I had a chance to shave with the latest version of the Lupo series. The razor was just recently released and it is being called the SS Lupo, even though the DLC coated Lupo was also made of stainless steel. Price was significantly lower than the DLC Lupo (by about $20), and the razor looked cleaner and came with a choice of different handles. Because the Super Knurl handle was not available with the head I wanted, I had to settle for the short HD handle. This time around, there is a choice of base plates, a SB .72, SB .95, and a DC with the OC side being .72 and the SB side being .95
I decided to go with the .95 version plate as I thought that the .72 plate would be close to the original Lupo aluminum and DLC versions, which felt closer to the original WR1 .61.
Many folks that are familiar with the different gaps of the WR1 razors believe that the WR1 SB does not become efficient until the gap exceeds .80. Based on that, I got the .95 plate. As with the earlier Lupo models, the SS Lupo extended the ends of the head to cover the blade tabs, however, unlike the original Lupo, the center area was flat and not curved. The center area was also thicker (even thicker than the WR1).
I used a relatively new blade, one that had about two shaves on it. WTG pass was very efficient, but did require me to be careful with the angle as it could get very comfortable to very rough real quickly. ATG pass was very smooth and went comfortably. In the end, there was just minimal touch up to get a two pass BBS.