Thread: TI spartacus great shave

Hi guy's thought I'd share this with you.
I'm very, very happy with the performance of my 1/2 hollow TI spartucus (snakewood sclaes). Was curious if anyone else could vouch for this razor's fantastic shave.
I got losts of other razors that give supurb shaves but nothing comes close to this one, I also have a full hollow TI spartacus which IMHO is a close second.
I've heard lots of good stuff about duble duck wonder edge and Filharmonica but can't compare as I don't yet own thes razors. I can't imagine anything better, it's as if the whiskers aint there? Maybe it's a factory freak?
I'm not plugging TI as I have other quality issues about these razors, though the spartacus brand does seem to be a good performing razor to me.
Feedback welcome

Congrats and I'm glad you are happy with it. I would love to get a TI myself, but they have a steep price tag for the known issues.

Sounds like a nice shaver, I use a TI all the time now (having bought an SRP one off here) and enjoy using it. My Kropp feels like a lump of steel in comparison.

I have the spanish point one, shaves exceptionally well

Gentlemen,

Yes, I must agree with your assessment of the Thiers-Issard Spartacus. Mine I believe is similar to Stefan's: the white bone scales with the Dreadnought point. The razor not only is gorgeous, but also an amazing shaver. It's good to see quality.

Regards,

Obie

I agree...mine is fantastic...feels great...no quality control issues - got lucky...

Gents - for my two penn'orth - you did NOT get lucky. You got instead new stock, made on new machines, sharpened by a new method. A lot of issues have been resolved in the very recent past so now buy you TI with confidence( at least if it's got Spartacus on the blade!)

How do I know this? Weeeeellllllll............(I've been waiting YEARS to say this!) -

'I'm Spartacus!'

(Or at least the UK dealer with the Spartacus mark!)

Class!!!
Some younger members might not know that film, let alone Kirk.
I bought these razors from a UK dealer?
Previously I purchased a TI Shefield silver steel from a reputable US seller.
This razor had very uneven bevel due to warped spine.
I'm sure the seller would have gladly made good with no quibles, but I couldn't be bothered with shipping etc so opted to do some deliberate spine flatening and tons of circles on the stone, I suppose I could have honed on a narrow stone. I have also noticed other minor quality faults on the newer blades, Ive had a wedge pin washer come adrift on my full hollow, the dealer has been very happy to replace the razor.
That said I can't fault the shave performance, that alone makes TI worth the money to me.

I'm Spartacus (Deckard)

Deckard - just to clarify - I do know that some of 'my' Spartacus razors went to US customers, hence what I said. The thing about TI is that they will let only one dealer per country use any one of their blade trademarks at one time, so in the UK mine is 'Spartacus' - in other countries there may well be other dealers using this blade mark. TI blade marks include Spartacus, Wolf & Ram, Durandal, Le Thernois, Bison ("our unrivalled hollow ground"), Zebra, Bijou de France (not usually used by dealers), Solingen Art, Fox & Rooster, Bucephale, The World and Le National.

Hope that clears that up for you!

Ahhh,

You must be who I think you are.???
The razor that was warped was not a spartacus, it was I believe an older TI 7/8 shefield silver steel purchased from the US.
Sorry for confusion, the spartacus brand are much better ground hence my comments.
Thanks for clarification though.



Deckard