I bought one as it looked beautiful and was cheap so why not try it.
Unfortunately, the blade is extremely poorly supported and there's excessive edge flex, resulting in not just relatively high level of aggression (which I don't mind) but unpredictable performance.
After each shave, I would inevitably end up with one or two bloodless scratches that look nothing like typical cuts from a sharp blade, but more like someone dragged a fingernail across my neck. I can only contribute that to excessive blade chatter. The overall shave is always unpleasant. I am using medium aggressive razors like Parker Variant at 3.5 or Maggard V3A, so I can compare.
If you zoom in on the photo above, you can see that not only the base itself is pretty narrow, but it has rounded edges, resulting in minimal blade support and insufficient clamping.
This is a pity, as it's a very nicely made razor. If they redesign the base to provide better clamping, I'd definitely be interested.
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