Thread: New razor today

I took a leap of faith and bought a razor from aliexpress(china). Aliexpress.com : Buy free shipping Handle razor STAINLESS STEEL RAZOR from Reliable stainless steel razor suppliers on TITAN monopolization.

It is a good bit heavier that the razor I purchased from Whippeddog. I think it says 92g. It's a 7/8 half to full hollow ground (I am not sure how to really tell). It came with a "fancy" aluminum case with cut foam inside and what appears to be a denim strop. Looks to me to be a very uniform bevel on the blade.

So, I ran it across my poorman's strop 15-20 passes and gave it a shot. I am very impressed with this blade. Very sharp, very smooth. Given that I only have 6 or 7 shaves with any SR, my evaluation may not be all that useful but, I am happy so far with this SR.

Is there any new information on this as you have now had it for a while longer.
Jody

I'm out of town til Sunday night. I'll use it again then. I will have more growth for the next shave too. I will post to give another impression.

Looks like a good razor let me know..

Shaved with this razor again tonight. This seems to be a good razor. Stropped about 15-20 passes the other day after using. Then, another 15-20 passes tonight. I think I'm having a combination of improving technique and decent equipment. Much less irritation tonight. Really concentrated on angle. I was getting way too upright.

There's a Polish seller on Ebay selling them, for £21.

Ah, Titan razors - there's another thread about them here.

See if a magnet sticks to it. If it's really stainless, the magnet will barely stick or not stick at all.

It's not stainless. Magnet sticks the same as my Lee's Radium Gold razor.

Magnetism isn't a reliable test - although a lot of stainless steels are indeed non-magnetic or only weakly magnetic, it's not true for all. Ferritic and Martensitic stainless steels are magnetic, while Austenitic stainless steels are not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel