I think I’ve given the OC slant a fair shake now. Can’t say I’m the biggest fan of how it shaves. I do like the handle though. Meh,.. Might come back to it in the future, but I much prefer my 37c and Grande.
Sorry, not to go sideways on this thread, but I had a question for those of you who ordered your Fatip Slants from Connaught Shaving for stateside delivery when they were available...
I ordered and paid on April 02nd, and received notification the two I had ordered had been sent ( "despatched" ) on April 03rd. I have not received them since then (coming to Kansas City Missouri). I realize that Covid19 has slowed everything down significantly, but I have never had a Connaught order take anything much over a week, let alone a month. Did any of you experience a similar month long delay before delivery?
DCJ
Managed to pull the trigger on one at yourshaving but its the gentile version havent used it yet,No one having them in stock along with The Wunderbar being out of stock, is the only thing keeping me in 3 Sabbaticals. LOL.
I think my 2nd took 24days, further south....Sorry, not to go sideways on this thread, but I had a question for those of you who ordered your Fatip Slants from Connaught Shaving for stateside delivery when they were available...
I ordered and paid on April 02nd, and received notification the two I had ordered had been sent ( "despatched" ) on April 03rd. I have not received them since then (coming to Kansas City Missouri). I realize that Covid19 has slowed everything down significantly, but I have never had a Connaught order take anything much over a week, let alone a month. Did any of you experience a similar month long delay before delivery?
DCJ
Why not try the cap that aligns well with the CC baseplate....that might work?Well the results are in... About par for the Fatip course. Both the OC & CC are beautiful razors.- Well chromed, nice weight, really sharp looking handles.
The CC that I received is simply unusable. I tried to align the blade in a towel, in my hand, upside down, and any other way I have ever read about on B&B. I did get a nice slice in my left index finger for my efforts, but nothing worked.. Not multiple new blades, not old blades. Nothing will align correctly on this razor. Like my son's money pit 1984 Jaguar, it is a hunk of beautifully designed,poorly constructed shiny metal. Foolishly, I tried shaving with the one side that seemed less affected with a new Kai blade... The results were bloody and bad. Gave up. Did not even bother to finish one bloody, painful pass.
Dropped the same new Kai blade into the OC, the blade aligned perfectly, and I finished with the best slant shave I have had in a long time. This razor is what everyone says it is. It's a keeper and will definitely go into my daily rotation.
The CC will go into the Fatip parts bin. The handle will see service with a transplanted Piccolo mk 1 head. Somewhere down the line I will try again on the CC. Two or 3 times in, I hope to get useable CC slant that I can actually shave with...
Like I said, about par for the Fatip course.
Caveat Emptor....
Well the results are in... About par for the Fatip course. Both the OC & CC are beautiful razors.- Well chromed, nice weight, really sharp looking handles.
The CC that I received is simply unusable. I tried to align the blade in a towel, in my hand, upside down, and any other way I have ever read about on B&B. I did get a nice slice in my left index finger for my efforts, but nothing worked.. Not multiple new blades, not old blades. Nothing will align correctly on this razor. Like my son's money pit 1984 Jaguar, it is a hunk of beautifully designed,poorly constructed shiny metal. Foolishly, I tried shaving with the one side that seemed less affected with a new Kai blade... The results were bloody and bad. Gave up. Did not even bother to finish one bloody, painful pass.
Dropped the same new Kai blade into the OC, the blade aligned perfectly, and I finished with the best slant shave I have had in a long time. This razor is what everyone says it is. It's a keeper and will definitely go into my daily rotation.
The CC will go into the Fatip parts bin. The handle will see service with a transplanted Piccolo mk 1 head. Somewhere down the line I will try again on the CC. Two or 3 times in, I hope to get useable CC slant that I can actually shave with...
Like I said, about par for the Fatip course.
Caveat Emptor....
Thanks Brian.
For me and a lot of others, Fatip is something of a crap shoot. When they work, they work exceedingly well and are just fantastic razors. If you are lucky enough to get one right out of the gate, they are even a tremendous value. I will confess that I own a LOT of razors ( ok, by my wife's head-shaking standards...) Including a lot of relatively well known and uncommon razors - a BBS-1 and 2011 R41, various vintage Gillettes and the full Gem lineup, for example, but there is a reason why my desert island razor would be a Fatip Piccolo Mk 1. I think that might be said for many in these parts as well. I kept reading about Fatips long before I got around to buying one and I lucked out in getting a good pony, first try...
Unfortunately, when Fatips are bad, they are bad indeed. I just factor it into a category of ROI microeconomics not taught taught in the college classroom. If you buy one for 25 bucks and it works as described, it is wonder in affordable brass. If you have to buy two to get one that works, you're out 50 bucks which is still reasonable.
More than that you might curse the Italian shaving gods, or wonder what the hype is all about.
The thought occurs to me as I am writing this Fatip razors are exactly like wives: some of us get lucky the first time out, and others have to cycle through two, or three, or even more for the unlucky... In either case, if you persevere, you don't die alone or without a really first rate shave....
DCJ
I agree 100%,Thanks Brian.
For me and a lot of others, Fatip is something of a crap shoot. When they work, they work exceedingly well and are just fantastic razors. If you are lucky enough to get one right out of the gate, they are even a tremendous value. I will confess that I own a LOT of razors ( ok, by my wife's head-shaking standards...) Including a lot of relatively well known and uncommon razors - a BBS-1 and 2011 R41, various vintage Gillettes and the full Gem lineup, for example, but there is a reason why my desert island razor would be a Fatip Piccolo Mk 1. I think that might be said for many in these parts as well. I kept reading about Fatips long before I got around to buying one and I lucked out in getting a good pony, first try...
Unfortunately, when Fatips are bad, they are bad indeed. I just factor it into a category of ROI microeconomics not taught taught in the college classroom. If you buy one for 25 bucks and it works as described, it is wonder in affordable brass. If you have to buy two to get one that works, you're out 50 bucks which is still reasonable.
More than that you might curse the Italian shaving gods, or wonder what the hype is all about.
The thought occurs to me as I am writing this Fatip razors are exactly like wives: some of us get lucky the first time out, and others have to cycle through two, or three, or even more for the unlucky... In either case, if you persevere, you don't die alone or without a really first rate shave....
DCJ
Everyone's out of step except our Johnny!Call me crazy, BOSC crazy, but everybody else is doing it wrong.