Thread: Thiers-Issard La Mouette 7/8 Rams horn.

'Very beautiful. I've yet to try a TI, but your post is one of the two best ads for them I've seen. Few look better at any price.

Congrats.

Originally Posted by Croaker

Beautiful razor and scales, congratulations on a great purchase! My TI did not come shave ready, and was a real bear to hone. It shaves beautifully now, since I reset the bevel and finished it with a progression of natural stones. My question to you is this: did the razor come completely shave ready from TI, or was it honed by Jorun? Thank you.

Yes, it is a beautiful looking razor indeed. Thank you for your kind words. I do not really know if Jorun had this razor honed or not. I did get it brand new but she may have sent it off to get honed with the other one; I'm not entirely sure. I tried it and it shaved arm hair well above the skin with ease, and made musical notes on every cut!

I did not ask for a shave ready razor as I do my own honing. The only things I did to the razor was about 15 strops on balsa with CROX, about 40 strops on a linen strop, and then 50 on a leather strop. The shave was nice and smooth with no signs of pulling.

Bambos

Originally Posted by Croaker

Beautiful razor and scales, congratulations on a great purchase! My TI did not come shave ready, and was a real bear to hone. It shaves beautifully now, since I reset the bevel and finished it with a progression of natural stones. My question to you is this: did the razor come completely shave ready from TI, or was it honed by Jorun? Thank you.

My La Mouette 7/8 was sent to honing before I got it. Jorunn send the razors to professional honing if you ask for it before you get the razor. When I got mine it was shave ready, took the hanging hair test with ease.