I tried it for the first time last night. The finish is excellent and the balance is good. How would it shave?
I barely felt the razor gliding across my skin. It was like shaving with a cross between a Merkur 37c and a Gillette Old Type - two of my favourite razors (although I favour the 37c these days). My skin needed a break from shaving but there was no irritation. In all, an excellent shave.
This should be one of my top razors except for one thing: blade alignment. I suffer with acute OCD and it took a long time to get the blade parallel with the teeth with exposure equal on both sides. I'm used to having to do some manual alignment (the other three slants I have used require it, along with the Old Type and New Improved) but it was a chore with the Lo Storto and the curvature makes it harder to judge whether it's correct. I know it's a feature of these razors to some extent (ranging from no issues to having to send it back because it can never be aligned) so I'm thinking whether to just live with it and get used to it or return it in the hope that a replacement will be better.
I have attached a photo showing the alignment from above. Maybe someone who owns one can say whether it looks as expected?
I barely felt the razor gliding across my skin. It was like shaving with a cross between a Merkur 37c and a Gillette Old Type - two of my favourite razors (although I favour the 37c these days). My skin needed a break from shaving but there was no irritation. In all, an excellent shave.
This should be one of my top razors except for one thing: blade alignment. I suffer with acute OCD and it took a long time to get the blade parallel with the teeth with exposure equal on both sides. I'm used to having to do some manual alignment (the other three slants I have used require it, along with the Old Type and New Improved) but it was a chore with the Lo Storto and the curvature makes it harder to judge whether it's correct. I know it's a feature of these razors to some extent (ranging from no issues to having to send it back because it can never be aligned) so I'm thinking whether to just live with it and get used to it or return it in the hope that a replacement will be better.
I have attached a photo showing the alignment from above. Maybe someone who owns one can say whether it looks as expected?