Hi Everyone,
The One blade arrived yesterday so here are my initial thoughts. I am not going to go back and read every previous post so appologies in advance for any repetition.
I was REALLY pleased to receive the OneBlade as this is a razor that has interested me since I first heard about it. It is the kind of thing I love. New, shiny, modern, shiny, stainless, shiny...
. The thing is I took an instant dislike to the company, and this definitely effects my decision to part with my money. Basically to me (YMMV) they just seemed a little snobby and elitist, and with the introduction of the black blade at $2500 I just thought they were money grabbing wotsitb. So...I am so grateful to try this
@Nico1970 without having to give them my money (yet...).
So first impressions.... WOW. It looks like my dream razor. It's great.... And shiny. The packaging is fantastic, but too much for my liking...would prefer less with a cheaper price, but you can see they went to great lengths to give the best first impressions and it works.
The razor looks purposeful and deadly, and makes my Mongoose look like a stone age implement!
After drooling a while I loaded a feather blade and got cracking. The shave was good...very good. It felt odd on my face, sort of detached a little and this maybe because of the spring head. I could certainly see the head bending as I used it. There are also two bits that stick out at the front and I could feel these during the shave but I could learn to ignore it.
3 passes gave a very good shave, practically all BBS, except for one area that is often an issue. This razor is VERY easy to use with little\no chances of nics and I found the Feather blades great. I will have another go with the Feather and then switch to the GEM, but there is only one GEM blade left, so I may feel a little guilty!!!
I like the razor a lot, but I will be interested to see how the "detached" feeling changes with more uses.
Looking forward to the next shave!
Matt