Thread: Razolution Clarification

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

Hello Treason6661,

First, I would like to say welcome to SRP, something nobody has said yet. Secondly, don't be offended or put off by the way some of the post have asked questions/given answers. Its hard to differentiate between tones in text. I am truly interested to see if you could report back and answer some if not all the questions especially birnando's. Please don't see mine and my fellow forum members responses as off-putting. We are a very knowledgeable group and we only get that way by having active new members and learning things from them and their experiences.

Now for my opinions on those razors. I would personally never buy one. Even if Lynn (the founder of this site) said they were the best razors ever. The reason why is that their designs are tacky and in my experience 99% of knife companies think a straight razor is just a knife and only needs to be able to get as sharp as a knife. I say 99% because there is no such thing as certainty.

So please do respond to us maybe whoever put Razolution in the do not buy list got a bum razor/s or if it was the consensus of several people that they were bad however unlikely it is that every one just got a bad batch. And if that does happen to be the case I still wouldn't want to buy from a company that had that bad of quality control.

I have never heard of them and truely stick to known brands. Unless someone I trust on here has tried them.

Originally Posted by cosperryan

So please do respond to us maybe whoever put Razolution in the do not buy list got a bum razor/s or if it was the consensus of several people that they were bad however unlikely it is that every one just got a bad batch. And if that does happen to be the case I still wouldn't want to buy from a company that had that bad of quality control.

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.

I thought there were some pretty good questions asked above but yet to be answered. maybe you would like to do so to help change our impressions.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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