Thread: Le Grelot and Heavy/Coarse Beards

Well I'm certainly sold. My next razor will certainly be a Le Grelot. Thanks guys.

I got mine a couple of months ago. Get it while they are around. You will not regret it.

The Le Grelot is one fine razor and can handle any beard type.
One smooth shaving razor!

I have become minimalistic in that once I got a Le Grelot I now never seem to get around to shaving with another razor, for a couple of months now. I ended up buying another and that one shave the same way...awesome! I am starting to take pictures to sell off most of the razors that I have that I acquired looking for that really great razor.


Later,
Richard

Originally Posted by riooso

I have become minimalistic in that once I got a Le Grelot I now never seem to get around to shaving with another razor, for a couple of months now. I ended up buying another and that one shave the same way...awesome! I am starting to take pictures to sell off most of the razors that I have that I acquired looking for that really great razor.


Later,
Richard

Maybe I should start saving up for two then?

Two is a good starting point ;^)

Just like the others .. I got mine from Martin and it's up there with some of my customs ... it's a fantastic shaver also excellent value for your money .

Garry

It is my best shaver at the moment. It is the only razor I have that gives me nick-free shaves.

Personally, I find it amusing when guys fret over the fact they have so and so type of beard and think or are told they need to buy a certain size or a certain grind in order to get a great shave. If you like using a particular size or grind that's one thing but to think you need to buy a certain size or grind that's another. I don't care if you have a steel wool pad for a beard a properly honed 4/8s hollow grind will dispatch it.

Realize that if you went into a barbers shop in the 1940s (when barbers shaved people on a daily and continuous basis) and looked at their razors you would see 5/8s and 6/8s razors of the hollow grind variety. Maybe some of the old timers used wedges or part hollows because that's what they learned on but as those guys started retiring in the 40s and 50s seeing some meatchopper at a barber would be a rare occurrence. if you supposedly need a certain type razor to be matched with a certain beard type how did the old barbers do it? It should be impossible eh?

I don't think thebigspendur's post was answering my post (I didn't say anything about beard and razor matching it), but I'd like to add a few comments:

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Personally, I find it amusing when guys fret over the fact they have so and so type of beard

I am happy you can have fun with other people questions or interest... nothing is better than a good laugh. I just wanted to say that people have indeed different type of beard: for instance, even with a BBS shave in the morning, I have my beard back in the evening-night and have to shave everyday; the whiskers are thick and dark black; my best man, for instance, can shave with a BBS shave and still look clean three days after (he only have to shave generally twice a week); so I think some people can have a coarser beard than other.

and think or are told they need to buy a certain size or a certain grind in order to get a great shave. If you like using a particular size or grind that's one thing but to think you need to buy a certain size or grind that's another. I don't care if you have a steel wool pad for a beard a properly honed 4/8s hollow grind will dispatch it.

I keep reading the thread but cannot find a post where somebody says that only a 1/4 grind - or else - is necessary or required to shave a certain type of beard. What I can read is more like: I like more x or y, or I like the Le Grelot

Realize that if you went into a barbers shop in the 1940s (when barbers shaved people on a daily and continuous basis) and looked at their razors you would see 5/8s and 6/8s razors of the hollow grind variety. Maybe some of the old timers used wedges or part hollows because that's what they learned on but as those guys started retiring in the 40s and 50s seeing some meatchopper at a barber would be a rare occurrence. if you supposedly need a certain type razor to be matched with a certain beard type how did the old barbers do it? It should be impossible eh?

True, and I may add that you could also be shaved by a barber with a 4/8 blade - as was doing one near my home. I think - like you - what we have here is - almost - only a matter of likes and dislikes... but, and I must add here only my 2 cents, that when I begun straight shaving, I felt more comfortable with a 1/4 grind than a full hollow ground because I felt less feedback from the blade with the 1/4 (the 1/4 seems to me stiffer) and was less scared to cut myself. So maybe I am a sissy, or a loony, but I think that anybody can recommend to somebody else what worked well for him, according on how he thinks his beard is, safe the personal preferences. I don't think there is much amusement here, maybe only the reason for such a forum to exist.