Thread: Got My Le Grelot

You know, just looking at it, it seems way too big for you. I think I could handle it a lot better being from Texas, you know?

Fred

I just rinse mine off with water and then wipe the blade with a towel. Never had any problems. Nice razor by the way!

I wipe mine down with alcohol, and it removes pretty much all of the oil.

I like the shoulderless look with the cut of the tang... did you get it honed?

Originally Posted by [email protected]

hi,
nice razor, I need one...
could you show better the blade?

Sure. Is there any certain shots you'd like?

Originally Posted by drfred

You know, just looking at it, it seems way too big for you. I think I could handle it a lot better being from Texas, you know?

Fred

Oh, no problem. PM me your address.

Originally Posted by Mike_ratliff

I wipe mine down with alcohol, and it removes pretty much all of the oil.

I like the shoulderless look with the cut of the tang... did you get it honed?

Martin says that he makes sure the razors are shave ready.

I don't know if the travel of thousands of miles would have an impact on its sharpness (it was packed quite well); but I will certainly test it tomorrow. Let's hope the Wool Fat soap arrives tomorrow, too.

yes,
the left side, with a good light on, but not shining light to see the surface, thanks, bye

Looks awsome. How does it shave?

Floppy,

Albeit my experience is much more limited than many (or most) on this site, the Le Grelot razor is probably the most comfortable shaving razor of those it rotates with. Among these are a couple of customs - which shave remarkably well too - and some nice DOVOs and TIs. However, the combination of the grind, weight, scales, etc, etc...and the excellent factory edge, and the shoulderless grind of which I am a big fan, put the Le Grelot right out there with the front runners. The leader of the pack of course changes daily - fickle is as fickle does - as does the brush, the soap, the cream, the strop, the attitude, which eye is open, who won the hockey game, etc. But were I to bet on the horses and the Le Grelot were a pony, my money would be on it for the next race.

Absolutely a beautiful straight that is. I got one myself with black plastic scales.

One thing I had to get used to (still am) was the fact that there is no grip on the thumb rest. The corner from the thumb rest to the sides of the blade feels quite square (squarish?).
While stropping it has the tendency to slip from my thumb, resulting in a strop cut, this already happened to me.

I'm still learning to properly hone a razor and only gave it a few strokes on a Belgian Coticule but I feel this nice piece of steel has much more potential than I've experienced so far.