The difference between blades

[mbrossar]

I have two razors that seem like they should shave very similarly, but my experience with them is quite different. Both are 6/8 Le Grelots ground by TI and purchased new. Both are 3/4 to full hollow ground. Both pop arm hair and hanging hairs equally. The only difference I can find between them is the tang on one is stamped with the number 52 and the other with the number 193. The one with the 193 also has a little sunrise stamped in it.

So, how different could these razors be? Why is my experience so much better with one versus the other? Any thoughts?

 

[Thebigspendur]

I had two exact razors. They were the SRP TI LE editions numbers 38 and 39 and they couldn't have shaved more differently. It's a matter of how they were ground and maybe the forging or tempering. There is still alot of hand work done on razors so there could be a lot of variability. If they figured a way to do it all by machine then they would all be the same.

 

[huntmol]

Interesting observations, gents. Guess that just goes to show you how many individual variables there are when forging straight razors.

 

[huracan]

Interesting observations, gents. Guess that just goes to show you how many individual variables there are when forging straight razors.

+1

And why RAD is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.

 

[Woodash]

I have two razors that seem like they should shave very similarly, but my experience with them is quite different.

Different how?

 

[mbrossar]

One is smooth as silk. The other leaves my face feeling a bit scraped.