Thread: TI LE 00144 arrived

Their response was a little bit more smarmy than I would have expected. I'm sure the /blade/ is a historic work of art that will provide generations of great shaves. The scales, slapped on by somebody paid by the piece at TI's factor, are a different story.

Or maybe your particular blade, as one of my piping instructors once said of a chanter, was made by an apprentice.

Keith,

As English is my second language, I had to look up 'smarmy' lol

anyway, I certainly hope the blade was not made by an apprentice (this would be a misrepresentation by CS / TI, as the claim is there were only 450 hand made by Pierre himself). However, it's funny - I thought about it - how can one prove the blade was forged by PT himself??? No way, I would think!

There is one more thing - the same razor sells for $10 less on knifecenter.com (the price difference is nothing) but there the claim is that only 400 (not 450, as CS says) were made. Now this is getting a bit weird. Maybe just a mistake?

As for mine, I just thought that maybe Pierre made it when, as Michael suggested, wine was on sale

Cheers
Ivo

I totally agree with you, Ivo.. Character my foot! They're just excusing sloppy workmanship. Who knows, maybe these blades came from Pierre's reject pile and got pinned by a drunken new transfer from Zeepk.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

I totally agree with you, Ivo.. Character my foot! They're just excusing sloppy workmanship. Who knows, maybe these blades came from Pierre's reject pile and got pinned by a drunken new transfer from Zeepk.

what a thought!

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

I totally agree with you, Ivo.. Character my foot! They're just excusing sloppy workmanship. Who knows, maybe these blades came from Pierre's reject pile and got pinned by a drunken new transfer from Zeepk.

They'd probably tell you to take it up with Pierre. He might be a bit hard to dig up, though.

Poor Zeepk. I wonder if they even know how badly their razors suck.