Le Grelot inspired TI

I received my Le Grelot inspired TI from Martin at rasurpur today. It is an extremely beautiful blade and I really like the dark horn scales. They are not as dark as in the photo and are more brown than black.

I had a shave with it and it was a very nice and pleasant shave. The only other 1/2 hollow I have is a Wapi and it shaves similar to a wapi, smooth and effortless and a very quiet shave. It has a lot more heft than a Wapi though and the grip due to the thicker tang and thumbnotch with jimps

It didn't feel as silky smooth as my Le Grelot's but then again there are few I have tried that do.

The blade's cutting edge is about half an inch shorter than the normal Le Grelot, but I actually like this feature, makes it easier to maneuver around my face.

Anyway, this one is definately a keeper and I'm glad I bought it, it gives a nice contrast to all the full hollows I have.

It's razors like that which makes makes me say this when I discuss my RAD!

Michael Corleone on RAD

Nice looking razor!

Yes it seems my RAD is slowing down but now my tastes are a lot more expensive. When I started with straight razors I couldn't imagine spending $300 on a razor but now it doesn't seem crazy to me especially for a nice TI.

Still think that the singing hollow blades provide a smoother and closer feeling shave but my technique has to adapt to this new razor still.

Those razors are sick! Very nice indeed.

Very nice razor - I was thinking about picking up one of the Le Grelots from Martin as well. But I'm going crazy with razor purchases lately - gonna wait for a bit. Hope he still has a stock of 'em in a few months.

:D

I think you won't have any problem picking up a Le Grelot there are other vendors that have them now too, but with fancier scales.

I picked up a Dos Festonné from Steve at TI UK and this is the new model with a straight tang and 6/8ths blade size all the way across, not 6/8 to 7/8ths like the old model. Steve said these are the last ones to be made with historical steel after these ones are gone its the new carbonsong steel.
I picked up one of this one because the exchange rate is good now for Canadian to GBP and there won't be many of these available.

just saw your Dos Festonné and Silverwing in the SOTD thread. Nice!!!!

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Originally Posted by danbrew

Very nice razor - I was thinking about picking up one of the Le Grelots from Martin as well. But I'm going crazy with razor purchases lately - gonna wait for a bit. Hope he still has a stock of 'em in a few months.

:D

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