Atelier Durdan N°7 razor pass around.....

Approx weight of Ti head is SS x 0.60.  

24 x 0.60 =~ 15 grams

Whole N7 razor in Ti without blade is 55g

I just received Atelier Durdan N7 razor.
I took gaps 0.9 and 1.1 all in Ti as machined. Perfect finish for me, in about week I could share how does it work for me.. (if it's possible in this thread)

By all means go right ahead. Look forward to reading your experiences with the Ti version. Congrats & great shaves to you amigo....

Gus

Today's shave with the N7 SS and the 1.5 plate. 
B & M  Omnibus base soap with a Perma-Sharp blade. 
     The first couple of passes clicked off fairly smooth and comfortable. A moderate amount of hair was taken off and that was okay for the first couple of passes.
  Started going against the grain and that wasn't too bad.
 I could definitely feel a couple of spots where the blade was doing his job and plowing down deep into the whiskers.

I don't really care for the exact feel but it does let me know the razor is workin' on doing it's job. 
I've had two or three razors that could feel like that but I can't really place which ones right now.
 This is always AGT and only a couple of places near on my cheek but closer to the chin area.
   A weeper was obtained where I have to corner a razor just in the nostril to get those pesky whiskers. 
I trusted and pushed a bit to much but with some razors I have to leave a patch, that bugs me all day long too.
    From morning until night I'm pretty smooth still and could go to a night function without feels like a Scruffy dude.
 looks like I can squeeze in a couple of more daily shave before I ship the razor.

For yesterday's shave which was August 4th, 2024 was the 1.1 gap plate on the Atelier N7 SS Razor.
   So yesterday I used a Feather Blade on its last shave because I was getting tugging on the first pass.
At some point in the shave I pulled that blade and put an Iridium Super Blade. 
She went okay although not the smoothest shaving with either blade, some shaves can just be like that.
  Finished up with a good enough.
  Had a good morning of church and afternoon at Silver Dollar City, which is close by

I found the .7 plate to be the smoothest but left me wanting to go over and over an area but could come up with a good shave.

The 1.1 plate was more efficient and a little less comfortable but not a stretch either way. I found myself wanting to shaving more and more with this plate also for the closeness I was chasing around.

Bumping up to the 1.5 plate it wasn't a lot different either way, efficiency or in comfort than the 1.1 plate. 
I could tell this one had more ump to it though by the way it could get down and dig under some of the whiskers and cornering into the nostril area to smooth the skin of those pesky little whiskers.

This is a nice looking razor and presentation.

I took care of this razor like my own being careful to use a washer.  Dismantling  a hot thumb scub rinse and dry a very soft microfiber towel dry afterwards. Left to open dry on a microfiber towel afterwards.

I want to thank Atelier and special thanks to our buddy Gus for this pass around.
  
                Thank You Gus!

Razor is cleaned up, alcohol cleaned ,boxed up and will be shipped out this afternoon to
spacemonkey42.

Pass around update:


N*7 Pass Around list:
1. GlazedBoker - North Brunswick, NJ - Completed
2. Phoenixkh - Gainesville, FL - Completed
3. cigarman - St. Louis, MO - Completed
4. rocket - Denver, CO - Completed
5. Dragonsbeard - Webster, NY - Completed
6. Dtownvino - Philadelphia, PA - Completed
7. Keto _ Aurora, MO - Completed & shipped 
8. Spacemonkey42 - Williamstown, MA - in transit to
9. Calm_Shaver - NY, NY - next in the que
10. Big_T - King,NC
11. ewk - Goose Creek, SC
12. Bbssboss - Boston, MA
13. wyze0ne - Farmington Hills, MI
14. Marhos24 - Armada, MI
15. Stickshift - Chicago, IL
16. Einar - Appleton, WI
17. jbreakfield - Daphne, AL
18. Rudy Vey - South Plainfield, NJ
19. WVShaver - Mason, WV
20. Lesser - Chappaqua, NY

The No7 has landed! Thanks to keto! First shave will be tomorrow morning, looking forward to it. I'll start with the 0.3 plate because I like mild/medium and not as many folks tried it.

In preparation for the first shave, I used my Le Maurice 1.2 for the last seven shaves. I wanted to get into that Durdan kind of mood. Le Maurice is one of my top tier razors and produces terrific results. I won't talk about the presentation, it has been amply covered and that doesn't matter to me.

A couple of things about the razor. The head is very light, due to how thin the parts are. I can't imagine needing a Ti head, stainless is already very light. The handle is weighty. Put that together and the razor is handle-weighted. That's fine, one just has to adjust your grip to it. Another option would be to use the No7 head with a lighter handle, from Durdan or elsewhere if you have a fave. The fit and finish is terrific, as expected from this company.

This morning I shaved with the 0.3 baseplate, loading an Astra SS (blue) blade. Given that it has a negative exposure, I was going for a neutral angle, to optimize. The angle felt pretty easy to find. My first thought was surprise - why am I feeling the blade? It sure feels like I could feel it cutting. I certainly could HEAR it cutting. It is a louder razor, perhaps due to the open head design, the clamping that is a bit further back, and that interesting underbite of the safety bar.

I shaved mostly by ear, doing a traditional 3-pass shave. It was quite smooth and comfortable. No cuts, weepers, or irritation at all. The result was DFS, which is good and about what I expected. I could feel whiskers ATG, despite doing a full ATG pass. The 0.3mm plate appears to be designed for comfort above closeness.

Next I'll shave with the 0.7mm plate, doing the same as above and will report in. Thanks for reading and thanks to GlazedBoker and Atelier DURDAN for the opportunity to try this beautiful tool!

Thanks for trying the .30 plate. I've been curious about it especially since no one so far had tried it.