Thread: "Art Of Shaving" Razors

You've been given good advice so just let me add my voice to the choir of warm welcomes.

X

I just bought a new Thiers-Issard razor from The Art of Shaving store here in Glendale. The store manager said they are shave-ready. The box also contains a note that says the razor is shave-ready and should not be stropped until it has been used a few times. That is the advice from T-I. I will follow it unless there are good reasons otherwise.

Any comments by experienced T-I users?

Larry

SAVE YOURSELF!!!


It won't kill you to shave with it, but it is nothing like having the blade truly shave ready. Rest assured that it is no where near it's potential coming straight from AOS or TI. REGARDLESS of what they say in the store or in the box. My advice is, take it for a spin if you can't stand it but only do a small section of easy face like a sideburn or cheek. Get it honed ASAP regardless and enjoy it as a truly nice shaver.

I got my new TI super gnome and shaved with it out of the box, but I didn't expect it to be shave ready as I had read all the info on the site here! As such, I wasn't disappointed when the razor was pulling and the shave wasn't perfect. After I got it honed, the difference was night and day!

Good Luck and congrats on the new blade!

-Rob

I did shave with my new T-I razor this morning and it did shave well. I also have a few other razors(Filharmonica, Henkels and a Dovo) that I bought at Ross Cutlery in Los Angeles. They were given a final honing by the shop using a Belgian Coticule stone before I took them home. They shave well also. I can't tell the difference in the quality of shave of the T-I right out of the box and the other razors that were honed by Ross Cutlery. They all shave well.
Larry