When Phil announced on his FB page that the next Asylum razor project after the Evolution was going to be a clone of the Krect Spiral Curve, I immediately started looking for one to try out to see why he thought it was one of the best slant razors. I found one on our eBay and it arrived today. I knew from the pics that this was not going to be in great condition and that an ultrasonic cleaner was not going to improve things. However, it was cheap enough and it looked like I could get a good shave with it.
Once cleaned up, I preempted Weck Wednesday and loaded a blade into the Krect. The head design was similar to a Gillette New in that there was a bar that ran on both sides of the screw on the top cap and the base plate had long holes (instead of a trough). The head assembly was also very slim, unlike most other slants, but was definitely torqued. When a blade was loaded, it went almost to the edge of the base plate, and there was that skewed blade alignment which most slants have.
I lathered up with my Fine Santal Absolut and built a thicker than normal lather to make sure my face was well lubricated. Because of the thin top cap, I started out WTG with a very steep angle. The head slid effortlessly around my face and the first pass took out most of my whiskers. My ATG pass was also a steep angle, but not as steep as the first pass. Again the shave was smooth and effortless. After two passes, I found that I could have stopped there, but did a touch up anyway with an XTG.
Overall, I am very impressed with the razor. I am seriously thinking of getting a Gunkote finish put on the head just so it does not deteriorate any more than it already had. Of course this will be just a short term solution until Phil gets around to releasing the Asylum version.
Once cleaned up, I preempted Weck Wednesday and loaded a blade into the Krect. The head design was similar to a Gillette New in that there was a bar that ran on both sides of the screw on the top cap and the base plate had long holes (instead of a trough). The head assembly was also very slim, unlike most other slants, but was definitely torqued. When a blade was loaded, it went almost to the edge of the base plate, and there was that skewed blade alignment which most slants have.
I lathered up with my Fine Santal Absolut and built a thicker than normal lather to make sure my face was well lubricated. Because of the thin top cap, I started out WTG with a very steep angle. The head slid effortlessly around my face and the first pass took out most of my whiskers. My ATG pass was also a steep angle, but not as steep as the first pass. Again the shave was smooth and effortless. After two passes, I found that I could have stopped there, but did a touch up anyway with an XTG.
Overall, I am very impressed with the razor. I am seriously thinking of getting a Gunkote finish put on the head just so it does not deteriorate any more than it already had. Of course this will be just a short term solution until Phil gets around to releasing the Asylum version.