Quote Originally Posted by basil View Post
Haha very much so.
Only Le grelot for me.
Now if I really had to choose between them I'd go for my ivory one tho
I wish I had ivory on all my Le Grelots. In my collection, I only have one razor with ivory scales, a J. R. Torrey. Nothing feels as good as ivory. It warms up in the hand the same way that pearls do.

I have created a 7-day set of French Razors:
White Plastic Scales:
  • 6/8 Thiers-Issard, Medaille d'Argent, 1931, 69 Garanti
  • 4/8 Le Grelot P-Hospital (NOS)
  • 5/8 Le Grelot Universal Cutlery New York 150 (I)
  • 5/8 Le Grelot Universal Cutlery New York 150 (II)
Red Stamina (Rosewood)Scales:
  • 5/8 Le Grelot P-Hospital, Medaille d'or Paris, 1931 (originally black - being rescaled in Red Stamina)
  • 6/8 Thiers-Issard Le Grelot (I)
  • 6/8 Theirs-Issard Le Grelot (II)

I would rescale them all in Red Stamina except for the cost and for the fact that the 4/8 Le Grelot is an inch and a quarter shorter than all the others and the stock scales wouldn't work very well. Not everyone loves the TI Le Grelots but they feel very natural in my hand and IMO, strike a perfect balance between sharpness, smoothness, and comfort. I realize that this is highly subjective and that for others, YMMV.

At the current moment, my top five razors are:
  1. 6/8 Thiers-Issard Le Grelot
  2. 5/8 Filarmonica Doble Temple 12
  3. 13/16 J. A. Henckels 72 1/2
  4. 6/8 Hart Steel
  5. 6/8 Revisor Prima Solingen
[Others that constantly vie for "Top Five" consideration are a 6/8 Thiers-Issard, Medaille d'Argent, 1931, 69 Garanti; a 6/8 Heljestrand No. 6; and a 5/8 Dovo Prima Klang.]

Happy Shaving!