I have a SE Piccolo. The alignment on the gentile plate is awful - no idea why - the blade just won't centre. It's fine with the OC plate.
Fatip blade alignment
- Thread starter ElonsMusk
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Takes no longer to load a Fatip than a bespoke high precision tacky looking boutique razor.
It is not warped language. If you can align the blade manually, then the razor is not "misaligned". There are plenty of people that own Fatips on this board that do not experience these "alignment issues". Some folks just have to make a tempest in a teacup about "alignment issues" to scare every newbie within 100 miles away from Fatip. That's too bad, because they miss out on an all-brass razor that shaves great, for a bargain price.
My suggestion to folks who have perceived Fatip blade alignment issues is to send your Fatips to me for exorcism. No charge. /s
Those blade alignment demons can be stubborn so the exorcism might take years. Or forever. /s
I am happy to do this service for you so you can reduce the frustration these misaligned Fatips are bringing to you. /s
Those blade alignment demons can be stubborn so the exorcism might take years. Or forever. /s
I am happy to do this service for you so you can reduce the frustration these misaligned Fatips are bringing to you. /s
I'll happily endure the hardship of a 4 second load for a solid brass razor and the best shave I've ever had.
No one said the razor is misaligned. It has been said, quite truthfully, that there is a misalignment problem as in blade misalignment. This is due to poor design/manufacturing process, in my opinion. It is well documented on this forum, with pictures showing the area underneath the posts where diameter changes dramatically.
Yes, I agree, an all-brass razor that shaves great, for a bargain price. If you can get over the misalignment problems.
I still believe the Italians can get this fixed, if they wanted.
Yes, I agree, an all-brass razor that shaves great, for a bargain price. If you can get over the misalignment problems.
I still believe the Italians can get this fixed, if they wanted.
When loading the blade with the razor upside-down, the blade is clamped down before it reaches those gaps. I agree the construction could be improved, though. If they drilled the cap to fit those two posts, then there would not be any gap under the posts. Still, it is not a deal-breaker for most.
I've got a SE and it's got alignment issues that I can't fix (the blade it sticks out more in one side than the other).
So after reading some posts regarding frakenrazors I decided to play with it.
So far I've tried successfully the Yaqi Mellon top cap and Maggard's V2 OC, with advantage to the second one for smoothness.
One other advantage is you can use another handle you want which you can't with the standard topcap because it uses another thread.
As anyone else tried a similar approach? If yes which one?
Personally I would love to find an aluminum topcap but just can't see any that can work.
So after reading some posts regarding frakenrazors I decided to play with it.
So far I've tried successfully the Yaqi Mellon top cap and Maggard's V2 OC, with advantage to the second one for smoothness.
One other advantage is you can use another handle you want which you can't with the standard topcap because it uses another thread.
As anyone else tried a similar approach? If yes which one?
Personally I would love to find an aluminum topcap but just can't see any that can work.
