Razorock Recurve razor

[Holyzeus]

Quite a few on DFS have taken a punt on it.

 

[TobyC]

I know your holy grail is the Old Type, but each to their own. Based on personal experience, i say they weren't. No better shave than with a good ol', well sharpened straight, for me at least.

Hey, this is the "Double Edge Safety Razors" part of the forum, get that old pocket knife razor back in the museum!

 

[TobyC]

I’m talking about the Razorock Recurve razor

He get's confused easily, you may have to draw pictures, with arrows.

 

[J349]

Quite a few on DFS have taken a punt on it.

I’m waiting for a RC80

 

[TobyC]

Based on my experience, no. Gillette Old Types, News and Techs all work perfectly well with modern blades.

The Recurve is, in my opinion, a solution to a problem that does not exist. There are already plenty of razors that clamp the blade firmly enough that chatter is eliminated. That said, from Razorock's point of view if people buy it it's done its job.

Folks keep trying to invent a better mouse trap even though the old one is perfect.

And remember, even the Gillette company tried gimmicks and cosmetic changes to sell more razors.

 

[chazt]

It’s just IB cashing in on another’s R+D. If I’m not mistaken Seygus introduced a similar design many years ago. That said, I do own one of IB’s homage products in the form of the Lupo DLC. The other of their razors that i own and enjoy is the game changer .76 which as I understand is a design unique to them.

 

[Estariol]

Hey, this is the "Double Edge Safety Razors" part of the forum, get that old pocket knife razor back in the museum!

Nah, i'm good

 

[slapo]

It’s just IB cashing in on another’s R+D. If I’m not mistaken Seygus introduced a similar design many years ago. That said, I do own one of IB’s homage products in the form of the Lupo DLC. The other of their razors that i own and enjoy is the game changer .76 which as I understand is a design unique to them.

If you mean Seygus Zeppelin, that was a pretty different design. It uses a slight upside down smile curve of the cutting edge.
It looks like they design the Recurve based on initial design of Fred Winterburn who sent it to them a few years ago.

 

[Gairdner]

Calm down, that’s just @SpeedyPC reacting to the fact that his Weber PH is lost in the post!

 

[Twelvefret]

He get's confused easily, you may have to draw pictures, with arrows.

My eagle is real.

 

[SpeedyPC]

He get's confused easily, you may have to draw pictures, with arrows.

 

[TobyC]

Not you, you dip, or maybe you do need pictures and arrows!

 

[SpeedyPC]

Haven’t lost my Weber PH, is still in route with DHL carrier in US, currently in processed at Melrose Park, IL, US. So @TobyC

 

[chazt]

If you mean Seygus Zeppelin, that was a pretty different design. It uses a slight upside down smile curve of the cutting edge.
It looks like they design the Recurve based on initial design of Fred Winterburn who sent it to them a few years ago.

Oh, thank you for the education I’m unaware of Mr. Winterburn. Somehow it still seems like IB is cashing in on another’s R+D.

 

[slapo]

Oh, thank you for the education I’m unaware of Mr. Winterburn. Somehow it still seems like IB is cashing in on another’s R+D.

He submitted his design to them because he wanted a razor like that, and they went and made it a limited series (for now). There's a Badger & Blade thread about it where he showed his original design on paper.
So they're kind of cashing in on it, but he seems to be fine with it.