Thread: lE GRELOT 6/8 1/4 HOLLOW NOS

Ken sorry bud I live in the UK ...
you could drop Martin mail at www.rasurpur.de. and ask ..
He's a real nice guy ..
Sorry I can't be of any more help .

Originally Posted by KenS

Garry,
I thought these would look awsome with blond horn scales and was tempted to order one. Do you mind my asking what the cost is in US Dollars shipped to the US?
Thanks, Ken.

I haven't seen them with horn scaled anywhere, but if you check the rasurpur website you can see that the Le Grelot they have there is $165 shipped to the US.

Yeah the scales are just plain plastic .... the only fancy ones I've seen are the limited edition ones over on B&B which are pink ivory ..

Mine just arrived today in the mail.

First impressions.

It's came in a TI box, but why can't all TI razors be like this?! It's seriously well made, perfect, even, no scratches, scales assembled and pinned properly. Not a single blemish at all, which IMO is rare for anything from TI.

It came well packaged, and included a bottle of oil (presumably for coating the blade), and a couple of small soap samples. The receipt was printed in colour on decent paper, the whole thing just felt classy to me - Martin obviously takes pride in his shop and his reputation - it's very clear.

The razor itsself. Well it's a 6/8, but it feels similar in weight to an 8/8 Henckels Friodur. It's a really meaty piece of steel, stiff ground, it feels like you could chop logs with it!

I haven't shaved with it as yet, but it passes a HHT right out of the box, so I'm pretty confident it'll be good.

I might try and test shave it tomorrow, but initial impressions make me think the B&B guys are in for a real treat with their limited edition razor, and I'm sure anyone buying a 'standard' one will be over the moon too.

Where are the pics..?

I for one would love to some razor porn...

+1 Steelforge , I'm going to try mine this evening . Martin's service is A1 he's a pleasure to deal with ..

Well I used it this morning, and it was superb.

As you'd expect it's a solid lump of steel, it shaves very quietly, there's no flexing whatsoever, no pinging noises when the hairs get cut. It just plows through the hair with no fuss or effort.

It's very similar (but stiffer) to a big Henckels Friodur or a large Robert Williams in how it shaves, so if you like that sort of thing you'll like a 'Le Grelot'.

I'm very happy with mine, in fact I'm thinking it'd be a good candidate for some nice custom scales one day, maybe something heavy like ivory or antler to balance the blade.

The postman just delivered my Thiers Issard "Le Grelot" (w/ black plastic scales). Wow what a nice razor, it sure is heavy.

My scale indicates 62.1 g (=2.185 oz) including the plastic scales.

Although not a fair comparison, my Thiers Issards "Evidé Sonnant Extra" (5/8) wich has similar scales but are a bit smaller weights 46.4 g (=1.635 oz).

I absolutely agree with you about Martin's service. And his website sure is nice!



Apologies for the terrible photograph, just a quicky.

Edit: Ruler is metric (centimeters)