Yet again another creation

So after working with @PLANofMAN on his Old type slant idea. He posed the question to me. Why have you not made a slant yet? I told Ryan I had messed around for a few breaks, trying to see if I could get a smooth blend. I was not happy with the results.

Well last Thursday or Friday I had a bit of free time. So I set about trying it again. I got a blend that I was happy with. So made myself a slant of of my last DE “?” That was a hybrid comb bar. My slant is an OC.

Sticking with silly or plain stupid names. I named this “tourqued” by Tom. I know it is spelled wrong. I knew a guy years ago that pronounced it that way. I always tried to correct him but to no avail. So it is a little honor for him.
I will try it out tomorrow.




This is right off of the machine. No cleanup yet.

 

Here is the cap with only a scotchbrite finish. Have I ever stated I HATE polishing. So I opted for a matte finish. That is not an optical illusion the razor is a parallelogram looking down from the top

 

Looks good Tom, like a slant New LC. Which is one I'd always thought of having.

 

Just running it across my forearm there is a lot of blade feel. I can’t wait to try it out.

 

awesome Tom,nice work..

 

Thank you. I love the fact that I get to experiment with razors and such in my spare time

 

i loved being a machinist apprentice in my young years,still love the joy of building something from raw materials..

 

Tonight when I get home I will try it out. I like to have 2 days for a first shave on a new to me razor.

 

Here is the weight if anybody is interested.

 

Nice work Tom! Looking forward to your shave review.

 

Shave 1 in the books

Razor: tourqued by Tom
Blade: Gillette 7Oclock Sharpedge
Brush: Chub 30 by Tom
Soap: Tabac
AS: Tabac

First shave down. Very first impression this is a smooth razor. Deceptively so, I took off 3 heat rash bumps on my neck post haste. After that I slowed down for the remainder of my first pass.

You can hear the hairs being sliced. I say sliced as there is no resistance on the razor. The razor is on the light side for some, 47 grams but the balance is nice.

Proceeding to pass 2 XTG the reduction was better than average. No more blood on pass 2.

Pass 3 ATG using short buffing type strokes. This is my normal third pass routine. It did a VERY nice job. I went with no cleanup. Then did my normal Alum block. No irritation other than the 3 spots.

Have I had better shaves? Yes
Do I like this razor? Most definitely. It is a keeper. I think this will be a good razor to experiment with blades. Very natural feeling in the hand and face feel.

I will send it to @PLANofMAN this week to get his input. As he is the inspiration for this razor.

 

awesome Tom..

 

Thanks. By the way, where do I get those cool face masks? Are the produced by Fruit of the loom?

 

Shouldn't he have the ones with the Union Jack? Just saying

 

Tom, that looks like a fantastic razor and sounds like a fun shave.

 

The pee stains probably work better killing off viruses than those masks they tell you to wear that aren't even capable of filtering out particulate small enough that would also filter out viruses. Besides it is easy to know how to put them on correctly since they are colored coded, yellow front, brown back.

 

Excellent, Tom!