Thread: Banned from Badger and Blade

Originally Posted by shaveme

The RW review that led to papabull being banned started when Joel said RW razor was not worth the price he was charging. the jist i got was it was a good shaver just priced to high for what you got. then RW defended himself (rightfully so), which led to the s**t storm that got him banned.

and my thoughts on the custom razor thread over there. I feel that that thread was started with the intention of being a pot stirrer, just to ruffle feathers, to see someone get angry.

Robert Williams from my dealing with him, he is a stand up guy. He sent me a str8 for the price of shipping, and i am grateful to him.


Thanks for letting me look around

OK so yes I read them all and I spoke with several people involved in the RW dispute. The thing is according to those people Joel was getting a $300 razor and changed the design without the price changing to a more expensive one. He didn't like it even though he never held it. So RW made him another but Joel made the executive decision to have it changed over to mamoth ivory without changing the price yet again. Have you tried to buy mamoth ivory lately? The ivory cost as much or more than the original razor alone. I don't blame RW for not making a $300 razor that probably cost him $500 in materials for both blades all that fancy or fine. As I say you get what you pay for. Also it is common knowledge that Joel tried to get RW to let him be his exclusive supplier and RW turned him down. This shows that he had to like RW's razors if he wanted exclusive access to them. That to me shows retaliation. Robert has never been anything but kind to me and I would like to return the favor by standing up for him whenever possible even if I get banned for it by the angry tantrum throwing mod over there.

As to the custom thread... We have those here as questions by newer members all the time. I know I asked it once a while back. The custom makers lay low because of exactly that sort of crap. I have spoken to Tim Zowada, Robert Williams, and Joe Chandler. Oh and lets not forget the up and comming Josh Earl. I like all of them on a personal level and moreover I respect all their great talent. I hope to try my hand at it some day and I will be happy if I can make a blade with half the skill they do. So was that thread to cause problems? I dunno. BUT it should not be something that causes a problem. I should not be afraid to mention something that is an opinion in opposition to a single person on an internet board. Especially when that opinion or even a basic list of factual information is the very reason for that boards existence.

People who want to share information and ideas and even friendship have been welcome here more than anywhere else