Son of LeGrelot

[huracan]

Martin at RasurPur has some new Thiers razors that took inspiration on the quarter grind LeGrelots.

They are new forging; half hollow and the shaving edge seems to be shorter than standard fare. My Grelot feels like a long sword compared to most of my other straights, so there are some significant differences.


Nonetheless they do look sezzzy!

 

[mdunn]

ohh, purty! I shotgun the blonde horn one!

 

[mouscacha]

They look like the hospital version with the thumb notch.

 

[cadomniel]

I ordered one of these with Blonde Horn today. I really like the thumbnotch and the shorter blade length.
Martin said he hopes to get some new TI's with a thicker grind soon. I guess that would mean a 1/4 hollow. I will probably pick up one of those when they come out too, I like the heavier TI's more than their singing blades.

 

[mouscacha]

I like em both

 

[cadomniel]

I used my TI Evide Sonnant again this morning after not using it for awhile. I like it even more now. I think as my technique gets better I like it more

 

[Bay Rum]

I just ordered one too

 

[mouscacha]

Damnit, I want one now...

 

[cadomniel]

Received my son of Le Grelot today.
I thought I ordered blonde horn and was surprised to see it was dark horn. I looked at my invoice again it looks like I did order the dark horn I must have been thinking of blonde horn for another razor or something since I have ordered a few TI's recently.

Well, it was a real pleasure to shave with and there is quite a lot of weight to this blade despite being on the smaller side. Its my only other 1/2 hollow besides the Wapi, and it shaves as good as a Wapi, quiet and smooth, but I like this TI much better, its got a lot more weight in the tang and feels more secure when you are holding it.

Pics in a minute.

 

[cadomniel]

here is a pic of my new Le Grelot inspired TI:
I am not very good at photography yet

As you can see from a real Le Grelot the cutting edge is quite a bit shorter. i don't have a ruler handy but I would say a little over 1/2" shorter than the le grelot.

 

[Walker]

Beautiful razor!! I need to get a TI since i don't own one yet. Maybe this can be my gift from Santa.

 

[huracan]

Very, very nice. Thanks for sharing a beautiful razor.

Martin puts a nice edge on his razors no?

Received my son of Le Grelot today.
I thought I ordered blonde horn and was surprised to see it was dark horn. I looked at my invoice again it looks like I did order the dark horn I must have been thinking of blonde horn for another razor or something since I have ordered a few TI's recently.

Well, it was a real pleasure to shave with and there is quite a lot of weight to this blade despite being on the smaller side. Its my only other 1/2 hollow besides the Wapi, and it shaves as good as a Wapi, quiet and smooth, but I like this TI much better, its got a lot more weight in the tang and feels more secure when you are holding it.

Pics in a minute.

 

[JeffE]

Look at how similar these "Le Grelot" style blades are to the King Pelican. Just proves that great looking blades keep coming back in style, over and over again.

 

[cadomniel]

Yes Martin puts a good edge on his razors. This one didn't feel as sharp as the other 2 I have from him but thats probably because of the different grind and my technique hasn't adapted to it.
I bought another TI yesterday from Steve at thiers-issard uk; one of the new stock of Dos Festonné. They now have straight tangs and no thumbnotches and the blade edge is parallel to the spine all the way, so its 6/8th size across the whole razor unlike the previous version.
Steve tells me these are the last ones that will be made with the historical steel, so I picked one up while the exchange rates are favorable and they are still available.