Thread: Le Grelot

Originally Posted by persco

while I wait for one of your nice NOS Fillys trapped in customs... ha ha ha

Oh, sorry to hear that... I assure you that the wait will be worth it!

In case you haven't bought your 1/4 Le Grelot yet, I can definitely recommend you to order yours from Martin at rasurpur.de.
I just received mine (which was also my first order with him) and, oh Boy, , what a shave! Smooth as anything you might want to imagine. Martin's definition of shave ready is most definitely compatible with my own. Highly recommendable!

Originally Posted by Smoothy

In case you haven't bought your 1/4 Le Grelot yet, I can definitely recommend you to order yours from Martin at rasurpur.de.

I'm doomed. Now I'll have to buy one too! You guys...

I received mine yesterday and after closely analyzing it, I decided to mail Martin.
Martin's answers are in italic bold.
Have you found the same issues than me?

- Hone wear on the spine of about .5 mm thickness

That it completely normal. Sometimes it is thicker sometime a little bit less. Otherwise the straight razor will not get properly sharp. In the oldern days they were able to sharpen just a thin line but this steel is much harder and they cannot do it anymore.
This razor will give you pleasant shaves for the next 50 years or longer. So there is no worry about the "wear".

- The scales are warped on the pivot end

That is normal too. Historical blanks are quite hard to scale and the process is 100% done by hand.
A straight razor is a tool not jewlery. ;-)

- The blade doesn't close centered

Same here. Historical blanks are hard to scale and it is quite normal that the blade is not centered or will get off center while using it. Please refer to my download section
at Home of the English site of Rasurpur.de
There is a sheet which explains this and gives some help. (Opening your
razor.pdf)

weird. my legrelot from martin is perfectly centered, and no warping. what's hard about scaling a historical blade?

my blade is center in the scales, but the blade does have an imperfection along the spine. The razor works fine though.

Crom

Originally Posted by loueedacat

weird. my legrelot from martin is perfectly centered, and no warping. what's hard about scaling a historical blade?

My blade is perfect in terms of geometry. The scales are slightly warped on the pivot pin end.
I don't know what's hard about pinning historical blades too. I've pinned pretty old razors and never had any problems. The problem here is the scales that dressed this blade. I'm sure that if the scales were perfect, then there was nothing wrong with this razor.

Can anyone with a 1/4 Le Grelot tell me about what they weigh? Trying to decide whether to order one. I'm trying to find something heavier, but am sure how much. Also, I've never used anything bigger than a 5/8. Not sure how that would work out.

It's a hefty razor, that feels different from, say, a heavy wedge, because of the heavy blade and light scales. It works, well, though. You can find some reviews here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...-4-hollow.html.

Yeah, I've been reading the reviews on them for a couple of weeks. I shave mainly with a Dovo half hollow 5/8. I'd like to try something a little stiffer, and I think a little extra weight would be helpful as well. Started looking for a 1/4 hollow 5/8 and ended up looking at the Grelot.

It's very hard to get an idea what they might feel like just reading. I haven't handled many razors, so even detailed explainations leave me wondering. I'm on the verge of ordering one, but I need to slow down the razor-oriented acquisitions.