barba which seller did you use?
Nonetheless, the Sodial gives a delightfully smooth and (do go the full three passes) close shave, so easily, comfortably and safely -- it's very easy to find the broad sweet shaving angle for this razor and it's really hard to nick yourself with -- it's pretty much idiot proof.
There may be two different head designs. My Sodial is ridiculously aggressive. And I routinely shave with a Super Adjustable set on 9. I would not​ give my version of the Sodial to a n00b. Blood would flow, for sure.
I can only speak for the razor I received, but mine is fairly mild, but not overly so. The blade exposure and blade gap make it look mildly aggressive, but I have found it to be just right and have not even come close to nicking myself. I have a Cadet TTO, a Cadet OC and a 25 year old Merkur 34c, all three of which definitely feel more aggressive than the new version Sodial/RiMei. The Cadet TTO seems to be the most aggressive and also the hardest to use because the angle which produces a good shave is not intuitive. The RiMei just seems to naturally fall into the right place when I am shaving. The same is true for me with the Cadet OC. Of course, YMMV. Happy Shaving.
That was the one that I ordered. Ordered from them in May and got 4-piece.I ordered the listing with less reviews. It seems like the listing with more reviews has complaints about a plastic handle. While the one with less reviews has no such complaints that I could find.
http://www.amazon.com/SODIAL--Silve...&ie=UTF8&qid=1379701742&sr=1-2&keywords=razor
My order was from ZGCC in early August. I got the new handle style. It's my first de. I've been straight shaving for a few months and found it extremely easy to get an extremely close and comfortable shave all three times I've used it. $2,25. So far I've been using an Astra sp
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I said "Hi, I want to know if you have NEW handle style (please look at attached picture) thank you, Joe"
and I again attached a pic of the new Ri Mei handle (you can attach a pic to a seller message in Amazon)
I got this reply back:
"Dear J, So sorry for this inconvenience
Ok, please don’t worry. We will refund as you request within 24 hours So please wait patiently by the way, if you want to cancel immediately please do so as follows To cancel an item or an entire order:"
Then they cancelled my order. I think this is a language barrier thing. I never got a response that was apropos to any question I made. Seems like it would be simple to send a pic and ask, which version are you currently shipping, but I guess not.
So I would be interested to see which handle you get. PM me if you would, when it arrives?
I find a magnet strongly attracted to the head plate (with the safety bar), barely to the cover, and not at all to the handle.I got one from Amazon. Magnet locks on the head And the handle.
On the aggressiveness scale, this razor rates a 10+. I don't have a feeler gauge, but just eyeballing it the blade gap is ~1.5x that on a Super Adjustable at 9. Blade exposure is maybe 2x. The blade really is just hanging out there.
That's the first I've ever heard that said about Sodials. In my experience and in every other review I find, Sodial razors are described as fairly faithful reproductions of early Gillette Tech (itself a rather mild razor), with perhaps a touch more blade gap and exposure. I have a gold ball end Gillette Tech, have compared them myself, and concur with that evaluation (and haven't noticed any difference in blade alignment). Google "Sodial razor reviews", such as these here, here, and here.There may be two different head designs. My Sodial is ridiculously aggressive. And I routinely shave with a Super Adjustable set on 9. I would not​ give my version of the Sodial to a n00b. Blood would flow, for sure.
Sodial's store on Amazon. The razors arrived in 2-3 weeks. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A7239EK/ref=pe_385040_30332190_pe_175190_21431760_3p_M3T1_ST1_dp_1barba which seller did you use?
Hi gents,
Was anybody successful ordering this to any Eurpean country except UK? I was not successful on amazon (both com and co.uk). I am from the Czech Republic and I thought that for this price, I would buy some for my parents house, where I go for a few days sometimes.
Thanks,
Ollie
Mine showed up yesterday in the mail and it is the old 4 piece one but I paid $2 Canadian for mine through Amazon.ca so it doesn't matter but I might try to get the three piece one. I am going to either try it tomorrow or Saturday.