Thread: bad TI!

Hello

I have included some photos in this posting to show a problem with the TI Damascus razor I got from Classic Shaving some time ago. As you can see there is a V shaped pattern in the blade that cuts across the laminations of steal. Where this fault comes together the blade is separating and I believe TI should replace this razor. Has anyone else had problems with these razors? I sold this razors twin to someone else on this forum, I hope it is holding up better than this one. Any suggestions? I have sent the pictures in an email to Classic Shaving and am waiting for their response.

Thanks
Mason

If you've had it for awhile, then I'm not sure why the seller is on the hook for this. You might want to get in touch with Theirs-Issard directly and see what they say - it's their reputation on the line for this after all.

I would LOVE To go to TI with this. Can you tell me how to contact them? The last time I looked there was no way to reach them besides going throw Classic Shaving.

Thanks
Mason

I'd contact Classicshaving. Normally the dealer who sold the razor would handle returns unless the manufacturor has their own returns department. Classicshaving would probably be able to put you in touch with the right person if they don't handle it themselves.

Usually with returns, if a product isn't a failure straight out of the box, the vendor returns it to the manufacturor for assessment and then repair/replacement as appropriate. So you might be without it for a while until they've had a good look at it and decided if it's a defect in manufacture or not.

I think that sort of flaw is called a cold shut.

I'd call it a forging lap actually. Two forged layers of metal not bonded together (in this case) or a single piece of metal with an inclusion flattened inside and not fused.

A cold shut is more of a foundry defect where two fronts of molten metal in a mold flow together, touch, but never fuse together leaving a tight but unbonded line or seam.

Not trying to be picky but I hve 26+ years of this stuff stuck in my head <g>. My day job is as NDT Lab manager for www.dankoarlington.com, but by night you all know me as "Proffessor Strop" <g>.

Tony

I just get mad when something as expensive turns out to be of sub-par quality. And what if you didn't like the idea of separating with it for 2 (or more) weeks?

For cases like this Classic / TI should be sending a honed "loaner" and it better be a good one, if I am to be satisfied...

BTW, looking at your avatar I don't think that you'd miss it too much

Good luck!
Ivo

Originally Posted by Tony Miller

I'd call it a forging lap actually. Two forged layers of metal not bonded together (in this case) or a single piece of metal with an inclusion flattened inside and not fused.

A cold shut is more of a foundry defect where two fronts of molten metal in a mold flow together, touch, but never fuse together leaving a tight but unbonded line or seam.

Not trying to be picky but I hve 26+ years of this stuff stuck in my head <g>. My day job is as NDT Lab manager for www.dankoarlington.com, but by night you all know me as "Proffessor Strop" <g>.

Tony

Pick away tony, i'm no expert Thanks

Forging lapse?

Bruce

I have an RA # from Classic Shaving now and will send it in tomorrow. It will take about 8 weeks by the way but I am in no hurry, I have a nice new Traditional Japanese razor to keep me busy. I shaved with it for the first time this morning, can you say blood bath? I ground the point down after that so my next shave should be a little less messy. I will have some new scars along my jaw line and neck, and I just started seeing the ones from my 5/8’s Damascus start to fade!

Mason