SOTD 2-23-19
Love using this Swedish steel for a nice lazy Saturday shave.
The Club | Signature
Cadman-Beau | Synthetic
Phoenix Shaving | Ascension DOC SS | Triad Rolling Hex SS
Treet Platinum Super Stainless Steel
Thanks Pete!
Love using this Swedish steel for a nice lazy Saturday shave.
Just acrylic probably. Looks like a nice hunk of gold flecked quartz - or what the old time hard rock miners used to call "picturerock." Ca-Yuen out of Louisiana did it.
The handle is a favorite of mine and I used to use it quite frequently. Since I primarily use an SE/injector, until recently, I haven't had the opportunity to use this beloved handle. A gentleman named Toby Sooter (online handle is Triad---I'm not doxing him as this is common knowledge and he uses his real name on FaceBook connecting to his prior part-time business, "Triad"). The reason I hadn't been using DEs is because none of them even approached the comfort and efficiency of my vintage SEs and Schick injector. That is, until recently. The Phoenix Shaving Ascension Double Open Comb razor is a re-tooling of their original DOC. The original DOC was an homage to the Grand Shave King razor. The original DOC from Phoenix Shaving was a nice razor, but too mild for my taste. The Ascension is a completely different beast. I have both the Aluminum and the 316L Stainless version (the current shave). I gravitate to the SS due to the weight and slightly less draggy finish. The stock handle on the Ascension is actually perfect and balances well. However, I've longed to get back to using, the Rolling Hex Triad for some time. I discovered the resulting shave is identical in terms of balance. That's no surprise because as luck would have it, the weight is almost precisely the same as the stock handle (within a single gram). The handle is also 316 stainless and is matches the head as if it were made for it. Being a shower shaver, I've always loved my Rolling Hex due to the well placed "pinch points" which offer more stability that even the most aggressive knurling---at least in my experience.
