This is great! When you measured from #1, was to dot perfectly dead on? On mine it goes a few hairs left of the 1According to my measurements and machinations these are the gaps for my Taiga.
To begin with I disassembled the Taiga, oiled various threads to smooth everything out as much as possible, and reassembled the razor.
If you try hard you can get the razor's gap to open further than I opened it. With the various parts as tight as I think they should normally be in daily use, I was able to open the gap a good little bit.
Starting on the razor's most closed setting which is #1 the adjustment dial of my razor can be turned all the way around to #1 two times and can then be easily turned to slightly less than #3.5.
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I decided to number the various settings as per the chart above in the following manner.
I hope that makes sense to you. I think it should be the conventional adjustment naming scheme for this razor.
- #1 is fully closed.
- #7 is rotated all the way around one time so it's back on #1.
- #10 is rotated all the way around one time and then turned further to #4.
- #15 is rotated all the way around two times and then turned further to #3.
The manufacturer says this razor has a gap of 0.8 to 3.2.
By my measurements with my feeler gauges my razor has a gap of 0.7 to 3.0.
I'm not one to believe the gap is all that important nor do I believe my little chart is loaded with precision, but it gives me something to go by when thinking about how to compare this razor and its gaps with other razors and their gaps.
It also should help me figure out what I'm doing as I experiment with the various settings of the Taiga.
It might be totally useless to think this a useful tool for comparing, let's say, the Wolfman WR2 1.65 with the Taiga.
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Rule of thumb: Never trust a drunk baby.
It should be obvious to you that in constructing the gap chart above I employed a mixed system. Yes, I used feeler gauges, but I also used my calculator. In my opinion and from fooling with the razor the action is more or less linear.
*I could tell you that the gap for setting #7 is 1.5 mm. I could also tell you that the gap for setting #7.5 is 1.5 mm. Don't think that I'm claiming precision with these measurements.
As a feeler gauge user I'm a rank amateur & now I have to put the gauges's pieces back in order and all that jazz.
Happy shaves,
Jim
HLS Taiga Gaps | Measured & Calculated
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This is great! When you measured from #1, was to dot perfectly dead on? On mine it goes a few hairs left of the 1
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Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
I think all my gaps as measured by me are wrong. See the other posts in the thread for why.
Happy shaves,
Jim
