Thread: Le Grelot II or TI New Forging ?

Since I seem to have a little extra money I was just looking at buying another razor... maybe a Le Grelot or a TI New Forging ... not sure which I should get. Anyone have both and have any preference to one or the other?

Personally, I would go with the Le Grelot. I have a Silverwing and a B&B Le Grelot and I think the Le Grelot is far superior to the TI in every respect.

I have a Le Grelot 1/4 hollow and it is awesome. The best shaver I have. Each time I shave with it, I am amazed at how smooth it works. I've never tried a TI, though, so I am afraid I cannot give you a direct comparison. However I have a Henckels Friodur 7/8, a Dorko 5/8, and Philarmonica 7/8 (the NOS one Classic was selling until a few weeks ago). All are great razors, but the Le Grelot is by far the best one.

scott.

#3 to vote Le Grelot quarter hollow over TI. While TI has some good, even great, blades the Le Grelot is flat out a superior razor in my opinion. Disclaimer: I have no experience with the Le Grelot hollow ground razors, only the quarter hollow. I also tend to prefer wedges down to half hollow blades.

Here is another vote for the Le Grelot 1/4 hollow. It's a wonderful razor. I have some TIs which are also great razors, but much prefer a razor of greater "substance", or thicker grind, rather than the full hollows which to me sound too much like steel wheels rolling over cobblestones. And I'm nearly deaf so I wonder what shaving with a full hollow sounds like to one who hears well. Probably not unlike the shuttle taking off.

Give me another sentence or two and I'll be totally off topic

Then again, I just bought a Wade and Butcher hollow ground which is probably about the same grind as the Le Grelot 1/4 hollow and it shaves like a dream.

I vote for a full hollow Grelot. I have a 1/4 hollow B&B Grelot, full hollow Grelots and TIs. The 1/4 hollow is the most comfortable but the full hollows edge hones up easier and yields a BBS shave easier. I recently picked up a 6/8's NOS Grelot full hollow from Edwin Jagger for under a $100 and it a fantastic shaver.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Personally, I would go with the Le Grelot. I have a Silverwing and a B&B Le Grelot and I think the Le Grelot is far superior to the TI in every respect.

+ 1: I have both too.

It is hard to compare the Le Grelot to the TI's with the new steel, since the latter are not (yet) available in larger sizes. Compared to a similarly sized and weighted (which are the reasons why most prefer the LG) full hollow TI like a 7/8 or a heavybacked 6/8 in older steel, I like the full hollows better. But just ever so slightly.