Missoni
Fellow Traveller
Is this also true for the R41 head? I imagine it's still chrome plated and there's no way of knowing.
Can you remember where did you heard this?
Both the current R89 and R41 razor heads use brass centre posts. Muhle top caps with brass centre posts have the number "4" for the R89 and the number "5" for the R41 stamped on the underside of the top cap. Muhle tops caps without a brass centre post have no marking on the underside of the top cap. There has been some posts on other forums suggesting that the female thread on the handles was also changed to brass but I have not seen it confirmed.I guess the only way to know if you have the new cap with brass post is to weigh it, it will be a little heaver than the older caps. You wouldn't want to scratch the bottom of the post just incase you have the old post set up. P.