Knockout Razor: details and first shave report.

[Cal]

Thanks to Marcus [MENTION=67066]mjclark[/MENTION] I had a splendid Knockout shave today with a vintage Rubie blade.



Marcus explained his first shave with the vintage Rubie thus:
"It's very sharp, very smooth and the edge has that weird 'squeegee' feel to it like a damp cloth wiping a window."
and I must agree.

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One fabulous shave. Thank you Marcus.

I suspect I might be coming down with the dreaded VAD* any time soon. (* Vintage Acquisition Disorder)

 

[mjclark]

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One fabulous shave. Thank you Marcus.

I suspect I might be coming down with the dreaded VAD* any time soon. (* Vintage Acquisition Disorder)

Glad you like the blades Cal!
A Knockout with one of those Rubies in it must be quite amazing [emoji3]

 

[Rory1262]

The Yorkshire bits on the packaging are quite amusing.

 

[rudyt]

I suspect I might be coming down with the dreaded VAD* any time soon. (* Vintage Acquisition Disorder)

Sadly there is no cure ;-) I am already severely afflicted by two of it's rarer strains, VBAD (Bakelite) and the much rarer VASAD (AutoStrop)

 

[Rusty Shaver]

Had a wonderful shave with mine a few days ago. Used a Gillette 7 o'clock SharpEdge blade on its 12th use and got an incredibly smooth DFS in two passes. No touch ups required. Used with a new custom brush.

 

[Cal]

THREAD RESURRECTION It's a pity so many pics have been lost (since the forum update).

After a massive four month gap I picked up my Knockout yesterday. The shave kind of took me by surprise, I'd just about forgotten how to shave with it! Moving on to today... WOW, what a fabulous shave. I love my Knockout even more than I did before!

 

[rudyt]

Moving on to today... WOW, what a fabulous shave. I love my Knockout even more than I did before!

Pssst, Philips Philite. Not taking anything away from the Knockout, I love mine too, but the bakelite Philite edges it out <-- see what I did there ;-)

 

[Cal]

Pssst, Philips Philite. Not taking anything away from the Knockout, I love mine too, but the bakelite Philite edges it out <-- see what I did there ;-)

Basically I'm a minimalist Rudy (although you wouldn't believe it if you saw the stuff I've collected so far

). My current intention is to purchase no more razors ( ) and possibly to pare my current collection down to only the ones that I really really love.

Talking about minimalism, I'm really loving your "more lather post shave" step. It's fabulous, and apart from a couple of minutes it costs zero. You're the man!

 

[rudyt]

My current intention is to purchase no more razors

In that case, stop reading and don't click the Spoiler button ;-)

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[jmudrick]

Pssst, Philips Philite. Not taking anything away from the Knockout, I love mine too, but the bakelite Philite edges it out <-- see what I did there ;-)

Ok, Knockout en route to go head to head with my Philite. Game on [emoji41]

 

[mawashi]

That is one funky looking razor but the grooves that lets lather go through the razor is really neat.

I would love a reasonable razor that lets lather stay longer like proper scallops along the guard and along the head.