New SE razor - Rocnel

Fergiebilly · Sunday March 13, 2016

I just spoke to a Guy over on the Shave Den that is shaving with a Rocnel SE..I asked him about any Blade Flex & his verdict on it & he said that there was No Flex & it shaved Pretty Much like his Merkur 34 C in terms of Aggressiveness... He likes it by all accounts..

Billy

Electrif · Sunday March 13, 2016

Now we're getting somewhere.

ckeskin · Sunday March 13, 2016

Bechet said:
If anyone knows and to save me trawling - what is the length of the production handle, please? It's been shortened to what?

I just measured it for you. The handle is exactly 85mm long. Same as MÜHLE R89 handle.

tipsol · Sunday March 13, 2016

Fergiebilly said:
Still not convinced a Thin DE Blade aint Gonna Chatter or Flex to some Degree with this Design..The Proof would be in the Pudding of Course & I still haven't seen a proper shave video with these with anybody that has bought one..

Billy

Hello there @Fergiebilly, i am also rocnel user. Like cihan has mention before half de blade sit so tight inside the holder,there is not even micro chattering or any kind of flexing. Ä° wasnt convinced either till i got the rocnel, i hope this helps.

Bechet · Sunday March 13, 2016

ckeskin said:
I just measured it for you. The handle is exactly 85mm long. Same as MÜHLE R89 handle.

Thanks for measuring for me. 85mm is precisely what I was afraid it would be and means I shall have to fit another artisan handle - 100mm long.

If I ruled the World, all razors would come with a choice of 85mm and 100mm handles, in all the options offered.

nick_s · Sunday March 13, 2016

I've seen the first one in the wild so to speak, on one of the Facebook groups, used in a SOTD photo

Sevenbark · Sunday March 13, 2016

And this is what passes you buy when you go offline to do spring cleaning. I might get one by Christmas.

ckeskin · Monday March 14, 2016

Wanted to share some more pictures:

PLANofMAN · Sunday March 20, 2016

So I was reading about this on the Turkish forum because I was trying to figure out what the 'P' stamp on the side of the head represented.

"Thank you very much, I share on this P (Professional) letter which our product was developed exactly for daily shaving. Very thick it can perform almost shaving foam from clogging unless generated. Our company is like trying to shave one except employees, MYR is our friend. Our advice to callers P model tool for daily shaving. This model will comprise from 90% to guess production. Respects."

So the P stands for professional, or daily use. Probably what we would call mild or medium aggressiveness.

Darkbulb · Wednesday March 30, 2016

Worst possible 'teaser' photo of what arrived on my California-sun-kissed desk this afternoon as the logo is clearly visible

Electrif · Wednesday March 30, 2016

Darkbulb said:
Worst possible 'teaser' photo of what arrived on my California-sun-kissed desk this afternoon as the logo is clearly visible

No, I'm not jealous, honest!
Report soon pls. And a useful shaving review wouldn't be amis.

Darkbulb · Wednesday March 30, 2016

Electrif said:
No, I'm not jealous, honest!
Report soon pls. And a useful shaving review wouldn't be amis.

I'll try to have a first-impression review up tonight and a shave report tomorrow.

Total cost btw: $25 + $10 = $35 for the razor shipped to the US.
(Murat did later see that the shipping cost was just $8 and tried to credit the $2 back to me which I kindly declined).

Super quick first impression: Wow!

Darkbulb · Thursday March 31, 2016

First impressions of the razor posted over here

Nisse · Thursday March 31, 2016

Looking forward to a report on loading/unloading blade: easy peasy or a pain in the thumb?

Darkbulb · Thursday March 31, 2016

Nisse said:
Looking forward to a report on loading/unloading blade: easy peasy or a pain in the thumb?

I'll be using the instructions as provided by @ckeskin here:

Gordy · Thursday March 31, 2016

Great review Darkbulb, stunning razor and pictures. Health to enjoy it and I look forward to the shave reviews.