Thread: Thiers Issard

Originally Posted by LikesBBS

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.

JMO but I think TI, like todays wackers,are rideing soley on reputation with zero attn to quality,have you seen any of the high $ new Wackers latley? you would be amazed

Sorry to hear that it turned out the way it did. That and other complaints here and elsewhere is what keeps me from dropping some coin on a TI. No such complaints with the only new razor I have ordered in, a Revisor. Geez that stinks.

Bob

Originally Posted by LikesBBS

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.

Especially considering the cost and it doesn't do their reputation any good either! It will make me think twice about ordering from there.

Originally Posted by LikesBBS

Anyone in canada order anything from them? If so how do they ship razors (oiled and ready to shave with?, wrapped up nicely so it won't get hurt in transit etc?), will customs be expensive or will their even be any? I've ordered many items from the UK and never payed customs before... the states is the only places I've had a fee to pay upon arrival so customs is one of those things I can't quite figure out.

I already ordered a blade from them since none of the canadian stores had what I wanted in stock so I'm trying to find out what's to be expected when it arrives.

Also if you know anything else about them that might be good to know I'd love to read it.

Any help is greatly appreciated,

Thanks.

They are one of the few good old school razor makers left.
They will ship it safe and sound.

Shave ready is up in the air.
My now decades old new TI was sharp enough new but the bevel was not well set
and when it did need honing it took a bit of work on my coti.

When you get it... shave test it.
If it needs honing send it out. If it shaves well strop and use as normal.

When it needs to be honed the odds of the bevel being ideal are only 50:50 so
plan to send it out once.... or plan to reset the bevel yourself when you need to hone it....

TI razor steel is harder than most old razor steel. Use a gentle touch and
revisit the hone as needed. A Norton combo 4k/8k pyramid method works well
as do other methods.

It will give you lots of pleasure. They make a fine razor.

EDIT: Gadzooks... rust and pitting on a new razor and painful return policies... woof....

After reading their return policies it appears as though I will have to pay more money to return it, so I'm just going to keep it. I took some 2500 grit sandpaper to the pitting and I can't even see it now so looks wise I'm happy. Most other defects are minor. The etching after using flitz on it turned from black to gray, but it wasn't very black to begin with. The little chunk of wood is very small that's been taken out around the pin and can only be noticed if i stick my face within 2 inches of the handle. The pitting was the biggest defect in my eyes as it was very noticable right out of the box... but now is gone . Their was also a little bit of wiring on the edge near the middle but i stropped it on some crox than did a bunch on leather and it's gone. Went from not being able to pass the HHT straight out of the box to passing it with a fair bit of ease after some stropping.

That really sucks,am sorry for the problems I could not tolorate paying what you did for a new razor and having to do what you did.
Hope it serves you well.

Here she be.

7/8" 1/2 grind hook nose Dreadnought in red box elder scales.

The scales look like molten lava, much more vivid in person.

Eye candy for sure too bad it was a rocky start. Let us know how it shaves for you.

Bob

Shaved alright. Had a weeks worth of growth and it plowed through everything but the chin no problem. Did a long sweeping stroke for the first stroke down the right side of my face and it looked BBS from the first pass lol was really nice to see. 2x pass on the neck left it completely bbs which surprised me and the cheeks very close to. When i went for a 3rd pass to try to get those areas i felt had a bit of stubble left I couldn't quite get all the hairs, but it left it smooth enough. Glad This is a 1/2 grind as my first was an extra hollow grind and it had a lot of trouble with the chin... this one seems to push it's way through with a lot less effort.

Got a naniwa 12k coming in the mail on Monday. Going to dink around on that to see if i can refine the edge a bit more as it's not passing the HHT as much as I'd like and it still tugs a bit in some areas. Thinning the edge should do just the trick.

Cheers

Right, what is an HTT? Just kidding, never tried it myself. Sounds like you're gonna have fun.

Bob