Crown King shavette

does anyone have one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TzjkosZ-lw

I came across it and am intrigued. Did you end up getting it? If so, what are your impressions?

murc said:

I had one for a while. It gave a great shave and was weighted very nicely. The blade carrier failed after about 2 months of use though. It never really held the blade very securely to begin with. Before it got so bad that I retired it, I referred that model to a friend and he's had nothing but good luck with his.

Overall, it's a good performer. You just get what you pay for, in this instance, with questionable quality consistency.

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hope they fixed the issues.

ninjastyle said:

I came across it and am intrigued. Did you end up getting it? If so, what are your impressions?

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it's in the mail, should be here tomorrow

All I can say is WOW

ITS scary how much you can expose the blade. LOVE it, managed to shave the back of my head more than I can with the artist club.

took me a bit to do long strokes like I can with the feather but I got there after a while .well worth the $20. The ONLY thing I did not like are the wood scales. They look "dirty" after the use. Not sure how they will hold up after prolonged use

Any pictures or it did not happen

blade is scary adjustable,I set it flush with the top of the razor and managed to do a few passes ATG in the back of the head, something that I could never do with the feather more than once. (did 3 IIRC). the feather irritates me if I do too many passes, with this one not much irritation, however I did get a few weepers here & there, something that did not happen often with the feather, perhaps the number of passes came more into play for the weepers, the handle cleaned out nicely but I think I will order the bone handle next.

If you set it to least exposure (i.e. Blade is set back as far as it will go), does it poke out the back?

ninjastyle said:

If you set it to least exposure (i.e. Blade is set back as far as it will go), does it poke out the back?

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just a bit. glad I have it with me, you can still close it and the pincher (for lack of a better word) clears the blade.

Mmmmm ... I can see myself slicing my fingertips on that one....

ninjastyle said:

Mmmmm ... I can see myself slicing my fingertips on that one....

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It's ok, we have 10 of Those

Just got an unbranded version with the bone scales and it's a lovely heavy thing:

And yes you can get a lot of blade exposure using a full DE blade but the fact that it can jut out the back is annoying.

Isn't this simply a design fault and the talk about being able to adjust the blade exposure a nonsense diversion to cover up the fact that the head's too small?
The Universal Lama Intera doesn't have these problems.

But this razor looks like it's come out of a Mad Max film and maybe a bit of extra blade exposure can be fun [emoji3]

Ok then, fudged design fault or not, the extra blade exposure with the full DE blade coupled with the extra weight of the bone scales make for an absolutely amazing shave:

The extra exposure made it a bit bitey to go ATG but it's a superb shaving sensation.
In my spite of my initial cynicism, I thoroughly approve of this variable exposure heavyweight shavette!