Thread: Razolution Clarification

Originally Posted by mike1011

Hmmm makes you wonder how much effort goes into making the blade when they can't even give them an even coat of black paint Linder Shop.

I'm not keen on black coated knife blades but I suppose in certain situations it has a use, on a razor its both useless and tacky. Just the fact they even produce one with a black coated blade is enough for me to stay well clear. Just my opinion

First off, it's not black paint, it's been blued, it's a chemical process, much like annodizing, and as far as practical use, it's often done to help prevent any chance of tarnishing, lots of companies offer it as an option.

Originally Posted by Treason6661

First off, before posting this, I read the entire link to the thread that put it on the do not buy list, and as far as I could see, it was one guy, bitching about paying $65 on eBay for a shitty razor that was crap. As previously stated, they retail for much more then that, and when I got to work, I checked the price, $139.99, plus tax, which where I am is 10%.

I find it hard to believe that it's possible to find something that cheap on eBay, especially when it's more then twice that originally, unless if course, it's used.

If this is the thread you are referring to http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...-solingen.html , it is 4 years old and 4 years ago you could likely have bought the Razolution razor for $65. The price of straights have increased a lot over the last 4 years. It is likely the same razor as you are retailing today at $139.99 plus tax.

Bob

Originally Posted by Treason6661

I unfortunately, cannot answer, I am a woman with no body hair (yay laser hair removal), but we do have a regular customer that splurged and bought one, and he said it was amazing, that it handled well, and he got a really good shave out of it, but, I personally have no need, as I don't have any body hair to remove.

welcome to srp i have no input on the razors but im curious as to how you came about deciding to join a straight razor forum as one with "no need?" (lazer hair removal and razor forums????) did the company you work for ask you to join and shed a positive light on the product? and please do be assured that there are female members here on srp, even a "ladies corner."

Originally Posted by Treason6661

I unfortunately, cannot answer, I am a woman with no body hair (yay laser hair removal), but we do have a regular customer that splurged and bought one, and he said it was amazing, that it handled well, and he got a really good shave out of it, but, I personally have no need, as I don't have any body hair to remove.

Congrats on the laser hair removal.
So, you do not shave.
How about honing?

As stated above, that particular thread is four years old.
The current price for those razor shaped objects was around there at that time, apparently.

Your google-fu needs some honing too I'm afraid.
The net is scattered with the same sad story that you found in that one thread you managed to search out..

So in short you are selling the proverbial turd from the looks of it all polished up to shine.

This will probably mean nothing to you, but please, stop that.
Do some research, learn about proper straights including their maintenance and honing.

At this site we seek to promote the art of straight razor shaving.
Products like the Razolution/Timor/GD crap makes so many drop out of it without knowing how a proper straight feels like.
I find that very sad.

Welcome to SRP Your customer may not be an experienced straight user ? Some fellows use Gold Dollars in here , most for practice honing and the correcting of bad geometry. We also talk about razors costing several thousands of dollars. Doesn't mean they are worth it. It may be hard to swallow the fact that your selling something that is less than desirable for the average experienced user to even consider. When I first started using a straight I bought 1 on the list. I now use it to open all my e-Bay packages where I find razors that sometimes need a lot of work. When the work is done I have a razor that works like it should for a very long time. I would not gamble on yours for all the reasons mentioned, at any price. I am curious as to how you wound up here ? We are fair and would consider any proof you have that the list is wrong but at this time I highly doubt it.

Well, it takes a lot more than a person selling a product showing up to only tell us that we are wrong and that product is in fact high quality to change the already established facts.

And then your testimony seems to be not first hand but rather based on a single customer of yours.

For example post #3 makes the exact opposite statement of yours, but based on first hand experience and without conflict of interest.


If the razors are good sooner or later we'll hear about it from our highly experienced members who can make a fair comparison to all the alternatives. You could always send some samples around or have the manufacturer do so, but it still not going to take the brand off the list until the razors are proven to be consistently good (not just few samples given away, but reports from real purchases from real paying customers).

Originally Posted by Treason6661

First off, it's not black paint, it's been blued, it's a chemical process, much like annodizing, and as far as practical use, it's often done to help prevent any chance of tarnishing, lots of companies offer it as an option.

I stand corrected it is badly done un even blueing

Having honed them, it's not blueing, it's a crappy paint that can peel off with your fingernail.

Originally Posted by samircanada

Having honed them, it's not blueing, it's a crappy paint that can peel off with your fingernail.

Lovely, just lovely. Must be a high class razor for sure then and all for just a paltry sum of $139.99 plus tax.

Bob

Was thinking about what Birnando wrote, and I couldn't agree more, how many times have we seen a new member join the forum, proudly post their new razor, only to discover it's a piece of junk? They've wasted their money and ended up feeling foolish, even though they shouldn't. Or tried shaving with something like this, have pitiful results and given up with the view that's it's a waste of time without even understanding why they had terrible results?

In my opinion, that's the truly sad thing about this, and to have someone who doesn't shave, doesn't hone razor's, essentially knows nothing about them, come on to a forum like this to "tell" experienced users that they're all "wrong" just makes you wonder what's driving this.

I think the OP needs to have a good, long look at their motives for posting here, and I'm pretty sure getting others successfully involved in this hobby is not the motive - it's sounds like to me it's more about greed.

Again I agree with Birnando, I too find this very sad.