Thread: What is your definition of a custom razor?

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

No, you did not!

The burger was a mass produced pattie, you just left the pickles off!

Now, if you had instructed the baker to make a one off bun, in the shape of a pyramid for example, filled it with a one-off meat pattie made from divers and rarely encountered animals and cooked it on a red hot meteorite that had just landed on the great ice mass and flattened a polar bear in doing so then had it instantaneously sent to you via the Starship Enterprise's transporter, that would be one hell of a burger.

Pickles? Schmickles!

Regards,
Neil

I beg to differ.

From Merriam Webster

Full Definition of CUSTOM-MADE

: made to individual specifications <custom–made clothing>

Synonymsbespoke (also bespoken), custom, customized, custom-tailored, made-to-order, tailored,tailor-made

Nowhere in any definition that I have found says that my order has to be one of a kind or doesn't use mass produced parts.

I could order 50 burgers with mass produced patties and buns, ketchup, mustard, lettuce but no pickles and they all would be custom made.

I used to think similar to you but the more I have looked I see that I was wrong.

The last time we went round and round with this and didn't resolve anything. Custom means different things to different folks. To me it means made to order simple as that. Whether it looks like another or not is immaterial. Whether it's unique or not is a quality that is part of the ordering process.

Substance - by George, you are correct sir!

Next time I have a burger, I am going to be just like you and leave the pickles...

Regards,
Neil

PS - I used to think like you, then I thunk again and found I was wrong....

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Substance - by George, you are correct sir!

Next time I have a burger, I am going to be just like you and leave the pickles...

Regards,
Neil

PS - I used to think like you, then I thunk again and found I was wrong....

what did I say?? that was 32T

ok what is this classed as:
I ( the maker) take a piece of 25*6*100 bar with no design as in mind
heat & beat the steel to a shape that evolves as I go
then grind & finish this RSO into a razor

is this a custom, an artisan or just a fluke razor ??

it is a 1 off,
it may be similar to another somewhere (manly because nearly every razor shape has probably been made by now)
but is different to all others and unique.

since this is not hypothetical, this is it so far

Substance In My Mind You're creating a custom razor.

Originally Posted by Substance

ok what is this classed as:
I ( the maker) take a piece of 25*6*100 bar with no design as in mind
heat & beat the steel to a shape that evolves as I go
then grind & finish this RSO into a razor

is this a custom, an artisan or just a fluke razor ??

it is a 1 off,
it may be similar to another somewhere (manly because nearly every razor shape has probably been made by now)
but is different to all others and unique.

since this is not hypothetical, this is it so far

This is not a Custom razor because it was not made to order.

Nice looking razor!

So 32T; Why is PRC's business model any different from (for example Brian Brown's business model).

Originally Posted by feltspanky

So 32T; Why is PRC's business model any different from (for example Brian Brown's business model).

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Originally Posted by feltspanky

So 32T; Why is PRC's business model any different from (for example Brian Brown's business model).

I can answer that!
First, it depend what line your talking about.
If you're talking about my BRW line, I don't have the options PRC has. My BRW is a "production" series razor. It more similar to a Dovo or TI (ie: they are made, then sold)
If you're talking about my custom razors.. that's a different story. Each customer has a say in what the razor looks like( design, size, length, steel, scales... just about everything)
I consider PRC to have a artisan/production series and then a semi-custom razor. With the semi-custom you have some say in what you want but the main shape, size of the razor is going to be the same a artisan/production series. From what I've seen they are using the same blank, you just get to pick some nonstandard options.