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09-01-2014, 12:17 AM #1Senior Member
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Thiers Issard
I feel like I need some Thiers Issard in my life! perhaps a 7/8 Spartacus or Dreadnought with these crazy spine filing, any thoughts??? got one? wanna show us
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09-01-2014, 12:33 AM #2Senior Member
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This was my first, still one of my favourites.... Easy to shave with, easy to get an edge on, and holds its edge longer than most
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09-01-2014, 12:53 AM #3barba crescit caput nescit
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I think the new TI's are superb...the three I have are stellar shavers, great in the looks department if you're into gold wash and elegant points and spines...actually had a shave ready factory edge from one of them...the TI's are top blades IMO.
My TI Spartacus from a recent SOTD:
Better pic of the Spartacus:
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09-01-2014, 01:50 AM #4Senior Member
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TI was my first as well, I just didn't like the wooden scales so I let it go, now I want another TI but this time with horn scales and filed spine... In 7/8
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09-01-2014, 02:14 AM #5Smoothie
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Now you have got me thinking of a TI! That is not good for my wallet!
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09-01-2014, 02:21 AM #6The Assyrian
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Sergeant,
Both of those Thiers-Issard razors are quite striking. I have owned both in the past and found them to be superb shavers.Phrank likes this.
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09-01-2014, 02:23 AM #7barba crescit caput nescit
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This one is a 6/8, but it was literally shave ready when I got it, was honed after a shave or two, again, a marvelous razor in every way...beautiful to look at, and shaves like a dream. Notice the, "Sheffield Steel" on the gold wash on a French razor. Was told that TI made this blade from 100 year old blanks...but I take that with a grain of salt.
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Horn scales and lots of fancy stuff
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09-01-2014, 02:41 AM #8Senior Member
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TI has been one of my favorite brands and I've had quite a few. I shaved with one this very morning. Here are two bone scaled Spartacus Dreadnoughts, top one in silver steel, and the other in the C-135, or whatever the new stuff is, and a Pierre Thiers Limited Edition, finally a 6/8 TI damascus which AFAIK, they don't make anymore ..... ;
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09-01-2014, 02:50 AM #9barba crescit caput nescit
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Very nice....I have one old TI frameback...it's one of my favorites:
And this 6/8 TI with snakewood scales, another stellar blade with all the fancy stuff:
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09-01-2014, 03:06 AM #10Senior Member
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Yeah, I have a couple. They are beautiful as well as great shavers. Just used one the other day.
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