Thread: SRP LE Robert Williams razor or Thiers Issard Le Grelot with C135 steel/vintage

Hi Attila,

First, the Le Grelot is a vintage name by Thiers Issard, but the C135 Carbonsong steel is fairly current, so it's a vintage style, of current production.

Pros & cons....

The Le Grelot is a straight edge blade, i.e. not smiling, so stropping and honing are little more straight forward and IMO a little easier to learn. T.I.'s are excellent shavers, and the Carbonsong steel takes and holds a nice edge.

Some of the cons on T.I.'s are mostly quality control. Not too unusual to have blades that do not line perfectly between the scales, and sometimes uneven grinds on the blades.

The SRP L.E. is a very nice razor and shaves very nice too, but it is a smiling blade and therefore is a little (more challenging), different, to hone and strop.

Cons... You could have a long wait getting on the list now.



Howard