(08-18-2022, 06:27 PM)CK89 Wrote: (08-17-2022, 02:19 PM)Tester28 Wrote: Damn...790EU...I seem to remember paying 570EU all in for my 2021MC.
I am going to have to make this one last forever...cant afford any mishaps.
Im also not buying the only 100 pieces spiel....esp since numbers are no longer
imprinted on the razors (unless I got that wrong)
The razor is very good shaver and looks quite luxurious.
However I could pay this amount of cash, if the design is unique and it has limited production.
Since, I would pay for his time which he spent for designing the model.
But this became a mass produced item, all 2021, 2021MC, 2022, 2022L, 2022MC have very similar design.
All design fee shared between many razors. I could pay $$$ to an artisan not to a factory.
With all due respect, I think the Sailor is far, far from being mass-produced. With regards to literal production volume, I understand Murat produces a small handful of razors every week, which is probably about the same level as James @ Wolfman, and I would say off the top of my head that most other high-end adjustables (Muramasa, Taiga, Konsul) are produced in higher numbers.
With regards to the craft, as I understand it, the Sailor isn't produced any differently from other artisan razors. CNC-machined & hand-finished, it's not magic, but certainly very different from a product made on an assembly line in a factory.
I see the fact that the design of the more recent Sailors doesn't differ much as a positive; it actually shows that Murat's process of incremental improvements is converging to a matured product.