) and if the 34C is next to go.

I have sent an e-mail do Dovo-Merkur after reading this rumours and I have just received an answer from Uschi Christ of their sales team.

She has written that this rumour is not correct and that Dovo Merkur still produces the 37C and the 39C. They do not intend to stop the production.

Great news, Alex!

The P.S. on that note, however, read...

"Please don't tell everyone that for at least another month so we may sell lots of slants."

Just kidding, but you know you thought it too!

I might have to change my user name

The Merkur line on the Dovo website doesn't even show the 2 piece razors at all. Shows the Vision,Futur,Progress,23C open comb and the 38C long handle in various handle configurations . So I assume they will only produce what is the most profitable line not necessarily the best seller.

Jerry, the Dovo-Merkur web-page doesn't show the whole line-up - as a matter of fact, it never did. That means nothing.

You have to look at the catalogue to see the entire current line-up of Dovo and Merkur: http://www.dovo.com/pdfs/MERKUR_web_2011_kl.pdf

Relax, Jerry. The rumour seems to be untrue, as it was already denied by Merkur. Probably just caused by a misinformed sales rep.

This is nuts! I've been through so many rumors on so many products and it always gets me. I will get backup slant! Just in case...

I'm still a slant virgin...