I've been enjoying my month-old GC.84, working my way through my favorite blades. I'd noticed that the ones I'd tried - PolSilver, Voskhod, Astra SP - had seemed to fit quite "precisely" onto the posts, which I took as a good thing for alignment.
Today's blade, however, was a KAI, and it didn't want to fit over the posts; it acted as if the holes in the blade were slightly too close together. I fiddled around some, flipping the blade end for end (and no doubt warming it slightly in my fingers) and eventually it slid on, though with a little distortion. Out of curiosity I assembled the razor and all seemed straight, so with some trepidation I shaved with it, and all seemed well.
Has anyone else experienced this? I'm guessing it is tolerance stack-up on a couple units with tighter-than-average tolerances.
As an aside, I got a good shave, but slightly more aggresive than I prefer. This makes sense; in my Rockwell 6S I used blades other than the KAI on the 6 plate, and the KAI on the 5 plate. I think the KAI in the slightly-more-aggresive GC.84 is just over my personal limit. That's good information, actually; I was wondering where that limit was.
Happy shaving,
Tim
Today's blade, however, was a KAI, and it didn't want to fit over the posts; it acted as if the holes in the blade were slightly too close together. I fiddled around some, flipping the blade end for end (and no doubt warming it slightly in my fingers) and eventually it slid on, though with a little distortion. Out of curiosity I assembled the razor and all seemed straight, so with some trepidation I shaved with it, and all seemed well.
Has anyone else experienced this? I'm guessing it is tolerance stack-up on a couple units with tighter-than-average tolerances.
As an aside, I got a good shave, but slightly more aggresive than I prefer. This makes sense; in my Rockwell 6S I used blades other than the KAI on the 6 plate, and the KAI on the 5 plate. I think the KAI in the slightly-more-aggresive GC.84 is just over my personal limit. That's good information, actually; I was wondering where that limit was.
Happy shaving,
Tim