Thread: Thiers Issard

Originally Posted by brooksie967

Just wait for it... I've shaved every day for almost 4 weeks now.... 3 passes every day. You'll see

Good point. Shaves are always easier with a few days growth, imo.

Originally Posted by Mephisto

Good point. Shaves are aways easier with a few days growth, imo.

Oh I'm totally addicted! It's become part of my morning ritual! 3 passes a day for almost 4 weeks, no razor burn, no ingrown hairs, once you get into this hobby and get proficient at it you just can't stop!

+1 to that Brooksie

Originally Posted by brooksie967

Oh I'm totally addicted! It's become part of my morning ritual! 3 passes a day for almost 4 weeks, no razor burn, no ingrown hairs, once you get into this hobby and get proficient at it you just can't stop!

Yup, since I started a year and a few months ago I have gone maybe three days max w/o shaving. Before I tried to avoid it for as longs as possible. Meaning, let it grow out before it really started bothering me-itching and such.

You never know with CBS what will happen as far as owing anything on arrival. If you are really curious you could go and see them on May Street and ask. Once it is shipped I would think a week or so to get here. The last 3 items that came from UK/Ireland took about that long and CBS processed them in less than 24 hours with one item processed in 2 minutes if you can believe the electronic tracking. Enjoy it when you get it.

Bob

Originally Posted by Mephisto

Yup, since I started a year and a few months ago I have gone maybe three days max w/o shaving. Before I tried to avoid it for as longs as possible. Meaning, let it grow out before it really started bothering me-itching and such.

Beards make me itch also and mine doesn't grow in fully or thick enough yet. The hairs are thick and hard like wires so when it's been growing a while it really rubs, and I go nutz. Lol shaving it off is the worst part though, I use a mach 3 and after a 1 inch pass I have to sit their and shake or rub all the hair out from inbetween the blades and sometimes it can take a good while to get them out even when rubbing a cloth or sticking something inbetween them which I have no doubt further dulls the blades... also like to add i think those blue strips are designed to screw people with sensitive skin over since only the first couple shaves with the cartridge are smooth... everything after that is just a downhill spiral of frustration since i never want to put a new cartridge in lol.

Now I'm actually getting upset that my hair isn't growing fast enough to let me have another go at perfecting my technique lol. I wake up and check the mirror... even get exited when i see new growth as it's another opportunity in my eyes to feel them silky strokes - it feels so good when you lay the razor nice and flat on your cheecks and just slide it down...watching that path of hair drop down to stubble with such ease. Started calculating how many shaves I might have to look forward to counting average days between shaves - adding them up- than dividing 365 by it SRAD has taken a hold on me and my wallet can attest... -1000$ in about a month LOL. Their goes my income tax. Oh well.

SR FOR LIFE!

My life's not long enough to enjoy this art...maybe i should become a barber and steal other peoples shaves... hmmm..maybe than...just maybe... will I get my fill

Razor arrived today with no customs *yay*

But I'm pretty ticked off otherwise. It has black pitting on the spine and tang... also has some much more noticable pitting and even what looks like the beginning of red rust in the grooves where the spine turns into the handle. If i run my finger nail along the pitting it has a very noticable feel. Bevels not very even (high at the nose low at the heel) but I'm not to concerned with that. Can't believe they send me a 450$ rusty razor

I kind of want to keep it as to the naked eye you have to really focus to see it ... except the grooves there is a big ulgy black one in their.

I emailed Steve at the invisible edge and told him about these issues and asked how to return it... so sad.

Just curious,with the issues people have been having with TIs (not only on this forum but others) why do people continue to spend large sums of money on defective razors?

Quality in steel, great selection for handles and blade design. Those were my main reasons.

Now I noticed another defect, at the base of the handle where the pins get nailed in the woods had a chunk taken out.

You'd think they would inspect these razors a little more closey before shipping them out to people.