I recently purchased a 5/8 TI with Bone handle from Classic Shaving and sent it to Lynn to be tweaked. It is beautiful but the pivot is way loose and Lynn could not tighten it up because of the angle he said. It sahves well, but I was disapivot and feels that reflects on the overall quality. I own Henckels and DOVO's and find the ability to take an edge every bit as good as the TI, especially if you get it to Lynn first.

I think the blind reverence to TI is unwarranted based upon my experience. I doubt I would buy another one, given that in the end its all about the edge and given the right steel, with the correct inital tweak and subsequent attention to the edge. I don't believe there is a significant difference between razors, given those prerequisites, in the $100-$250 range.

Now how about some of those customs. Now those pluck a whole fifferent chord!