Thread: Revisor - Solingen

Originally Posted by Thug

Does anyone know how long they take to answer an email?

I wrote my request over a weekend (on a Saturday) and I received my response the following Monday (2 days later). Once paid, my razor shipped 2 days later....and is currently sitting at home waiting for me as of this morning for me to come home!

Total turn-around since my first inquiry, including shipping from Germany to the US, was 11 days.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...an-6-days.html

As for the difference between shaves, yes I can tell a difference. TI to Revisor both 6/8ths round-tip. Apples to Apples. Dont shave blind folded but the Germans are way ahead on the steel, balance, face feel. If I had to pick one and put it in my go bag Revisor is my choice.
Both sit side by side in my drawer, I always pick the Revisor, TI is a great razor, their definition of full hollow is not a full as the Revisor.
Do you know how a W/B has a certain feel to itself? Its like that. Sorry I cannot be more verbally descriptive.

Originally Posted by ultrasoundguy2003

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...an-6-days.html

As for the difference between shaves, yes I can tell a difference. TI to Revisor both 6/8ths round-tip. Apples to Apples. Dont shave blind folded but the Germans are way ahead on the steel, balance, face feel. If I had to pick one and put it in my go bag Revisor is my choice.
Both sit side by side in my drawer, I always pick the Revisor, TI is a great razor, their definition of full hollow is not a full as the Revisor.
Do you know how a W/B has a certain feel to itself? Its like that. Sorry I cannot be more verbally descriptive.

But I wouldn't worry about it. RAD dictates that you will probably have to buy both at some point.

Originally Posted by Denvernoob

I wrote my request over a weekend (on a Saturday) and I received my response the following Monday (2 days later). Once paid, my razor shipped 2 days later....and is currently sitting at home waiting for me as of this morning for me to come home!

Total turn-around since my first inquiry, including shipping from Germany to the US, was 11 days.

For the ones I bought, the longest wait was due to the USPS. Revisor ships fast and you'll quickly see the razor leave Germany in about a day.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

For the ones I bought, the longest wait was due to the USPS. Revisor ships fast and you'll quickly see the razor leave Germany in about a day.

Oh it sat in US customs for 3 of the aforementioned days.

I don't own any Revisor razors but I do get my fare share in for honing and I can only say they are very nice razors well made the finish is excellent and they take a great edge, I would point any newbie straight razor user their way, but I do on occasion have a new Revisor in for honing so not all of them are shave ready in my opinion.

I agree with celticcrusader: My Revisors didn't were shave ready. They had a very good edge (close to shave ready) but not shave ready.

Originally Posted by cariocarj01

I agree with celticcrusader: My Revisors didn't were shave ready. They had a very good edge (close to shave ready) but not shave ready.

Yes, that was my only slight quibble also with the one and only Revisor I ordered. All in all not a major knock on Revisor. I still have the razor and enjoy it very much.

Bob

Here is what arrived today.

This is a 6-0004 blade with the horn scales from model 6-0007. I am pretty happy overall with everything. The blade is certainly top-notch craftsmanship, and the scales are nice and dark in color with some translucent texture that is fantastic. The only slight complaint (and I am splitting hairs a bit here) is that the gold wash is not really what I was expecting as far as brightness and prominence. Ihave a TI that is similar, and I get that Revisor, like anyone, is certainly using the most minimal amount of wash possible. This just seemed ever so slightly sloppy to me given the immaculate workmanship in the grind of the blade itself.

As for edge....
The razor came with a great bevel. I am not going to call it shave ready by my standards but it was by no means dull. The edge looked as if the bevel had been set on a 1k and no further refinement had been done. I took it quickly over a 4k, 8k, 12k, pasted balsa, then leather and the edge is now flawless. All combined it really was only a 30 min effort to polish and finish the edge as the bevel that was set at the factory was spot on.

Hope that helps a bit!